Fiona Patten

2022 - 12 - 12

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Age of Reason ends: Upper house dealmaker Fiona Patten ... (The Age)

Disgraced former Labor minister Adem Somyurek is on track to take the final seat in the upper house for the Northern Metropolitan region.

“While history may not capture all the tales of working with the largest crossbench in [Victorian] history, I got to witness Fiona’s procedural prowess [and] considered collaborations, and together we made that chamber more democratic. “I would like to thank the voters for giving me an extraordinary eight years as a lawmaker. Your decency and humanity will be missed, but I’m certain it will find its home in other endeavours,” Pakula wrote. Patten has been key to social reforms in Victoria over the past eight years. “They share in the legislative changes achieved, as do so many outside my office. “Whilst it’s gracious of candidates to concede before the counting is concluded, I’d urge caution.

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Crossbencher Fiona Patten concedes Victorian upper house seat to ... (The Guardian)

Fiona Patten has conceded she will be ousted from Victorian parliament's upper house by former Labor minister Adem Somyurek, who contested the election for ...

“There will definitely need to be reform of the upper house. Do we want to abolish it altogether? “I want to continue doing the work that I’ve been doing. “They appeared four places to the left of Labor in Northern Metro and seven places to the left of Labor in Western Metro, so it was likely many voters mistook the DLP for Labor,” he said. If you can make steps in the right direction, take them – and that’s what we did,” Patten said. [“undemocratic” group voting ticket system](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2022/nov/14/victorias-upper-house-voting-system-lets-parties-ignore-your-preferences-but-theres-a-simple-fix) in the upper house.

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Victorian MP Fiona Patten concedes defeat (South Coast Register)

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has conceded defeat after losing her upper house seat. Ms Patten will leave...

I certainly won't die wondering." The calculation of upper house results for the state election is scheduled to take place on Wednesday. "I'd like to congratulate the successful candidates for the region and indeed all successful candidates in the November 26 Victorian election," she wrote in a statement on Monday.

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Reason Party leader Fiona Patten concedes defeat in Victorian ... (ABC News)

Former Labor MP Adem Somyurek is set to win a seat in the upper house after switching to the Democratic Labour Party. Ms Patten was seeking re-election in the ...

In a statement, Ms Patten described the result as "disappointing" but said it was a privilege to serve two terms in parliament. - Ms Patten was first elected to the upper house in 2014 Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has conceded defeat in her bid to retain a seat in Victoria's upper house in the state's election.

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'A real loss': Fiona Patten concedes defeat in Victoria (Women's Agenda)

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has conceded defeat in the Victorian election, after it has become clear she will lose her upper house seat.

If it had, I suspect the upper house would be looking a little different.” “Sadly I won’t be joining them in the 60th Parliament.” Somyurek was removed from Labor’s frontbench in 2020 over branch stacking allegations and later resigned from parliament.

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Reason Party leader Fiona Patten concedes defeat in upper house (9News)

The leader was seeking to be re-elected in the Northern Metropolitan Region, but failed to gain enough vote...

Somyurek has always denied any wrongdoing. I certainly won't die wondering," Patten said. In a statement, the leader said the result was "disappointing" for her but said her time in parliament was an "uplifting privilege".

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Fiona Patten concedes to Adem Somyurek (Sky News Australia)

Reason Party leader Fiona Patten has conceded defeat in what would have been her third term in the upper house, ahead of the results for the Legislative ...

Whilst it’s gracious of candidates to concede before the counting is concluded I’d urge caution. “I would like to thank the voters for giving me an extraordinary eight years in Parliament. I’ll wait till the button is pressed before I claim victory.— Adem Somyurek MP (@AdemSomyurek) Every point of elimination may throw up surprises which change the dynamic of a count. 25+ news channels in 1 place. Try 1 month free.

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Reason Party leader Fiona Patten concedes defeat in upper house (Brisbane Times)

The leader was seeking to be re-elected in the Northern Metropolitan Region, but failed to gain enough votes to retain her seat.

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