state election
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Bonanno runs as Independent
Back in 2022, Dom Bonanno was the Liberal Party candidate in the state seat of Macedon, trying to unseat Labor’s Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas. Fresh life was injected into the 2026 campaign with Bonanno — a Macedon Ranges Shire councillor for almost six years — announcing yesterday he was running as an Independent candidate. He…
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Death enters election race
Former Macedon Ranges Shire mayor Annette Death has been announced as Victorian Labor’s candidate for the seat of Macedon at November’s state election. The Riddells Creek resident, a Labor Party member for almost 20 years, will contest the seat following the retirement of incumbent MP Mary-Anne Thomas. Ms Death served as a Macedon Ranges Shire…
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Labor MPs returned
Local Labor MPs, Maree Edwards and Mary-Anne Thomas, have been re-elected to their respective seats of Bendigo West and Macedon in Labor’s return to government at Saturday’s state election. Both seats experienced a small swing against Labor of between three and four per cent, below the state average of between five and six per cent.…