Liberal National party won't challenge Herbert election loss
The Liberal-National party will not challenge the election result in the north Queensland seat of Herbert after exhausting its inquiries.
The LNP had been considering taking the result to the court of disputed returns.
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“The LNP has exhausted its enquiries in relation to the vote in the federal seat of Herbert and advises it will not be taking any legal action,” it said in a statement on Tuesday
Sitting MP Ewen Jones, who lost the Townsville-based seat by 37 votes to Labor’s Cathy O’Toole, said he was disappointed for his parliamentary colleagues and himself.
Thank you linesmen. Thank you ball boys. My wife still loves me. Not so sure about my children. #Herbert #auspol
— Ewen Jones (@EwenJonesNQ) September 13, 2016
“We had a good story to tell in Townsville, to lose like this is heartbreaking,” he told the Conversation on Tuesday.
The loss leaves the Coalition with 76 seats in the House of Representatives, with all other parties on 74.