David Limbrick

David Boyd Limbrick[1] is an Australian politician. He is a Liberal Democratic Party member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 2018, representing South Eastern Metropolitan Region.[2] He resigned in April 2022 to contest the 2022 federal election as a Senate candidate for his party. In June 2022 he returned to the Victorian Parliament as an MP.

David Limbrick
MLC
Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for South Eastern Metropolitan Region
Assumed office
22 June 2022
Preceded byHimself
In office
24 November 2018 – 11 April 2022
Succeeded byHimself
Personal details
Political partyLiberal Democratic Party

Political career

In 2018, Limbrick stood as a candidate for the Liberal Democratic Party for the South Eastern Metropolitan Region in the Victorian Parliament. He was elected to the seat with 0.84% of first preference votes. [3]

On 25 November 2021, Limbrick announced his intention to run at the 2022 federal election in the Senate. He resigned from the Legislative Council on 11 April 2022.[4]

On 22 June 2022, Limbrick, after failing to gain a seat in the 2022 federal election, was reappointed to the Legislative Council as the Member for South Eastern Metropolitan Region, in a joint sitting of the Victorian Parliament to fill the vacancy caused by his resignation. He ran for the 2022 Victorian state Election being re-elected for member of the South-Eastern Metro region [5]

References
  1. "Speech". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  2. "South Eastern Metropolitan". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
  3. "2018 State election results". www.vec.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  4. "Mr David Boyd Limbrick". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
  5. "Legislative Council Daily Hansard" (PDF). Victorian Parliament. 22 June 2022.
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