Jess Wilson set for historic Victorian premiership as youngest in century
Jess Wilson is set to become Victoria's youngest premier in over a century and its first female Liberal premier.
Jess Wilson leads the Coalition in Victoria. Polls show she'll win the state election on November 28.
If she wins, she'll become Victoria's youngest premier in over a century. She'll also be the first female Liberal premier and the first millennial premier.
Wilson would be the first Liberal woman to win a state election from opposition. Wilson is returning to politics after 24 years.
She watched her father Ron Wilson, a Liberal MP, lose his Mount Waverley seat in the 2002 Labor landslide. Labor has run Victoria for two-and-a-half decades.
They built big infrastructure but also big debt. Wilson calls Victoria the gangster State and says she will fix the problems.
- November 28
- Election date
- 26 years
- Years of Labor rule
- 12 years old
- Wilson's age when father lost seat
- 24 years
- Years since 2002 loss
Why it mattersVictoria could move away from two-and-a-half decades of Labor rule to a new Coalition government with a historic premier.
AustraliaVictorians will head to polls on November 28, and a Wilson government would change state spending priorities and policy direction after 26 years of Labor.
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