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Sam Groth to Quit Victorian Parliament Next Week, Triggering Nepean By-Election

The move brings forward his planned retirement to create a near-term test for the Liberals before November.

Overview

  • The early resignation will send Nepean voters on the Mornington Peninsula to a by-election in the coming months ahead of the state election.
  • Groth said he is stepping down to pursue other opportunities and thanked his wife Britt and their twin boys.
  • Opposition Leader Jess Wilson is due to address the media following the announcement.
  • The decision follows his January declaration that he would not recontest and his public criticism of Liberal Party infighting.
  • Groth won Nepean from Labor in 2022 with a 7.1 percentage-point swing, and a defamation case he brought against the Herald Sun settled in November with an apology and an undisclosed payout.