In a statement, Groth wished Opposition Leader Jess Wilson and the party the ’very best’ for the November 2026 election.Victorian MP Sam Groth at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia, on Dec. 18, 2024. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images2/4/2026|Updated: 2/4/2026Victorian taxpayers will be on the hook for millions of dollars to run a by-election triggered by a once-rising Liberal star quitting state parliament.State MP Sam Groth announced in early January he would stand down as the party’s deputy leader and not recontest his Mornington Peninsula seat of Nepean at the state election this November.Australian Associated Press is an Australian news agency.Author’s Selected Articles
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