Andrew Warren Elsbury (born 7 March 1979) is an Australian former

politician A politician is a person who participates in Public policy, policy-making processes, usually holding an elective position in government. Politicians represent the people, make decisions, and influence the formulation of public policy. The roles ...

who represented the Liberal Party in the

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in the

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. Prior to his election to the

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he was an Advisor to

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Michael Ronaldson Michael John Clyde Ronaldson (born 13 February 1954) is a former Australian politician. He was a Senator for the state of Victoria representing the Liberal Party from July 2005 until February 2016, and previously served in the House of Represe ...

. On 24 November 2014, Elsbury lost his Legislative Council seat to the Democratic Labour Party in the

2014 Victorian state election The 2014 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 29 November 2014, was for the 58th Parliament of Victoria. All 88 seats in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and 40 seats in the Victorian Legislative Council were up for election. The incum ...

. He quit the Liberal Party in 2022 in protest of its drift toward the religious and far right. Elsbury cited the preselection of far-right candidate

Moira Deeming Moira Deeming is an Australian politician and member of the Victorian Liberal Party. She has been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house of the Parliament of Victoria, for the Western Metropolitan Region since November ...

at the top of the Liberal Party’s ticket for the Western Metropolitan Region, describing it as ‘the last straw.’

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* 1979 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Victoria Members of the Victorian Legislative Council 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub