One Nation gets one extra seat in the Senate with incoming WA senator Tyron Whitten
The Australian Electoral Commission finalised the WA Senate makeup on Thursday, with the businessman winning a seat alongside Labor's Ellie Whiteaker and Varun Ghosh, the Greens' Jordon Steele-John and Liberal senators Slade Brockman and Matt O'Sullivan.
Mr Whitten is one of three co-founders of his family civil construction company Whitten, which says it employs 1000 people and has an annual turnover of more than $180m.
His win increases One Nation's Senate footprint from two to three senators, including Pauline Hanson, after the AEC confirmed Queensland senator Malcolm Roberts would also be returned.
Senator Roberts took to X to thank voters for his re-election, and welcomed the party's gain.
'One Nation is going to increase its Senate representation by 50 per cent with a new Senator from WA also elected after coming agonisingly close in Victoria and South Australia,' he wrote.
Senator Roberts beat out LNP defector Gerard Rennick, who quit the party after he was booted from the Senate ticket.
Labor also won an extra seat in Queensland, with former casino lobbyist Corrinne Mulholland winning a spot alongside incumbent senator Nita Green. LNP senators Susan McDonald and Paul Scarr were returned, as was new Greens leader Larissa Waters.
While the results for the NSW Senate battle have yet to be finalised, Labor is set to increase its numbers to 28, which means it will be able to pass legislation with the support of the 11 Greens senators.
As is stands the Coalition are projected to hold 27 Senate spots.
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