'Community strength': Family and work shaped new MP

Ben Silvester
Updated December 3 2022 - 1:21am, first published December 2 2022 - 3:00pm
New Western Victoria MP Jacinta Ermacora says she joined the Labor Party in the late 1990s because she wanted to improve her community. 'I just knew it was the right thing to do,' she says. Picture by Sean McKenna
New Western Victoria MP Jacinta Ermacora says she joined the Labor Party in the late 1990s because she wanted to improve her community. 'I just knew it was the right thing to do,' she says. Picture by Sean McKenna

Newly-elected Western Victoria MP Jacinta Ermacora says her upbringing and career have provided a crucial foundation for her parliamentary role.

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Ben Silvester

Ben Silvester

Victorian state correspondent

Correspondent covering key issues across regional Victoria, based in Melbourne.

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