UNKNOWN
8 May 1983
The hammering handed out to th. Liberal Party on Saturday
by electors in rural Victoria must be of real concern to Mr.
Peacock and his State counterpart.
The Liberal Party saw its support haemorrhage not only in the
Wannon By-Election, but also in two State By-Elections, Swan
Hill, which the Liberal Party lost to the National Party, and
Warrnambool, the outcome of which will be decided on preferences.
Despite the nomination in Warnon for the first time in almost
thirty years of a National Party candidate the ALP waG still
able to all but maintain its March 5 vote.
By contrast, support for the Liberal Party was don an incredible
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