Tenth candidate for Barker launches her election campaign
Jenny Troeth will stand for One Nation at the 2025 federal election, joining eight other challengers to Liberal MP Tony Pasin.
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The 10th and final candidate for Barker at this year’s federal election has launched her campaign as the countdown to the vote continues.
Jenny Troeth, of Renmark, will be One Nation’s candidate on election day, May 3.
The recent retiree grew up in Portland, Victoria and spent some time working cattle as a jillaroo before moving into a career as a dental assistant.
Now she hopes to sink her teeth into the election campaign.
Ms Troeth described herself as a down-to-earth, no-frills Aussie who wanted to stand up and be counted, and to give a voice to the underdogs.
“I’ve always admired (One Nation founder) Pauline Hanson’s principles,” she said.
The party advertises itself as standing for Australian values, individual rights and freedoms, and against global agendas.
She also hoped to show that Barker did not have to be a “safe” Liberal seat.
“Too often safe seats tend to get taken for granted, or people get complacent,” she said.
“But there are alternatives.”
Liberal MP wins top spot on the ballot
Meanwhile, Liberal MP Tony Pasin has won top spot on Barker’s ballot papers after a random draw conducted in Murray Bridge last Friday.
Australian Electoral Commission staff hired a room at the Murraylands Skill Centre for the barrel draw which determined the order in which the 10 local candidates will appear on voters’ ballot papers.
The final order will be:
- Tony Pasin (Liberal)
- Rosa Hillam (independent)
- Jonathan Pietzsch (National)
- James Rothe (Labor)
- Jennifer Troeth (One Nation)
- Michael Brohier (Family First)
- Ian Penno (independent)
- Robert Jameson (Trumpet of Patriots)
- Major Moogy Sumner (Greens)
- Cody Scholes (independent)
The order does matter, too – academic studies have shown that the number-one spot on the ballot is worth an extra one per cent of the vote.
That’s because a number of disinterested voters will always fill in their ballot papers in order, from top to bottom.
Even if that doesn’t change the election result, it can have a financial impact.
The Australian Electoral Commission will pay any candidate who wins at least four per cent of votes $12,379, or $3.39 per vote – whichever is greater – to reimburse them for their campaign expenses.
- More information: www.aec.gov.au.
