#IndiVotes

Current Member Cathy McGowan (@indigocathy) won the safe Liberal seat by a mere 439 votes (0.5% margin) from, Sophie Mirabella in 2013. McGowan is supported by grassroots community group, Voices For Indi (@voicesforindi).
At the 2016 election, McGowan again beat, Mirabella increasing her margin by 4.4%.
McGowan is not re-contesting the seat and is supporting Voices for Indi backed independent candidate Helen Haines (@HelenHaines1).

4.9% margin vs LIB
Area: 29,187 sq km
Location: North East Victoria
Australian Electoral Commission seat profile
Division of Indi on Wikipedia
Crossbench shares common ground not votes: @indigocathy comments on #IndiVotes leadership and #IndependentsDay hopes for @HelenHaines1
Helen Haines: website
Cathy McGowan: website

Part 9 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

June 17, 2016

Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

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Jasper coaches @martycorboynats to stomping #Indivotes victory over @IndigoCathy: @jansant reports

June 13, 2016

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Part 8 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

June 12, 2016

Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

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Part 7 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

June 7, 2016

Ongoing coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016.

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Part 5 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

May 28, 2016

Covering the Australian election campaign for 2016.

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Part 3 of NoFibs Australian election coverage 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

May 18, 2016

Rolling coverage of the Australian election campaign for 2016. Table of contents Jump to comments section. Mathias knew nothing. What Mitch knew. Send in the cops. Medicare thaw. They took our jobs and growth. . (May 22, 2016) Day 15 – Mathias knew nothing Senator Mathias Cormann didn’t know about the raids Senator Mathias Cormann has […]

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Queen of Mean takes on Miss Congeniality and #Indivotes braces for the onslaught: @Jansant reports

May 11, 2016

Last June when Sophie Mirabella (@MirabellaSophie) won Liberal Party preselection for the Federal seat of Indi, the much anticipated McGowan V’s Mirabella rematch was on and the unofficial campaign was off and running. Mirabella went out hard and early, barely a day went by she wasn’t doing media: I’m back and you will see me, […]

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Pt 1 – Australian election blog 2016: @Qldaah #ausvotes #auspol #qldpol

May 8, 2016

Blog along as we cover the long Australian election campaign for 2016. Table of contents Jump to comments section. Mal’s Panama Papers. Saving Albo. Pies and Toast. Battleground Queensland. To the Governor General. . (May 12, 2016) Day 5 – Mal’s Panama Papers Siberian gold mines and Mossack Fonseca Elise Worthington reported, “Prime Minister Malcolm […]

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Oh @MirabellaSophie you have not changed, by @camklose #Indivotes

April 29, 2016

Disclosure: Campbell Klose was Cathy McGowan’s media advisor at the 2013 election. Cast your mind back, if you will, to the 2007 federal election. A rogue Tony Abbott, let off his leash, went through the Coalition’s slim chances of re-election like a wrecking ball; abusing Labor members on live TV, giving erratic interviews and generally […]

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Face off in #IndiVotes where @martycorboynats firms as main challenger to @IndigoCathy: Photos @jansant

April 23, 2016

#PMLive #Indivotes forum, April 21, 2016

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