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Senate set to have even split of men and women for first time

The filling of a casual vacancy by Liberal Sarah Henderson will make history, achieving equal numbers of men and women in the Senate.

Liberap MP Sarah Henderson
Victorian Liberal MP Sarah Henderson holds the electorate of Corangamite by a slender margin. Source: AAP

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The Senate is set to have equal numbers of men and women for the first time in Australian political history.

Victorian Liberal senator-elect Sarah Henderson could be sworn in as early as Thursday after being preselected by the party over the weekend.

She will replace Mitch Fifield, who has been appointed Australia's ambassador to the United Nations, based in New York.


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