Sri Lanka-born Cassandra Fernando re-elected to Australian Parliament

Sri Lankan-born Cassandra Fernando has been re-elected to the Australian Parliament following the federal election.

 

Labor’s Cassandra Fernando has won her second term as the Minister for Holt

Fernando celebrated the victory with her team on the election night, with the room erupting in cheers and applause.

 

Cranbourne MP Pauline Richards and Bass MP Jordan Crugnale were also present to witness the victory.

 

Emotions were at their highest among the crowd when the television projected that the Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would lose his own seat.

 

Fernando addressed the crowd with excitement and tears and thanked her team members.

 

“I am deeply honoured and humbled to stand before you as the re-elected member for Holt,” she said.

 

“This is a community where I went to school, where I got my first job, I found my purpose, and standing up for people.