Jul 3, 2026 – 5.25pmVictorian MP Moira Deeming has temporarily won an eleventh-hour bid to remain as a Liberal candidate at this year’s state election, after the party agreed to delay a meeting to disendorse her by two weeks.The upper house MP launched legal action against the Victorian Liberal Party and its president, Brian Loughnane, on Thursday to prevent the state executive from meeting at 6.30pm Friday to consider whether she should remain as the candidate for the number one spot in the Western Metropolitan Region.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles