FORMER Ararat Mayor Jo Armstrong will become President of the Victorian National Party after the party’s State Conference on 25 May 2024.
Ms Armstrong was the only candidate at the close of nominations last Friday and has been therefore elected uncontested.
Ms Armstrong has helped guide the National Party as Senior Vice President for the last three years, including through the party’s successful elections in 2022, delivering The Nationals’ best state result since the 1940s.
She is a Tatyoon local and a champion of her community who has worked for eight years as councillor, mayor, and currently Deputy Mayor of Ararat Rural City Council.