MP Moira Deeming has resigned from the parliamentary Liberal Party.
The Member for Western Metropolitan Region had her candidacy for the upcoming state election revoked by the party earlier this month.
Mrs Deeming says she will remain in parliament as an independent MP.
She has also separately flagged that she is facing possible bankruptcy proceedings, which could force her removal from parliament.
The MP has been unable to repay a loan that funded her successful defamation action against former opposition leader John Pesutto earlier this term.
[Ed: Moira’s experience has been extraordinarily unfair and I sincerely hope she runs as an independent and does better without them. The fact that she is the one facing bankruptcy rather than Pesutto is yet another demonstration of our unjust legal system – even when you win you can still lose. The Liberal Party deserves to be wiped out after betraying women in this way.]
Source: Embattled MP Moira Deeming resigns from Victorian Liberal Party – ABC News