Victorian Labor considering push to retake Prahran after surprise resignation of former Greens MP

Sam Hibbins announced resignation from parliament three weeks after confessing to consensual relationship with staff member

Victorian Labor may field a candidate in the upcoming byelection for the inner Melbourne seat of Prahran, after the resignation of former Greens MP Sam Hibbins following his admission of an affair with a staffer.

Hibbins on Saturday announced he would resign as the member for Prahran just three weeks after he quit the Greens due to a “consensual relationship” with a staff member on his team, which was a breach of the party’s rules.

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