Who is Ali France, Labor's candidate who unseated Peter Dutton?

Labor candidate Ali France has won the seat of Dickson in Australia's 2025 federal election, taking it from opposition leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton, the head of the Liberal-National coalition, had held the seat for 24 years and is the first federal opposition leader to lose his own seat.

France, 49, has been chipping away at Dutton's home base of Dickson for years.

In 2019, the former journalist, communications manager and para athlete won 45.4% of the vote in her maiden campaign. In 2022, her vote share went up to 48.3%.

France is the eldest daughter of former Queensland state minister Peter Lawlor and a single mother.

France, who lost her leg in an accident in 2011, said she was inspired to run for political office to advocate for people with disabilities.

France has campaigned for easing the cost of living through tax cuts, lower medicine costs, electricity rebates, expanded paid parental leave and investing in education and public healthcare.

Her eldest son Henry died from leukaemia in February 2024. She has one other son, Zac.

After announcing her candidacy last year, she said Henry would have been proud of her for running.

"Obviously, I'm incredibly sad that he is not here," France said at the time. "But he said to me many times on many different issues: 'Don't make me the excuse for not doing the important things.' And this is so incredibly important."

In his concession speech on Saturday, Dutton said: "I told Ali her son Henry would be incredibly proud of her tonight, and she will do a good job as the local member."

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France's family "have relied heavily on Medicare and know investment in healthcare, cheaper medicines and ensuring access to GPS and specialists is incredibly important", according to the Labor Party's website.

France had her leg amputated in May 2011 after an incident while she was pushing a pram holding her son Zac, who was four at the time, in the car park of a Brisbane shopping centre.

A driver, aged 88, lost control of his car and pinned her against the front of another vehicle. She pushed the pram out of the way, and Zac did not suffer serious injuries.

France's femoral artery was severed and surgeons had to amputate her left leg from above the knee.

In 2019, Dutton apologised to France for suggesting she was using her disability as an "excuse" for not living in the Dickson electorate at the time.

France had been living in the neighbouring electorate and said she was looking for a wheelchair accessible home in Dickson.

The Labor Party website said France now lives in Arana Hills with her son.