First Australian Aboriginal MP elected for Liberals (BBC)

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An Aboriginal man has been elected to Australia's House of Representatives, becoming the first indigenous MP in the country's history.

Ken Wyatt, 57, took the seat of Hasluck in Western Australia for the centre-right Liberal Party.

Neither the Liberals nor the governing Labor Party gained enough seats at last week's election for a majority.

Mr Wyatt has dismissed the racist hate mail he received, saying it was time for Australia to move forward.
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Mr Wyatt is the first Aboriginal elected to the House of Representatives but two other indigenous Australians have served as senators in the upper house of parliament.
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more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11125497