This is the maiden speech by Alan Tudge, delivered in the House of Representatives on October 26, 2010. Tudge was 39 when he was elected to the Victorian electorate of Aston in Melbourne’s outer east. Watch Tudge’s maiden speech – final half only (16m): Aston had been held for the Liberal Party by Chris Pearce since a by-election in 2001. Previously, the seat had been held since 1990 by Peter Nugent, whose death precipitated the by-election. The only ALP member for Aston was John Saunderson, who won the seat at its creation in 1984, was re-elected in 1987 and defeated by Nugent in 1990. Aston included the suburbs of Vermont, Knox, Scoresby and Wantirna. By the time Tudge retired in 2023, the seat had been redistributed a number of times and had shifted eastward to take in Boronia and Ferntree Gully, areas formerly in La Trobe. Prior to his election,…