Roma Britnell

Britnell re-contested the seat for the Liberal Party at the 2018 state election. A total of nine candidates nominated, including incumbent independent member of the Legislative Council for Western Victoria Region, James Purcell, and former mayors of the City of Warrnambool, Kylie Gaston (Australian Labor Party) and Michael Neoh (independent), and former mayor of the Moyne Shire, Jim Doukas (Australian Country Party).

On 14 December 2018, the Leader of the Opposition, Michael O'Brien, announced that Britnell had been appointed the Shadow Minister for Rural Roads, and Shadow Minister for Ports and Freight

At the by-election held on 31 October 2015, Britnell obtained 40 per cent of the primary vote and claimed victory after preferences were distributed, winning 60.6 per cent of the two-candidate-preferred vote against perennial candidate Roy Reekie, who secured 39.4 per cent.

Prior to her election, Britnell was the vice-president of United Dairyfarmers of Victoria (UDV), chairwoman of WestVic Dairy and was a Nuffield Farming Scholar in 2011. Britnell also served on a number of number of boards including the Geoffrey Gardner Foundation, Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, Australian Dairy Farmers Federation, was Policy Councillor with the Victorian Farmers Federation, was a member of the Great South Coast Group's Economic Pillar and a committee member of the Warrnambool City Council's Food and Agriculture into China project.

She was named Victorian Rural Woman of The Year in 2009 and was named Australian Rural Woman of the Year in the same year

Roma Clare Britnell (née Hussey; born 17 January 1967) is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as a Liberal Party member for South-West Coast, at a by-election in 2015. She was re-elected in 2018 and appointed to the opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Rural Roads, and Shadow Minister for Ports and Freight.