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Emily Woods

Court throws out candidate's case against Matthew Guy

David Vincent saw himself as Speaker in the Legislative Assembly or president in the upper house. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A petition claiming former Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy is not fit or proper to sit in parliament has been thrown out of court.

David Vincent, who ran as an independent candidate against Mr Guy in last year's state election, filed a petition in the Supreme Court to remove him as the member for Bulleen and instead give himself the seat.

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