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Australia's new youngest senator elected at 21 with unexpected win

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Charlotte Walker , who turned 21 on the day of Australia ’s federal election in May , is the nation's youngest ever senator.

The former union official won the governing center-left Labor Party's third Senate seat for South Australia state.

She had the lowest vote count of the six newly elected senators for the state.

Walker starts her six-year term July 1 .

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