Soon after John quit the Liberal Party, the strange phone calls started

Many of these people have good community ties, and that's been ignored."One Nation has been pursuing candidates to run in every seat at the November Victorian election in what will be the next major test for conservative politics in Australia.When Mr Ternel posted on his personal Facebook page that he had resigned from the party, former Liberal candidate for Mulgrave Michael Piastrino, who is now a One Nation member, posted, "Your orange tshirt is waiting for you."Mr Piastrino said he was getting "daily" calls from members saying, "We're going to leave the Liberal Party."In the past 24 hours, Mr Ternel says he has received more than 20 phone calls from Liberal members asking about One Nation."I'm actually blown away by how many people have said, 'Good on you, John They're seeing how women are being treated."She said there had been unjustified optimism after the Liberal Party retained the state seat of Nepean in the by-election earlier this month."People are celebrating the result in Nepean, but I would not be celebrating a 10 per cent swing against you, and seeing One Nation get 25 per cent of the vote is very, very significant," Cr Kerr said."Then you add what happened in Farrer: I think a lot of the people in the Liberal Party have lost hope."Cr Kerr says she was shocked when she saw the message about Mr Ternel."What happened with John just shows you how broken the administration is," she said