Ms Ryan won the newly created seat for the Nationals, and Opposition Leader Matthew Guy yesterday handed her the shadow portfolios of skills, training, apprenticeships and young Victorians.

Member for Benambra Bill Tilley and member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy were missing from Mr Guy’s 24-member frontbench along with experienced former ministers Kim Wells, Terry Mulder, Wendy Lovell and Martin Dixon.

Former premier Denis Napthine and ex-National Party leader Peter Ryan were also overlooked in favour of fresh faces.

Mr Tilley was promoted to the position of government whip when the Coalition dumped Ted Baillieu as Premier in March last year and replaced him with Dr Napthine.

He had previously been parliamentary secretary for police, but resigned when he was implicated in a plot to overthrow former police commissioner Simon Overland.

The saga put Mr Tilley and former police minister Mr Ryan at odds.

Mr McCurdy was also elevated to the tourism and trade parliamentary secretary role in a ministerial shake-up announced by Dr Napthine in March this year.

Mr Tilley has been in parliament since 2006 and Mr McCurdy has secured a second term in office.

They both occupy safely-held Coalition seats.

Ms Ryan, 28, held off a challenge from Liberal Tony Schneider and Labor’s Claire Malcolm to win the seat of Euroa.

She was promoted to the position of National Party deputy leader in the days following the election.

Other National MPs in the shadow cabinet are party leader Peter Walsh, Damian Drum, Tim Bull and Russell Northe.

The Liberal and National parties have stuck together in a bid to win back government in 2018.