Victorian opposition leader Matthew Guy is expected to make a statement later today after Upper House Member for Western Victoria Simon Ramsay was charged with drink driving on the weekend.
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Media reports have said Mr Ramsay gave his resignation as the opposition spokesman for agriculture to Mr Guy on the weekend following his charge.
Mr Ramsay was reported to have recorded a reading of 0.19 on Saturday night at Barwon Heads near Geelong, almost four times the legal limit.
"I'm not hiding from anything. I feel like an idiot,” Mr Ramsay told the Geelong Advertiser.
“I'm really gutted that I did such a thing and the actions are inexcusable. The consequences will haunt me forever," Mr Ramsay told the newspaper.
Mr Ramsay was elected as a Liberal Upper House Member for the Western Victoria in 2010.
He was previously a president of the Victoria Farmers Federation.
His electorate office is in Geelong but his province extends throughout western Victoria.
