Liberals name nine additional NSW candidates ahead of the federal election

The Liberal Party has endorsed nine additional NSW candidates to stand at the upcoming federal election.

SCOTT MORRISON QANTAS PRESSER

NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet looks on as Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to media during a visit to the Qantas Jet Base at Sydney Airport in Sydney, Friday, 22 October, 2021. Source: AAP / JOEL CARRETT/AAPIMAGE

Liberal candidates across nine NSW seats have been endorsed ahead of the upcoming federal election.

Heading the selection list, navy veteran and Pharmacy Guild of Australia executive Jerry Nockles will be the government's candidate for the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro in southern NSW.

Local real estate agent Courtney Nguyen will campaign in the western Sydney seat of Fowler, while businessman Wenjie Zhang will run in opposition leader Anthony Albanese's electorate of Grayndler.

Finance professional Pradeep Pathi has been chosen by the Liberals to contest the inner western Sydney seat of Greenway.

The party's candidate for Hughes, in Sydney's south, is legal executive Jenny Ware, and finance specialist Vivek Singha will campaign in McMahon, the western suburbs seat held by Labor veteran Chris Bowen.

Nurse Katrina Wark will run in Newcastle, small business advocate Maria Kovacic will contest Parramatta and lawyer Katherine Deves will challenge independent Zali Steggall for Warringah.

The candidates were chosen by a joint committee of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and Liberals president Christine McDiven.

Mr Morrison said in Hobart on Saturday he was pleased with the selections, especially the "great team of western Sydney women" the party would field as candidates.

The three committee members were granted authority to select and endorse their own preferred candidate for each seat.

The intervention in what many believed should have been a rank-and-file process has stirred divisions within the party.

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Published 2 April 2022 1:52pm
Source: AAP


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