Senior Liberal Rob Stokes is throwing his support behind Georgia Ryburn to nominate for the seat of Pittwater, vowing he would “back her every step of the way”.
Former NSW Coalition minister Rob Stokes has ruled out a return to his old seat of Pittwater and thrown his support behind outgoing Northern Beaches deputy mayor Georgia Ryburn to replace state MP Rory Amon, who abruptly resigned after he was charged with child sex offences last week.hours after police charged him with offences including five counts of having sexual intercourse in 2017 with a child between the ages of 10 and 14. Amon has denied wrongdoing and will fight the allegations.
“I have always felt that Georgia Ryburn has the capacity, cleverness and compassion to make an outstanding MP,” Stokes said. meant the party failed to nominate a single candidate to run for the Northern Beaches Council on September 14.and left her burgeoning political career in tatters, prompting senior Liberals to woo her to run for the federal seat of Mackellar against incumbent teal independent Sophie Scamps in next year’s poll.. She has not commented on a potential tilt at federal politics.
Rob Stokes lobbied members of the party’s state executive to not back Rory Amon, who replaced him as Pittwater MP.On Sunday, Stokes said of his support for Ryburn: “Yes, she’s a woman, but it’s not because she’s a woman, it’s because she’s a talented, capable person. She’s northern beaches through and through.”The Liberal Party opened nominations on Saturday for a byelection in the seat, which is likely to be scheduled alongside byelections in Epping and Hornsby on October 19.
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