2024 Pittwater state by-election
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Electoral district of Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly | |||||||||||||
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| Registered | 56,943[1] | ||||||||||||
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A by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Pittwater will be held on 19 October 2024, following the resignation of Liberal MP Rory Amon.[2]
Amon resigned from parliament on 30 August 2024 after he was charged with child sex offences.[3] Several hours prior to resigning from parliament, Amon also resigned as a member of the Liberal Party.[4]
Key dates
[edit]- Issue of writ – 27 September 2024
- Close of roll – 27 September 2024
- Close of nominations – 3 October 2024
- Declaration of nominations – 4 October 2024
- Commencement of early voting – 12 October 2024
- Applications for postal voting close – 14 October 2024
- Polling day – 19 October 2024
- Last day for return of the writ – 8 November 2024[2]
Previous results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Rory Amon | 22,137 | 44.71 | −12.64 | |
| Independent | Jacqui Scruby | 17,754 | 35.86 | +35.86 | |
| Labor | Jeffrey Quinn | 5,039 | 10.18 | −2.38 | |
| Greens | Hilary Green | 3,386 | 6.84 | −8.47 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Craig Law | 1,195 | 2.41 | −1.32 | |
| Total formal votes | 49,511 | 97.75 | +0.42 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,139 | 2.25 | −0.42 | ||
| Turnout | 50,650 | 90.16 | +0.27 | ||
| Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
| Liberal | Rory Amon | 26,796 | 63.25 | −9.11 | |
| Labor | Jeffrey Quinn | 15,567 | 36.75 | +9.11 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Liberal | Rory Amon | 23,365 | 50.66 | −20.18 | |
| Independent | Jacqui Scruby | 22,759 | 49.34 | +49.34 | |
| Liberal hold | |||||
Candidates
[edit]Liberal
[edit]On 11 September 2024 Manly ward councillor Georgia Ryburn defeated fellow councillors Michael Gencher from Pittwater ward and Bianca Crvelin from Narrabeen ward along with laywer Claire Longley to win Liberal Party preselection.[8] Ryburn served as the deputy mayor of Northern Beaches Council, but is unable to contest the local government elections on 14 September after the Liberals missed the candidate nomination deadline.[9]
Northern Beaches councillor Michael Gencher and incumbent MLC Natasha Maclaren-Jones were both speculated as possible candidates.[10]
Independents
[edit]- Jacqui Scruby, candidate for Pittwater in 2023[11]
Others
[edit]The Libertarian Party has stated they intend to field a candidate to contest the by-election.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "NSW Enrolment Statistics". NSW Electoral Commission. 20 August 2024. Pittwater. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ a b "2024 Pittwater State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ McSweeney, Jessica; Smith, Alexandra; Gorrey, Megan; Sibthorpe, Clare (30 August 2024). "NSW MP charged with child sex offences, quits parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Alexander (30 August 2024). "Liberal MP for Pittwater Rory Amon charged with child sex offences". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
The ABC understands Mr Amon has quit parliament and the Liberal Party following the charges.
- ^ LA First Preference: Pittwater, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Pittwater, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ Two Candidate Preferred (TCP) Analytical Tool: Pittwater, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
- ^ Dole, Nick; Al–Khouri, Chantelle (12 September 2024). "NSW Liberals select Georgia Ryburn to run in Pittwater seat for upcoming state by-election". ABC News (Australia). Sydney. Archived from the original on 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "Libs off Council for four years". Northern Beaches Advocate. 15 August 2024. Archived from the original on 15 August 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
- ^ Koziol, Michael (31 August 2024). "Liberals 'stunned' by Amon child sex allegations despite swirling rumours". The Sydney Morning Herald. Possible candidates. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Gorrey, Megan (5 September 2024). "'I'm still an underdog': The teal candidate taking on the Liberals in Pittwater". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
Teal candidate Jacqui Scruby hopes widespread frustration at the NSW Liberals' turmoil might propel her into state parliament when she takes her second tilt at the seat of Pittwater, setting up a rematch between the party and independents in the knife-edge northern beaches electorate.
- ^ Libertarian Party NSW (formerly Liberal Democrats) [@LibertariansNSW] (31 August 2024). "We are planning to run in this by-election" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024 – via Twitter.