Liberals pick management consultant Simon Kennedy for Cook byelection
by Paul Karp and Amy Remeikis from World news | The Guardian on (#6K2QB)
The party misses the chance to have a female candidate in the safe seat vacated by former prime minister Scott Morrison
Simon Kennedy will contest Scott Morrison's seat of Cook for the Liberals in the byelection triggered by the former prime minister's resignation.
Kennedy, a consultant and the former candidate for Bennelong, won preselection in the first round on Monday night with 158 out of 296 votes, beating the mayor of Sutherland shire, Carmelo Pesce, and war widow and veteran family advocate commissioner, Gwen Cherne.
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