Convicted rapist Gareth Ward resigns from NSW parliament moments before he was to be expelled
by Anne Davies NSW state correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6Z6AB)
Ward, the now former MP for Kiama, earlier this week took action in the state's supreme court in an attempt to remain in the lower house
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Convicted rapist Gareth Ward has resigned as a New South Wales MP just moments before the state's parliament was due to expel him.
The resignation automatically vacates his south coast seat, meaning there will be a byelection. The seat was held by Ward for the Liberal party from 2011 until he left the party. He subsequently ran as an independent.
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