Philip Ruddock accuses property developers of backing campaign to oust him as Hornsby mayor
by Catie McLeod from World news | The Guardian on (#6PRRV)
Former Howard government minister will lose mayorship after being beaten by Warren Waddell in preselection ballot
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Former federal Liberal minister Philip Ruddock has claimed property developers, supported by people within his own party, were behind a professional campaign" to oust him as mayor of Sydney's Hornsby Shire council.
The 81-year-old will not contest the mayorship at September's New South Wales local government elections, after losing a preselection ballot to Liberal councillor Warren Waddell by 60 votes on Monday.
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