Preselection in a sentence

Former Liberal member for Wentworth Dave Sharma has won preselection for the New South Wales Liberal Senate spot made vacant by the resignation of former foreign affairs minister Marise Payne.

In July, Ley declined to comment on the preselection challenge against her.

Lisa Wilkinson has apologised to Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price over an audio clip that emerged during the week of her seemingly joking about the pronunciation of the senator’s name and her preselection.

She wouldn’t comment on the details of party processes but noted it was “unusual” sitting members of the leadership were challenged for preselection.

Any preselection challenges to Cr Barrie and Cr Wark could raise the eyebrows of the NSW Liberal hierarchy after the state executive decided last year to pursue a benchmark of 40 per cent female candidates.

Labor and Liberal/National party preselection is primarily the choice of the faction or group wanting to maintain control of their influence.

Labor preselection rival for Parramatta Abha Devasia suggested Dr Charlton's wealth and background made him unsuitable candidate in an electorate with a higher proportion of migrants.

Morocco’s minister of transport on Friday the completion of technical studies for the port and the preselection process of the call for tenders for construction.

The Industrial Left was formally created and joined the Labor Moderates' faction following a bruising preselection between Garrett and the Socialist Left's Ingrid Stitt for the safe upper house seat of Western Metropolitan Region.

There is no such compelling argument for the remaining contenders for the Liberal preselection.

In January, the Prime Minister overturned a local preselection in the south coast seat of Gilmore and installed former Labor Party president Warren Mundine.

Ms Prentice has been the member for Ryan, Queensland since 2010, but lost preselection for the seat to Brisbane councillor Julian Simmonds ahead of the forthcoming election.

The Mayor was also the Local Government representative on the Heritage Council at the time too – he only from that body following the announcement of his preselection as a CLP candidate for Araluen in September.

Ms McIntosh faced a four-way preselection battle last weekend, winning 51 votes to 36 over Ray King, eliminating Belinda Hill and Michael Creed after the first two voting rounds.

In 1948 (Sir) Jack Cassidy sought preselection for the new Federal seat of Lowe and asked McMahon to speak at Strathfield on his behalf.

In many cases, nomination for office is mediated through preselection processes in organized political parties.

Preselection of electoral candidates is performed by a special electoral college convened for the purpose.

Preselection results are sometimes challenged, and the National Executive is sometimes called on to arbitrate these disputes.

So impressed were the Liberal Party women whom he addressed that they encouraged him to stand for preselection himself.

The Liberals had a candidate who had been nursing the electorate; Labor had no candidate selected and a bitter preselection in the offing.sfn Barnard resigned, and was appointed ambassador to Sweden.