In the more marginal seats that have seen new candidates installed,Jenny Ware has been named for the must-win seat of Hughes,Maria Kovacic in Parramatta,Jerry Nockles in the former bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro and Katherine Deves in the former blue-ribbon Liberal seat of Warringah.
In the electorates that are considered safer Labor seats,Wenjie Zhang will stand against Labor leader Anthony Albanese in Grayndler,Courtney Nguyen will run in Fowler,Pradeep Pathi in Greenway,Vivek Singha in McMahon and Katrina Wark will run in Newcastle.
But the selection of the nine candidates by the Prime Minister,the Premier and the former president could be short-lived.
A legal challenge has been brought by a member of the NSW Liberal state executive,Matthew Camenzuli,to the earlier confirmation of sitting MPs Alex Hawke,Sussan Ley and Trent Zimmerman as candidates in the seats they currently hold.
If the NSW Court of Appeal decides to overturn the preselection of Mr Hawke,Ms Ley and Mr Zimmerman that would likely place the selection of the nine candidates announced on Saturday in doubt,too.
Mr Morrison said on Saturday praised the candidates chosen in the nine NSW seats and highlighted that nine of them were women.
“I’m particularly pleased that our candidate in Parramatta Maria Kovacic is the former Western Sydney Businesswoman of the Year,someone who started the Western Sydney Business Women’s initiative,sits on the Parramatta women’s Eels board,” he said.