The ABC has called the seat for the independent MP, who has pleaded not guilty to sexual and indecent assault charges
suspended from parliament
Former Liberal minister Gareth Ward was leading the rival Labor candidate Katelin McInerney 50.8% to 49.2% on Wednesday morning. ABC election analyst Antony Green called the seat for Ward shortly before 11am, saying he could not beThe new Labor premier, Chris Minns, has previously indicated he would seek to suspend Ward from parliament if he was re-elected.
“I’m going to make a decision and an announcement when the poll has been declared,” he said early on Tuesday afternoon. “I’m conscious that there’s a criminal trial that has begun today. I am not going to make comment about it specifically.”his position was that Ward should remain suspendedProf George Williams, a constitutional law expert at the University of New South Wales, said he would expect Ward would lose his seat if he is convicted given the charges would violate the NSW constitution.
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