Former trade minister Stuart Ayres lost his seat of Penrith, while the Liberals also surrendered Parramatta, East Hills, Riverstone and Heathcote. Meanwhile, Labor had a strong showing in the regions, snaring Monaro and South Coast.
Labor leader Chris Minns will be the next premier of NSW after voters savaged the Liberal Party across Sydney, seizing seven seats and paving the way to govern in its own right.
The Liberals lost the northern beaches seat of Wakehurst, which retiring health minister Brad Hazzard held for 30 years. High-profile local mayor Michael Regan won as an independent. The Nationals lost the regional seat of Monaro and failed to pick up Murray, held by former Shooters, Fishers and Farmers-turned-independent MP Helen Dalton.
He said he admired Perrottet “enormously”, particularly his determination to do something about the “social evil” of poker machines. “You can’t take your community for granted by putting in a candidate days or weeks before an election. How can you get a community’s respect?” Baird said, in reference to the last-minute preselection of former Liberal Holsworthy MP Melanie Gibbons.Asked whether the Liberal Party was “stuffed” at an organisational level, Baird replied: “I think that’s a brutal but fair assessment.”
The source said Labor made up ground after Perrottet was distracted by revelations that he had called Hazzard, the outgoing health minister, for medical advice about his wife, Helen.
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