2024 Pittwater state by-election

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2024 Pittwater state by-election
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  2023 19 October 2024 2027  

Electoral district of Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Registered57,196
Turnout48,700 (85.15%)
(Decrease2.svg 5.01 pp)
 First partySecond party
 
IND
Liberal Placeholder.png
Candidate Jacqui Scruby Georgia Ryburn
Party Independent Liberal
Popular vote25,70519,852
Percentage54.17%41.84%
SwingIncrease2.svg 18.31Decrease2.svg 2.87
TCP 55.94%44.06%
TCP swingIncrease2.svg 6.60Decrease2.svg 6.60

MP before election

Rory Amon
Liberal

Elected MP

Jacqui Scruby
Independent

A by-election for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly seat of Pittwater was held on 19 October 2024, following the resignation of Liberal MP Rory Amon. [1]

Contents

Amon resigned from parliament on 30 August 2024 after he was charged with child sex offences. [2] Several hours prior to resigning from parliament, Amon also resigned as a member of the Liberal Party. [3]

Independent Jacqui Scruby was elected.

Key dates

Previous results

2023 New South Wales state election: Pittwater [4] [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Rory Amon 22,13744.71−12.64
Independent Jacqui Scruby 17,75435.86+35.86
Labor Jeffrey Quinn5,03910.18−2.38
Greens Hilary Green3,3866.84−8.47
Sustainable Australia Craig Law1,1952.41−1.32
Total formal votes49,51197.75+0.42
Informal votes1,1392.25−0.42
Turnout 50,65090.16+0.27
Notional two-party-preferred count
Liberal Rory Amon 26,79663.25−9.11
Labor Jeffrey Quinn15,56736.75+9.11
Two-candidate-preferred result
Liberal Rory Amon 23,36550.66−20.18
Independent Jacqui Scruby 22,75949.34+49.34
Liberal hold 

Candidates

PartyCandidateBackground
  Libertarian Party Doug Rennie [7]
  Independent Jacqui Scruby Sustainability consultant and former environmental lawyer, former adviser for federal independent MPs Sophie Scamps and Zali Steggall. [7] [8]
  Liberal Party Georgia RyburnFormer deputy mayor of Northern Beaches Council until 2024 and a senior manager at a professional services firm. [7]

Liberal pre-selection

On 11 September 2024 Manly ward councillor Georgia Ryburn defeated fellow councillors Michael Gencher from Pittwater ward and Bianca Crvelin from Narrabeen ward along with lawyer Claire Longley to win Liberal Party preselection. [9] Ryburn previously served as the deputy mayor of Northern Beaches Council, but was unable to contest the local government elections on 14 September after the Liberal Party missed the candidate nomination deadline. [10]

Labor absence

The governing Labor Party did not contest the by-election with Premier Chris Minns stating "a swing against us would be a massive distraction". [11]

Results

2024 Pittwater state by-election [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jacqui Scruby 25,70554.17+18.31
Liberal Georgia Ryburn19,85241.84−2.87
Libertarian Doug Rennie1,8933.99+3.99
Total formal votes47,45097.43−0.32
Informal votes1,2502.57+0.32
Turnout 48,70085.15−5.01
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Jacqui Scruby 26,05055.94+6.60
Liberal Georgia Ryburn20,51944.06−6.60
Independent gain from Liberal Swing −6.60

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