Hamer was considered a frontrunner for the seat despite a late surge in support for Rochelle Pattison, the chair of Transgender Victoria.
Amelia Hamer, the 31-year-old Oxford educated grand-niece of former Victorian premier Sir Rupert “Dick” Hamer, has won preselection to become the Liberal Party’s candidate for Josh Frydenberg’s former seat of Kooyong.
“She was given a standing ovation at the end of the event and was comfortably the best performer,” one Liberal said. Ahead of the ballot, several federal Liberal Party MPs, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal party matters, were also hopeful a female candidate would be selected, with fears the federal party’s current record-low level of women MPs would not improve after the next election.
Her great-uncle served as Victorian premier from 1972 to 1981. Her grandfather, David Hamer, was a senator for Victoria and her great-grandfather, Sir William McPherson, also served as Victorian premier in the late 1920s.
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