Liberal candidate Simon Kennedy retained the safe liberal seat with a margin of 71.46 per cent.
Simon Kennedy kept hold of the safe Liberal seat with a margin of 71.46 per cent, after Labor opted against running a candidate.
Kennedy ran against Greens candidate Martin Moore, who collected 28.54 per cent of the vote and the Animal Justice Party's Natasha Brown.Cook has been a safe liberal seat since 1975, so much so that the Labor Party have not put someone up as a candidate in the By-election. Liberal Candidate Simon Kennedy is running against Greens Candidate Martin Moore and the Australian Justice Party's Natasha Brown.
Kennedy holds law and commerce degrees, and later worked at consulting firm McKinsey & Company before running for parliament. The outgoing Morrison showed up at his local polling booth at Lilli Pilli to support Kennedy's candidacy.for so long. I can tell you if you support Simon today, you're putting our electorate of Cook in very, very safe hands."
"He'll do a terrific job for us locally and as part of our Liberal team, I encourage you all to come out today to vote and support Simon."Cook has been a safe liberal seat since 1975, so much so that the Labor Party have not put someone up as a candidate in the By-election. Liberal Candidate Simon Kennedy is running against Greens Candidate Martin Moore and the Australian Justice Party's Natasha Brown.
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