Ashmor wins preselection

Local lawyer, entrepreneur, community volunteer and mum Kate Ashmor has been preselected as the Liberal Party’s candidate for the Federal seat of Macnamara.

Ms Ashmor won preselection to contest the long-held Labor seat ahead of the likes of the Liberal Party’s previous candidate Owen Guest, as well as City of Port Phillip councillor Marcus Pearl.

She will go head to head with Labor candidate Josh Burns and Greens candidate Steph Hodgins-May at the next election, which could occur as soon as March 2019. Current sitting Labor member Michael Danby, who has held Macnamara (formerly Melbourne Ports) for 20 years, will retire after the election.