2024 Pittwater state by-election

2024 Pittwater state by-election
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Electoral district of Pittwater in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
Registered57,196[1]
Reporting
84.6%
as of 3:55 PM AEDT
  First party Second party
 
IND
Candidate Jacqui Scruby Georgia Ryburn
Party Independent Liberal
Popular vote 25,523 19,734
Percentage 54.14 41.86
Swing Increase 18.3 Decrease 2.9
TPP 55.9 44.1
TPP swing Increase 6.6 Decrease 6.6
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.[2]

Amon resigned from parliament on 30 August 2024 after he was charged with child sex offences.[3] Several hours prior to resigning from parliament, Amon also resigned as a member of the Liberal Party.[4]

Independent Jacqui Scruby was elected.

  1. ^ "LA - Check Count First Preference District Summary - Pittwater". NSW State Election Results 2024. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Pittwater State by-election". NSW Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  3. ^ McSweeney, Jessica; Smith, Alexandra; Gorrey, Megan; Sibthorpe, Clare (30 August 2024). "NSW MP charged with child sex offences, quits parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2 September 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ Lewis, Alexander (30 August 2024). "Liberal MP for Pittwater Rory Amon charged with child sex offences". ABC News. Archived from the original on 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024. The ABC understands Mr Amon has quit parliament and the Liberal Party following the charges.