New South Wales (NSW) Transport Minister David Elliott will quit state politics next year, opting to pull out of a preselection race after his seat was abolished.
The transport, veterans and western Sydney minister’s Baulkham Hills seat will be scrapped and renamed to Kellyville at the 2023 March election.
Elliott, who announced his retirement on his LinkedIn profile on Saturday evening, had instead hoped to take the safe Liberal seat of Castle Hill.
The shift would have required support from inside the Liberal party, who are nominating their preferred candidates for each electorate at the upcoming election.
“I made some inquiries over the course of the past couple of days, and it was quite clear there was no support for me in Castle Hill,” Elliott said on Sunday….