Christine Forster has announced she’s dropping out of the race to be the Liberal candidate for the seat of Wentworth.
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The Sydney seat became vacant when former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigned from parliament on Friday, triggering a by-election. Forster, who is a City of Sydney councilor, had announced her candidacy for pre-selection for the seat but now says she’s pulling back.
Forster said she has been forced to rethink her position after her candidacy became a “proxy for division” within the party. Forster who gained a high profile during the marriage equality campaign is the sister of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Earlier this year she wed her longtime partner Virginia Flitcroft.
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