Former Liberal MP Tim Wilson has been picked by his party to contest his former seat of Goldstein at the next Federal election.
Wilson previously held the seat in Melbourne’s bayside area between 2016 and 2022, but lost it to independent Zoe Daniel at the last election.
His endorsement follows a meeting of 300 Liberal Party members on Sunday afternoon, who chose him out of the three candidates.
A statement from the Liberal Party’s Victorian division said Wilson was attempting to win back the seat because of his “deeply principled commitment to integrity in public service”.
“He is committed to strengthening the pathway to home ownership for young residents in Goldstein to make owning their own home a reality,” a spokesperson said.
Wilson said the key issues of concern in the Goldstein electorate were the cost of living and home ownership.
“Families are struggling to pay their mortgages. Grandparents are having to pick up their grandchildren’s school fees,” he said.
Goldstein includes the suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock, Highett, Sandringham, Hampton, Brighton, Gardenvale, Elsternwick and Caulfield South.
Wilson was one of six MPs to lose once safe Liberal seats to independents at the 2022 federal election.
He is currently undertaking a PHD in economics.
Current Goldstein MP Zoe Daniel confirmed via social media platform X she would run again in the next election.
It comes a day after the Victorian Liberal Party endorsed fintech executive Amelia Hamer as its candidate for Kooyong – the seat currently held by independent Monique Ryan, who won it off former treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the last election.
Hamer was one of four candidates who made their preselection pitch at a meeting of 300 party members at the Hawthorn Town Hall on Saturday.
She grew up in Kooyong – Melbourne’s affluent inner east – having lived in Hawthorn as a child and now in Kew.