Liberal Party rising star Amelia Hamer will be endorsed as the candidate for the seat of Malvern, convincingly holding off three other contenders in the preselection vote.

More than 200 Liberal Party members attended Caulfield Race Course on Sunday to select a new candidate following the retirement of former Liberal leader Michael O’Brien – who will step down after the November state election.

Amelia Hamer (right) and Jacqueline Blackwell (light blue jacket) greet Liberal Party members at Caulfield Racetrack on Sunday for the preselection meeting. Credit: Chris Hopkins

Although the contest between Hamer and Blackwell was expected to be close, potentially requiring multiple knockout rounds of voting, Hamer won resoundingly in the first round.

Hamer, an Oxford-educated grandniece of

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