Mal Brough wins Fisher preselection

Howard government minister Mal Brough has won Liberal National Party preselection to run for parliamentary Speaker Peter Slipper’s seat of Fisher at the next election.

Mr Brough won the ballot for one of Queensland’s safest conservative federal seats on Sunday afternoon.

He beat seven other contenders, including LNP official and strategist James McGrath, who enjoyed public backing from federal Liberals including Malcolm Turnbull, Jamie Briggs and Simon Birmingham.

Other nominees were Mr Slipper’s former media adviser Richard Bruinsma, Andrew Wallace, Peta Simpson, Graeme Mickelberg, Daniel Purdie and Stephen Ainscough.

Mr Brough has succeeded in his political comeback despite his involvement in the sexual harassment case against Mr Slipper, stood aside as speaker.

He allegedly had extensive contact with the speaker’s then staffer James Ashby before Mr Ashby lodged a sexual harassment case against Mr Slipper.

He was also accused of interfering with a local government election on the Sunshine Coast but has since been cleared by the Queensland’s anti-corruption watchdog and police.

Mr Brough lost his seat of Longman in 2007.

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