The Greens have preselected environmental activist and statistician Hilary Green to stand for the seat of Pittwater at the NSW state election.
Ms Green has lived in Mona Vale for 22 years after being born in Manly and spending most of her life on the Northern Beaches.
With a PhD in Statistics and several other degrees, she was an academic lecturer and researcher in Statistics at Macquarie and other Sydney universities until five years ago.
She applied this expertise in the Voices of Mackellar movement, carrying out all the statistical analysis on data collected in its “Kitchen Tea Conversations”.
“I’ve been a Greens voter most of my voting life and until now have been a foot soldier,” Ms Green said.
“However, I’ve decided to stand because I want to show Pittwater people that the Greens, as a party, is a powerful force for good, and encourage them to embrace this progressive movement at the state election.”