Brad Battin set to be challenged by Jess Wilson
In just three years, Kew MP Jess Wilson has climbed from new Liberal recruit to shadow treasurer – a swift rise that has cast her as one of the key figures to revive the bruised Victorian Liberal Party.
Raised in Melbourne’s east and educated at Strathcona Girls Grammar, Wilson grew up steeped in politics. Her father, Ron Wilson – whom she has described as her “first political hero” – was also a state Liberal MP.
Jess Wilson will make a run for the Liberal Party leadership.Credit: Eamon Gallagher
Like her father, Wilson served as president of the Monash University Liberal Club, and later as state president of the Victorian Young Liberals.
Elected to the blue-ribbon seat of Kew in 2022, Wilson was immediately promoted to the frontbench as part of a new guard of Liberal MPs keen to rebuild the battered Victorian party.
You can read Annika Smethurst’s full profile of Wilson here.
