Date set for Hunter by-elections after Liberal resignations
Charlestown MP Andrew Cornwell resigned from his position after adverse findings at the ICAC. (AAP Image/Paul Miller) (AAP Image/Paul Miller)
Voters in two NSW seats vacated by disgraced Liberal MPs will go to the polls on October 25.
Tim Owen and Andrew Cornwell quit politics last week after confessing at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) to receiving banned donations from property developers.
The departures have forced by-elections in their Hunter seats of Newcastle and Charlestown.
Parliamentary Speaker Shelley Hancock announced on Monday the by-elections would be held on October 25.
Liberal state director Tony Nutt says that in "an explicit act of atonement", his party will not field candidates.
The Liberal Party won Newcastle in 2011 with a 2.6 percent margin and Charlestown on 9.9 percent.
Both seats have traditionally been pro-Labor and are expected to fall back to the ALP.
The by-elections are tipped to cost the taxpayer a total of about $1 million.
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