Stevens, a moderate, comfortably preselected over two female conservative candidates Joanna Andrew and Deepa Matthew
Political staffer James Stevens has been chosen as the Liberal candidate replacing retiring cabinet minister Christopher Pyne in the South Australian federal seat of Sturt.
Earlier this month Pyne, 51, announced his retirement from politics capping a 26-year parliamentary career in which he rose through the Liberal ranks to his current post of defence minister. He had been the youngest person elected to office when he won the Adelaide seat in 1993.
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