Labor has preselected former NSW minister Diane Beamer for the seat of Lindsay to replace the spurned incumbent MP Emma Husar.
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Ms Beamer will be the ALP candidate after Ms Husar's endorsement was withdrawn by the party machine.
She was the only nomination in a ballot which was set to be conducted by the party's national executive.
Ms Husar has spent the past few months fighting accusations she bullied staff and last week she announced plans for defamation proceedings against the media outlet Buzzfeed.
In August, an independent investigation found she subjected staff to "unreasonable communication, demands, practices and disciplinary methods".
However, the investigation did not support staff claims of sexual harassment or lewd behaviour.
Ms Beamer was a state government minister and the member for the seats of Badgerys Creek and Mulgoa from 1995 to 2011.
NSW Labor's administrative committee last week withdrew its endorsement of Ms Husar as the candidate for Lindsay and handed the process to the national executive.
Comment was being sought from Ms Husar's office.
Australian Associated Press