Liberal Party pre-selection nomination closes at 5pm today (Wednesday). Candidates will attend the usual presentation and questions at a Canberra branch meeting on Thursday night before the pre-selection ballot on Saturday. There are likely to be up to 10 candidates. Among them are the former Member for Canberra (1975-1980) now businessman and restaurateur, John Haslem; a former director of the ACT Liberals and Assembly candidate, Gwen Wilcox; and former Peacock staffer and Foreign-Affairs officer Jane Drake-Brockman. Some interstate interest has been expressed in the seat. Nominees have to be supported by 10 members of the party who are eligible to vote in the pre-selection. Members of the Canberra branch who have attended a meeting in the past six months are eligible to vote.