THE Liberal Party has claimed 13 Labor candidates are ineligible to stand in Saturday's federal election, including the man whom polls suggest could knock Malcolm Turnbull out of Parliament.
Labor called the claims "baseless".
According to Liberal Party headquarters, the 13 hopefuls are all ineligible because they failed to resign from Commonwealth jobs before nominating for parliament.
Liberal campaign spokesman Andrew Robb has said his party may challenge election results in court if candidate they believe were ineligible won seats on Saturday.
Legal advice provided to the Liberal Party suggests the ALP candidate for Mr Turnbull's seat Wentworth, George Newhouse, may be ineligible for Parliament and has compounded the problem by refusing to release relevant documentation.
"There would be a need for a by-election if Mr Newhouse is elected for the federal seat of Wentworth," Liberal campaign spokesman Andrew Robb has said.
"In other words Mr Newhouse is not eligible to be elected."
Labor said all 13 resigned from their positions in accordance with electoral guidelines.......
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