Far away from Melbourne, Ann Peacock decided the answer was ‘no’

PR queen and charity fundraiser Ann Peacock is out of the lord mayoral race. Again. Nor will Peacock stand for a seat on the City of Melbourne council.

She had been linked to former deputy mayor Arron Wood’s mayoral campaign (then again, who hasn’t?). Endearing bikini entrepreneur Erin Deering got the deputy mayoral gig there and proceeded to light up the campaign with her references to crystals and “grounding” perfume , which CBD feels should be distributed widely among the political class. PR queen and charity fundraiser Ann Peacock.

Credit: Eddie Jim No comment from Peacock. But CBD understands that Peacock, a director of the Victoria Racing Club, made her decision during a reflective period on a five-week holiday in Europe, which included a stint in Britain staying in the horsey town of Newmarket and catching up with her sister, leading trainer Jane Chapple-Hyam . (Note to Peacock – in that part of the world, going punting in nearby Cambridge actually means boating on the river, not having a flutter in the local Ladbrokes.

) To be eligible for council candidates need to live within the council boundaries or own a business within them. And as they say, Peacock has politics in the blood, she is the daughter of the late former Liberal Party federal leader Andrew Peacock and was once married to party elder Michael Kroger . Nominations open on September 9 and close on September 17 ahead of polling day on October 26.

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