[1] In her inaugural speech to the Parliament, she spoke about her turbulent childhood due to her father's undiagnosed schizophrenia which led to violence experienced by her and her sisters.
[6] In a separate scandal, Wilson admitted to providing false information on political forms having overstated the number of undergraduate university degrees that she held.
Ms Wilson claimed she had a double degree from Macquarie University when she applied to be vice-president of the NSW Liberal state executive in 2013.
[7] Despite a 16.5-point against the Liberals on a two-candidate preferred basis, Wilson was elected on 8 April 2017 at the North Shore state by-election held to replace the previous member, Jillian Skinner.
After Wilson narrowly won the vote, James and right-wing supporters chose to challenge the preselection in the NSW Supreme Court.