As much as this election is a story shunning Scott Morrison, it’s also a story about the rise of strong, savvy and professional women.

A story that began with Brittany Higgins and Chanel Contos and Grace Tame, and was carried on by their big sisters last night -- among them a group of independent candidates, all professional women, who drove incumbent moderate Liberals out of the party’s blue-ribbon city seats.

The names will soon become familiar: Zoe Daniel in Goldstein, Allegra Spender in Wentworth, Kylea Tink in North Sydney, Sophie Scamps in Mackellar and Monique Ryan in Kooyong.