MICHAEL LESTER
The end result, no matter which way you interpret cause and effect, is that Labor won one seat, a person with strong Labor ties won another and in the third, the Labor candidate delivered a credible 45% result. On face value, Labor’s position in the State Parliament is thus strengthened, not weakened.
BOB McMAHON
A noted journalist phoned me on the Thursday before the election and asked me if I thought the pulp mill was the major issue in Windermere. I said I didn’t think it was. We are talking about the East Tamar not the West Tamar, I replied, an entirely different demographic in the main. (Cast your mind back to the Rosevears election on the West Tamar in which notable anti-mill Independent Kerry Finch scored over 70% in a two horse race with a pro-miller.)
