Comments on: Unopposed returns make a comeback in the Territory http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/30/unopposed-returns-make-a-comeback-in-the-territory/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:54:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mick Dodson http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/30/unopposed-returns-make-a-comeback-in-the-territory/#comment-3115 Mick Dodson Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3115 Malcolm,<br />she had to change her name for cultural reasons - I'll explain it to you one day<br />cheers<br />Mick Malcolm,
she had to change her name for cultural reasons - I’ll explain it to you one day
cheers
Mick

]]> By: Peter Tucker http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/30/unopposed-returns-make-a-comeback-in-the-territory/#comment-3116 Peter Tucker Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3116 Malcolm says: "To the best of my knowledge there was not a single case of an unopposed return during the 1990s in any Australian parliamentary election."<br /><br />Unopposed elections in Tasmania's upper house are common enough. The Leg Council is largely independent, so entrenched members are hard to unseat; at times no one bothers to try. In 1993 Tony Fletcher was elected unopposed in the (then) division of Russell, and in 1992 George Shaw likewise in Macquarie:<br />http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/Russell1993.htm<br />http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/Macquarie1992.htm<br /><br />In fact, Tony Fletcher enjoyed a 25 year parliamentary career and only had to face two contested elections! Malcolm says: “To the best of my knowledge there was not a single case of an unopposed return during the 1990s in any Australian parliamentary election.”

Unopposed elections in Tasmania’s upper house are common enough. The Leg Council is largely independent, so entrenched members are hard to unseat; at times no one bothers to try. In 1993 Tony Fletcher was elected unopposed in the (then) division of Russell, and in 1992 George Shaw likewise in Macquarie:
http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/Russell1993.htm
http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/Elections/Macquarie1992.htm

In fact, Tony Fletcher enjoyed a 25 year parliamentary career and only had to face two contested elections!

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