After Action Wright-Up

So, the election is over. Well, not really. With such a close running, it won't be over till the last couple of uncertain seats have been meticulously sorted out, and the four indipedants and one green decide who's going to be the next PM.

But the election is. Mr. Buccholz, the LNP candidate and now MP for the seat, claims its all thanks to the coalition of the Liberals and the Nationals, a big surprise (note sarcasm) as he headed the committee that coalined the two parties.

I also notice that, while the LNP still won easily, the greens got a really hefty positive swing on election day, while Labour got an even larrger negative one.

the Wright Man (or Woman) for the job

the candidates for Wright...

Scott Buchholz (Liberals): According to his page on the LNP website, Mr. Buchholz is a very much a Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action type. Or so he says, anyway. He also chaired, I noted, the amoeba-like absorption of the defunct national party. What his site does not point out is that he was previously a Nationals member (possibly they didn't think it noteworthy. I personally think it is, in that the Nats went belly-up so Mr. Buchholz is to some extent a piece of re-appropriated political flotsam), and tried to get into the Senate in 2007 . He also had to beat no less than seven other candidates for the chance to become the Senator for Wright, although with the polls favouring the Liberals, his preselection battle might be the only battle he really needed to take part in to get his seat. Time will tell.

Now, an aside... Hajnal Ban, the previous Liberal candidate for Wright got, and I'm amused that this is the first time I've even encountered this word, Disendorsed by the Liberals after she was accused of mis-using funds belonging to an elderly man in her care. As an observer, I'm rather disappointed by this. She seems like a hell of an engaging character. Heck, she has a wikipedia page of her own. It pretty much speaks for itself, in terms of Interesting Character-ness (although I note no mention of her recent scandal involvement).

Anna Bridle (Greens): thus far, in my view, probably the candidate aiming most for the youth vote, due to her significant online presence on both the greens website and facebook. This has made accessing her own, personal, political opinions a bit easier than the other candidates. Interestingly, she's actually firmly behind further development in the Wright electorate, believing that it can be done without damaging the environment there.

Andrew Ramsay (Labor): possibly the creepiest looking of the candidates, Mr. Ramsay seemed on initial inspection to be otherwise unmemorable. An Average Aussie Bloke, according to the ALP website. Except that he actually ousted the previous ALP candidate for the post, in a rather tough battle. The bit where Ms Ban says the preselection process was a debacle for the ALP is, in hindsight, hilarious. The local news' opinion seems to be that he's a bit behind on local issues.

Ken Degen (Independent): I could find almost nothing about Mr. Degen. His only internet presence seems to be a twitter account. While twitter is a useful update tool, I personally think it's not the best way to get your policy ideas across. He mostly seems to be standing for reducing migration to Australia, and making sure nobody has more than 2 children.

Jeremy John Fredericks (Family First): has almost less internet presence than Mr. Degen. All I could find was this on the Family First website

A complete Wright off.

Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to my blog. Here, I shall be be looking at and commenting upon the election campaign in the newly created Queensland electoral seat of Wright.