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Surprisingly ex Liberal MP for this seat Kyran O Donnell has announced he is running as an independent this time around. He could poll well, similar to ex Labor MP John Bowler who won Kalgoorlie in 2008 as an independent, but whether he can attract preferences from Labor will determine if he can win over the Liberals or Nationals.
Also interesting is that the Nationals candidate from 2021 (Rowena Olsen) is running as the Liberal candidate for 2025.
@Yoh An why did Kyran O’Donnell quit the Liberals and why did Rowena Olsen quit the Nationals?
NP, I only read about this from a local site (Kalgoorlie Miner) so it might not be accurate.
@NP – I believe Kyran O’Donnell quit because despite his profile and standing within the state Liberals, from memory he was put in 19th out of 20th place on the Liberals Legislative Council Ticket. He may have quit in protest/squabbles with the party, though I may be wrong.
Yep O’Donnell was preselected to an unwinnable spot on the WA Liberal upper house ticket. Probably encouraged to run as an independent by the poor preselection result and the fact that he was reasonably successful in council elections (was successfully elected with 22.3% of the vote in last year’s LG elections, only about 1,401 votes but still decent performance in a crowded field of 16 candidates).
This could well shape up to be a four-way contest between Lab/Lib/Nat/O’Donnell.