2002 Tasmanian state election

The election was marked by a strong swing to both the Labor Party and the Tasmanian Greens at the expense of the Liberals, with Cheek losing his own seat.Bacon and the Labor Party campaigned on a platform of revitalising the state after the 1990s-era economic reforms of successive Liberal governments, while maintaining law and order and a strong economy, and promoting tourism in particular.In the Hobart-based seat of Denison, the Greens polled 24.5%, outpolling the main Opposition Liberal Party.The election had major impacts on both the Liberals and Tasmanian Greens, while leaving Labor largely unchanged.However, they managed to markedly increase their vote in the 2002 poll, and picked up three new MPs, Kim Booth, Nick McKim and Tim Morris.
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