A failed greening? The Electoral routing of the Tasmanian Greens

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The Tasmanian Greens faced a rewriting of the electoral 'rules of the game' in attempting to retain their four seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the 1998 state election. The Greens lost three of their four seats under the new smaller Parliament, which they would have retained in the old 35-member house. Labour's struggle to reclaim majority power without being hampered by with any green commitments, has been significant.

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The rise and rise of the Tasmanian Greens: the state election of 2002

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The result of the Tasmanian election of 2002 and its analysis are given. The Greens Leader, Peg Putt, achieved a world record high sate wide vote of 18.1 percent at the July 20 Tasmanian election.

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The Tasmanian state election 1996: Green power and hung parliaments

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The Greens have regained the balance of power in the hung parliament delivered by the 1996 Tasmania state elections. While the wilderness vote accounted for only 11% support as compared to 17.1% in 1989, the Greens view the result as a mandate for multi-party cooperation in greening public policy. The party has focused on environment preservation, quality of life, and social justice in their vision of clean, green, and local industry. However, the electoral greening of Tasmanian politics demonstrated by the Greens-Liberals alliance is being staunchly opposed by the Labor Party.

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