Stuckey puts Labor at two
Preference plan drops LNP to six
INDEPENDENT Currumbin candidate Richard Stuckey has revealed who he will preference in the Gold Coast’s most marginal seat.
The husband of former Currumbin MP Jann Stuckey could prove to be the deciding factor in the electorate, shocking many when he announced his candidacy just days before nominations closed.
In an interview earlier this month, Dr Stuckey said he had not been contacted about preferences by any of the major parties.
A how-to-vote card provided to the Bulletin instructs voters to vote 1 for Dr Stuckey and put Labor candidate Kaylee Campradt in second spot.
Ms Campradt is followed
by One Nation’s Glen Wadsworth, Independent Ian Logan and the United Australia Party’s Anna Palmer.
LNP incumbent MP Laura Gerber has been numbered sixth on the ballot, with Greens candidate Peter Burgoyne and Australia Onebacked independent Tracy Takacs-Thorne last.
Dr Stuckey said he had still not been contacted, but had chosen preferences based on which parties he believed would support voluntaryassisted dying.
“We made it quite clear right at the start we would preference the party more likely to bring voluntary-assisted dying forward,” he said.
“No one’s rung me. Prepoll starts Monday and it’s very obvious one party would support it and one won’t, hence putting Labor as two. The only one that counts is the No 2 preference. It’s really only about Labor and the LNP.”
Both Dr Stuckey and his wife Jann, who held the seat for almost two decades, quit the LNP in March. It is believed at least 27 party members left with them, making the preference decision more likely to influence the result.
Ms Gerber holds the seat with a 3.3 per cent margin.