Less than three weeks after the last change of state Premier we've had another one with Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein resigning just under a year since the last election, and being replaced by long-serving Deputy Jeremy Rockliff. And so here we go again.
These were the previous round's results. Unsurprisingly, almost nobody expected another leader at state or territory would go before the May federal election.
Eagle eyes may have noticed that Gutwein originally had four votes. I was out without access to my computer when the news came through and could not immediately close the poll. I have determined that two votes for Gutwein were cast after the news that he was resigning and these votes have been removed. Likewise, the current round has been set to close at 6:30 pm on the expected federal election day.
Gutwein's departure marks the fifth time in the past six terms that the Tasmanian Premier elected at an election has not served out the term. However, thanks to Will Hodgman's full term 2014-2018, Tasmania is still slightly more stable than New South Wales, which has had a change of Premier five terms in a row (in one of those cases two changed).
Can we get to the federal election and (presumably) get one of Morrison and Albanese out of this poll before another one drops?
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