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Dean Winter to be announced as Labor’s candidate for Franklin, after preselection row
Kingborough Mayor Dean Winter is set to be announced as Labor’s sixth candidate for the seat of Franklin after Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White asked the party’s national executive to intervene.
Key points:
- Labor Leader Rebecca White has admitted the row over Mr Winter’s preselection has “gone on for too long”
- Mr Winter was denied preselection due to perceptions he was “anti-worker”
- Labor’s National executive is expected to formally endorse Ms White’s request he be a candidate
Ms White wrote to Labor national secretary Paul Erikson on Tuesday that she supported Mr Winter being endorsed as a Labor candidate, after his nomination was shutdown by Labor’s left faction, who are the dominant arm of the state branch.
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