Mr Parish, a quiet and seemingly shy independent candidate for Bass, has uncovered a novel way to try to secure your vote.

If he is elected as a Bass MHA he will give voters a lottery ticket.

The George Town councillor's reasoning for the election pledge is relatively simple.

"Who wants a badge, a pen or a notebook with my picture on it?" Mr Parish said.

Under Tasmania's Electoral Act, candidates can give voters gifts to the value of $3.99 - the total of three "fee units".

Tasmanian Electoral Commissioner Bruce Taylor says the tickets are lawful.

A winning ticket would not be seen as a bribe retrospectively.

Mr Parish said every eligible Bass voter would be able to redeem a lottery ticket if he won a seat - whether they voted for him or not.

Mr Parish said the tickets were an ethical gift.

"Potentially, someone could win the lottery and it's not out of the state's pocket," he said.

When redeeming lottery tickets, voters would also be asked what they wanted Mr Parish to do in Parliament.

"Politicians pop up like mushrooms with all their information at election time and then you don't hear a lot from them," he said.

"When people turn up to claim their lottery ticket with their photo identification, I will ask them what they want me to achieve in Parliament."

During the next 14 days, Australia Post will deliver 46,500 of Mr Parish's flyers to letterboxes across Bass.

Mr Parish said he could pay even if all of the electorate's eligible 70,000 voters claimed their $1.10 Tuesday Super 7 Oz Lotto ticket.

Mr Parish has never won the lottery himself. He chose the Super 7 because it was the cheapest ticket.

His policies include first aid training as part of the high school curriculum "so on life's journey students are equipped to save a life".

He also advocates the return of rail freight services to Bell Bay and a plan for free parking at the Launceston General Hospital: "I believe that it's unethical to charge for parking when people are sick or visiting the sick."