A 27-strong team of Labor candidates for the next state election has been unveiled, boasting faces both familiar and not so familiar.
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Prior to the state Labor conference, the party revealed its most high profile candidates for preselection – names like former radio personality Tim Cox, Burnie mayor Anita Dow and erstwhile cabinet Minister David O’Byrne.
Opposition Leader Rebecca White announced the full list of candidates at George Town on Saturday.
In Bass, there will be five Labor candidates in the running.
Incumbent Labor member Michelle O’Byrne will contend with Adam Gore, who is an adviser to Bass Labor MHR Ross Hart; former Migrant Resource Centre general manager Jennifer Houston; sports administrator Brian Roe; and Scottsdale dairy farmer Owen Powell.
Dr Powell has a PhD in environmental management from the University of Queensland and has worked in Egypt and Palestine, determining methods for managing water resources.
Two years ago, he returned to Tasmania.
“I’ve been running the family farm since then,” he said.
Dr Powell said the reason he became interested in joining the Labor Party was because he wanted to be a “strong” advocate for youth and for working people.
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He said it was vital that we engaged the youth population in education and training, so that they made the most of their opportunities.
“The other contribution I want to make is to bring the agriculture background that I have and work out ways in which farmers can have profitable, efficient farms with good environmental outcomes,” Dr Powell said.
