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THE POLL BLUDGER GREGORY
Gregory has existed in one form or another since 1878, and was a Labor stronghold from 1899 until the party split of 1957. It then fell to the Country Party, which has since held the seat without interruption. Current member Vaughan Johnson assumed the seat in 1989 and was relatively untroubled by the challenge of One Nation in 1998, despite a 19.4 per cent fall in his primary vote. Even amid the Coalition's 2001 fiasco he easily won a two-horse race against Labor by 9.4 per cent, to which he added a further 8.0 per cent in 2004. ASSESSMENT: Nationals retain | |