oakshott & windsor decieved their electorate, page-3

moondoong,

The Liberal Party did not contest the two seats, they were in effect saying to the people in the two electorates that they (the Liberal Party) were not interested in representing them (the people in the two electorates).

The people voted Oakshott and Windsor in as independents and they have remained as Independents.

The real question that should be asked is: why did the Liberal Party not want to represent the people in these two electorates ? They did not contest the two seats. They had not bothered to try to convince the people there that they were the better party to represent them, not Labor or the Independents. Was the Liberal Party telling the people in the two electorates that they were not the party's time to represent them in the parliament ?