Talk:Martin Hamilton-Smith

Statement on 2006 loss
Does anyone know what basis MHS puts on his statement that 2006 was the lowest Liberal result since World War 2? Looking at Question 19 on http://www.seo.sa.gov.au/apps/uploadedFiles/news/276/SEO_QA06_13feb06.pdf the closest the Libs came is in 1938 where based on a 39 seat assembly, the Libs won 15 seats (with 12 ind and 1 single tax league mind you)? Or is he talking about the 33% primary vote where Labor got 26%? I'd like to know which election MHS may be referring to and on what basis the claim is made... Timeshift 08:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Free image
I have an event with Mr Hamilton-Smith today, so I'll try and take a freely-licensed photo. It might be a bit difficult, but here's hoping :)--cj | talk 00:55, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No such luck, unfortunately. Maybe another time...--cj | talk 15:40, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Anyone in his area want to call him and ask for a photo op? :P Timeshift (talk) 00:39, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

"Survey of Martin Hamilton-Smith’s electorate reveals huge opposition to his defecting to Labor government"
That's the headline for this article. Tell me, how can one reconcile that headline with the poll results showing for "should there be a by-election in Waite", 41% say yes, 43% say no, and "do you feel betrayed by his decision", 42% say yes and 46% say no..........? Am I just dumb? Timeshift (talk) 04:04, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Edit war - speculation
"It had been suggested that the abstained MP is either the man that Hamilton-Smith had ousted, Iain Evans or former frontbencher Mitch Williams but both refused to comment on this suggestion" - this is speculation. Just because it's in The Australian it doesn't change the fact it is speculation. I don't want to get in to an edit war so other editors' input is welcome. Timeshift (talk) 02:03, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, agreed. Possibly, if it was covered in multiple sources (including, hopefully, at least one non-newspaper source), it might be worth including from a historical perspective. Frickeg (talk) 03:16, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

I want to thank MHS.
He is the first fed/state independent crossbencher i'm aware of to see the value of getting his image on to wikipedia. Timeshift (talk) 12:23, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

FYI - MHS has launched his new website
Snigger :D Timeshift (talk) 06:13, 20 November 2014 (UTC)

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