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Kelly concedes Eden Monaro
Sep 13^th, 2013 at 10:52am

Mike Kelly concedes as Liberals continue to lead in counts
GEMMA JONES POLITICAL REPORTER NEWS LIMITED NETWORK SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 9:33AM
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LABOR MEETS TO TALK POST-POLL LEADERSHIP

Labor MPs and senators have descended on Canberra for their first caucus meeting since the election defeat.

FORMER Defence Minister Mike Kelly has conceded defeat in the bellwether seat of Eden-Monaro.

Mr Kelly had been trailing the Liberals' Peter Hendy since the weekend's election, and on Friday morning finally threw in the towel.

"To all my valued friends on twitter I'm sorry to have to say I will be conceding this morning,'' he tweeted.

"It's over. Thank you for your support.''

Mr Kelly, a former army officer who entered parliament in 2007, had on Saturday night been hopeful of bucking the national trend against Labor.

However, his slight lead quickly evaporated during the week, and on Friday he trailed by 633 votes.

Eden-Monaro has long been thought of as a bellwether for the overall federal result, the seat falling to whoever takes government since 1972.

The electorate stretches from Queanbeyan to the NSW coast, and down to the Victorian border.

Mr Hendy is a former chief executive of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and in 2008 was chief of staff to then Liberal leader Brendan Nelson.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #1 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 11:14am moral of the story: don't trust the ABC analysis on election night. Antony Green had Kelly home and hosed.
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Reply #2 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 11:29am

polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 13^th, 2013 at 11:14am:

moral of the story: don't trust the ABC analysis on election night. Antony Green had Kelly home and hosed.

Election night analysis is never 100% correct. Green might not have called it correctly on the night, but I respect him as a psephologist because he is not partisan in his analyses. Four hours after the polls closed, does anyone ever call the results of all 150 seats correctly and consistently?

Yet again Eden-Monaro is a Government seat, a position it has held now for 40 years.

You are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to hold opinions that you can defend through sound, reasoned argument.

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polite_gandalf Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20027 Canberra Gender:	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #3 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 11:50am absolutely, I'm not criticising Green - I think he does a great job. Just surprising when everyone seemed so certain that Kelly had won - even for a few days after.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #4 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 12:52pm polite_gandalf wrote on Sep 13^th, 2013 at 11:50am: absolutely, I'm not criticising Green - I think he does a great job. Just surprising when everyone seemed so certain that Kelly had won - even for a few days after. the ABC it was probably WISHFUL THINKING>
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Swagman Gold Member Offline Beware of cheap imitations...... Posts: 15095 Illawarra NSW Gender:	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #5 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 12:56pm The 'litmus' test seat is correct again E-M always seems to go to the Govt elect
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Vic Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8746 Melbourne Victoria Gender:	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #6 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 1:10pm I thought Mike Kelly was a good MP, as he was a well respected Army Officer. I wish him well in his future career.
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Bam Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21905 Gender:	Re: Kelly concedes Eden Monaro Reply #7 - Sep 13^th, 2013 at 1:23pm Swagman wrote on Sep 13^th, 2013 at 12:56pm: The 'litmus' test seat is correct again E-M always seems to go to the Govt elect No "seems" about it. The last election where it was not held by the Government was in 1969.
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