Preferences for a Bad Apple

I have spent the better part of this afternoon cross referencing all of the candidates' preference lists to try and determine some way to vote tomorrow. The results are below. There are some surprises, such as the fact that I didn't put Trevor Grace last, but at 72 just above the Democratic Labor Party. They are more offensive in my mind than someone who uses misleading pictures of unborn fetuses as anti-choice propaganda. So yeah. I think they're pretty bad.


I also put a few independents between Family First and Trevor Grace. Based on their appearance in numerous conservative preference lists, I assumed that they were all the kinds of people I hate. At least Family First has to answer to some kind of public - right wing independent nutjobs need to be kept as far out of power as possible.


So this is just how I'll be voting for the Upper House tomorrow, after a few hours of fairly irritating research. You are more than welcome to use my preference list if you are confused about the independent candidates.

1.       Tammy Jennings (Greens)

2.       Simon Jones (Greens)

3.       Sandy Montgomery (Greens)

4.       Chris Prior (Gamers4Croydon)

5.       Jenny Wheaton (Pro Euthanasia)

6.       Denis Haynes (Pro Euthanasia)

7.       Ian Wood (Pro Euthanasia)

8.       Craig de Vos (Pro Euthanasia)

9.       Kirsten Alexander (St Clair’s)

10.   Lynette Alice Crocker (Independent SA)

11.   Dylan Coleman Mastrosavas (Ind)

12.   Joseph Williams (Ind)

13.   Gail Gago (ALP)

14.   John Gazzola (ALP)

15.   Rita Bouras (Liberal)

16.   Jeannie Walker (Dems)

17.   Gary Mighall (Ind)

18.   David Winderlich (Ind)

19.   Paul Collier (Dignit for the Disabled)

20.   Kelly Vincent (D4D)

21.   Michele Thredgold (D4D)

22.   Ronni Wood (D4D)

23.   Sandra Kanck (Dems)

24.   Tom Salerno (Dems)

25.   Deb Munro (United Party)

26.   Darian Hiles (United Party)

27.   Paul Holloway(ALP)

28.   Bernard Finnigan (ALP)

29.   Tung Ngo (ALP)

30.   Jim Katsaros (Save the RAH)

31.   Mark Taplin (Save the RAH)

32.   Ken Rollond (Save the RAH)

33.   David McGowan (Save the RAH)

34.   Jing Lee (Lib)

35.   Sarah Jared (Lib)

36.   David Ridgway (Lib)

37.   Stephen Wade (Lib)

38.   Terry Stephens (Lib)

39.   Peter Salu (Lib)

40.   Kelly Henderson (Ind)

41.   Michelle Drummond (Ind)

42.   Corrie Vanderhoek (Ind)

43.   John Tregenza (Ind)

44.   Neil Armstrong (Ind)

45.   Paul Tippins (Ind)

46.   Frank Williams (Ind)

47.   Joe Carbone (Ind)

48.   Doug McLaren (Ind)

49.   Paul Kuhn (Free Australia)

50.   Ki Meekins (Free Australia)

51.   Michael Hudson T (Shooters Party)

52.   Deb Thiele (Nationals)

53.   Kym Webber (Nationals)

54.   George Kargiotis (Fair Land Tax)

55.   Andrew Haralampopoulos (Fair Land Tax)

56.   Barbara Pannach (One Nation)

57.   Robert George Edmonds (One Nation)

58.   Robert Brokenshire (Family First)

59.   Bob Randall (Family First)

60.   Toni Turnbull (Family First)

61.   Nathan Ashby (Ind)

62.   Joe Ienco (Ind)

63.   John Michaelmore (Ind)

64.   Frank Hunt (Ind)

65.   Brenda Bates (Ind)

66.   Peter Panagaris (Ind)

67.   Howard Frayne Coombe (Ind)

68.   Michael Daniel Noack (Ind)

69.   Stewart Glass (Ind)

70.   Helen Aldridge (Ind)

71.   Mark Aldridge (Ind)

72.   Trevor Grace (Ind)

73.   Paul Russell (DLP)

74.   David McCabe (DLP)

 I thought about putting Mark Aldridge a little higher because he's probably not AS offensive as Nathan Ashby - but the fact that he disguised his anti-choice views at the Trevor Grace protest just so he could electioneer makes me sick in my mouth a little.

Here's to another four years of mostly mediocre governance!