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4 unusual facts about Adele Carles


Adele Carles

She was initially elected as a Greens WA member, and was the first Greens MP to be elected to the Legislative Assembly.

Carles won the seat with 44.06% of the primary vote, ahead of the ALP's candidate and former Fremantle Mayor, Peter Tagliaferri, as well as receiving enough preferences from other candidates to gain an absolute majority of ballots cast.

Fremantle state by-election, 2009

The Greens candidate, Adele Carles, won the by-election, and in doing so became the first Greens member of the Legislative Assembly.

Peter Tagliaferri

He was defeated by Greens challenger Adele Carles on May 16 - the first time a Labor candidate has lost in Fremantle since 1924.



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