Tasmania politics: Scott Bacon to resign from state parliament
Key Labor Party figure Scott Bacon will tomorrow announce his resignation from the Tasmanian parliament.
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SENIOR Labor MP Scott Bacon will resign from state parliament tomorrow, Labor sources say.
The 41-year-old Opposition Treasury spokesman, who was first elected in 2010, informed his colleagues today of his decision to quit politics.
The member for Clark is likely to be replaced by former member Madeleine Ogilvie on a count back.
Mr Bacon is the son of the former premier and member for Denison Jim Bacon, who died in 2004.
At the 2018 election, Mr Bacon polled the highest number of primary votes of any candidate in the seat his father once held, which has since been renamed Clark.
He held the portfolios of Tourism, Hospitality and Veterans’ Affairs in the Giddings Labor government and was appointed Shadow Treasurer by former Labor leader Bryan Green.
He also holds the shadow Racing and Gaming and Multicultural Affairs portfolios.
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