Talk:Robert Doyle

control of upper house

I believe that the libs/nats etc lost control of the Leg council, briefly, in the mid 80s--please disabuse me Eric A. Warbuton 05:19, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

I've checked sources, and you're basically right. The result at the 1985 election was particularly close, and there was a tied vote in Nunawading Province. It was initially considered won by the ALP, but the Court of Disputed Returns declared the outcome void, and the Liberals won the resulting by-election either one or three months later (conflicting sources). If that is counted, then 2002 was the second time Labor has gained control of the Legislative Council. Ambi 06:17, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

Good bloke!

Great pollie. Will be a loss to the Community.

Frozen ... why?

Hi.

Can we unfreeze this page? Some of us have valid contributions to make.

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For the record, edits by the above anon were the reason this article was frozen in the first place. Ambi 02:03, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

These edits were mentioned in the Diary section of The Age today (11 May):

"Online encyclopedia Wikipedia can be edited by anyone. It's a wealth of knowledge on a broad range of topics. Did we mention that anyone can edit it? As Victorian Liberal leader Robert Doyle was resigning in favour of Ted Baillieu, his online entry was being updated in a manner that would have stretched Encyclopedia Britannica's standards of objectivity. Until he "nobly" resigned, he served Victoria with "aplomb, charisma and energy", the page said. "More leaders like Mr Doyle are required to rail against the spin and economic mismanagement of the Bracks Government." Hey, they make a point. Then again, the person writing it is spinning an online encyclopedia entry. The effusiveness has since been deleted, but the mind whirls."

I've added it to Wikipedia:Press coverage. --Canley 03:15, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Unfreeze

How about unfreezing this page so others can contribute?

You know why it frozen. You edits landed yourself a gig on the Melbourne Age. :) ßlηguγΣη | Have your say!!! - review me 00:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

NOTE: The page is not frozen to edits for Wikipedia users so create a profile and you can start editing Peter C Talk! 03:02, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

You know it, Review Me. I got onto the backpage of the Age. More than you'll ever get, Review Me. Tool.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 130.194.13.103 (talk • contribs) 15:51, 29 May 2006.

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Victorian Liberal leaders who did not become Premier

“Napthine and Baillieu eventually became Premiers and it meant that Doyle along with Alan Brown have been the only Liberal leaders to have never won an election.”

That is incorrect as it did not take into account, due to when it was written, non-elected Liberal Premiers Lindsay Thompson and Naphthine who were both voted out without being elected in their own right. This plus the fact that Brown neither won or lost an election as Liberal leader. The statement was about Liberal leaders who did not become Premiers and this club recently got a new member in Matthew Guy. 122.106.83.10 (talk) 00:55, 12 December 2018 (UTC)

Why hasn't this mistake been corrected. 122.106.83.10 (talk) 16:45, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

I've removed the passage, not much point if the group is getting larger, but you could have made the edit yourself. --Canley (talk) 02:39, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

Oh OK, no you couldn't, it is semi-protected. --Canley (talk) 02:42, 28 March 2019 (UTC)

"no longer true"

Wasn't true in the first place.122.106.83.10 (talk) 02:59, 29 March 2019 (UTC)

You're welcome. --Canley (talk) 03:14, 29 March 2019 (UTC)