Craig Ingram
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Craig Ingram is the independent MP for Gippsland East in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
At the 1999 election, he unexpectedly won the seat after receiving preferences from the independent, One Nation and Labor candidates. Ingram then held the balance of power with two other independents, Russell Savage and Susan Davies. The three independents would not support a minority government led by the incumbent Liberal Premier Jeff Kennett and decided instead to support a minority Labor government under Steve Bracks. This led to Kennett's decision to quit not only the premiership but politics altogether.
At the 2002 election, Ingram was easily re-elected, polling 41% of the primary vote and 62% of the two candidate preferred vote.
At the 2006 election, Ingram won with a slightly reduced primary vote of 38%, and 53% of the two candidate preferred vote.
Ingram came under heavy criticism in mid-2007 when he failed to return from holidays to his electorate which had suffered devastating floods.
