Margaret Ann (Peg) Putt (born 5 June 1953, Sydney) is an Australian politician and parliamentary leader of the Tasmanian Greens. She first entered parliament in 1993 after Bob Brown resigned and votes in the Hobart electorate of Denison were recounted. Immediately prior to entering parliament she was director of the Tasmanian Conservation Trust. June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... -1... The Tasmanian Greens are a political party who developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the building of the Franklin Dam. ... Bob Brown Robert James Brown (born 27 December 1944), is an Australian Senator, the inaugural Parliamentary Leader of the Australian Greens and the first openly homosexual member of the Parliament of Australia. ... The Division of Denison, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly or lower house. ...

In the 1998 state election she was the only Green to retain a seat and became leader as a result. Four years later she recorded the second highest vote of 12,036 (20.0%) after Tasmanian premier Jim Bacon. In doing so, she outpolled the leader of the Tasmanian division of the Liberal Party of Australia, Bob Cheek, in their electorate of Denison. James Alexander Bacon AC (May 15, 1950 - June 20, 2004) was Premier of Tasmania from 1998 to 2004. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... Bob Cheek (born May 13, 1944, Launceston, Tasmania) was leader of the Opposition Tasmanian Liberal Party from 20 August 2001 until he lost his seat in the July 2002 election. ...

Ms Putt has been preselected to stand in the upcoming 2006 state election.

In the lead up to the 2006 Tasmanian Legislative Election, Labor leader Paul Lennon refused to hold a televised debate if Peg Putt was involved, and opposition Liberal leader Rene Hidding said he would only participate if Paul Lennon did. Legislative elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly are to be held on March 18, 2006. ... Paul Anthony Lennon (born 8 October 1955), Australian politician, has been Premier of Tasmania since 21 March 2004. ... Two Australian political parties sometimes have their name incorrectly rendered as the Australian Liberal Party. ... Rene Hidding (born 5 February 1953), Australian politician, is the leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania. ...

References

• Tasmanian Greens history page
• Adam Carr's election archive
• Parliamentary Library profile

External links

• Peg Putt's maiden speech to parliament
• Peg Putt's page at Tasmanian Greens website