Claim: Despite becoming deputy leader of the CLP and hence Deputy Majority Leader (deputy premier) under Majority Leader Goff Letts, Grant Tambling was defeated at the 1977 election by Labor Party candidate Pam O'Neil.
Evidence: In 1975 he became deputy leader of the CLP and hence Deputy Majority Leader (deputy premier) under Majority Leader Goff Letts. Despite this, Tambling was defeated at the 1977 election by Labor Party candidate Pam O'Neil, and began a career in business.