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 (born 20 September 1945), a former Australian politician.
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. Pamela Frances O'Neil (born 20 September 1945) is a former Australian politician.