An independent push for the region
But that’s just what Goolwa mum of three and small-business owner Lou Nicholson did. And when South Australians went to the polls in March, she managed to achieve what many have only ever dreamed. Lou came within 343 votes of winning the seat of Finnis, an electorate that’s been considered safe, blue ribbon Liberal territory since the 1940s.
The newly-minted independent said her political spark first ignited as she was
