Many people will remember former Gilmore politician Peter Knott fondly as “colourful”, although former Prime Minister Paul Keating infamously referred to him using a rather more vulgar word beginning with ‘C’.
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Keating’s outburst – which put Knott, who died last week, on the national stage –came during the 1993 election campaign, when the South Coast politician walked the PM into his mate’s bakery at Bomaderry for a media op.
The TV cameras rolled as Labor’s anti-GST campaign was hijacked by the shop owner, who condemned Keating’s pay roll tax system.
The incident was one of many which marked Knott’s short time as an eccentric politician.
He held the seat of Gilmore from 1993 until he was defeated by Joanna Gash in 1996.
Knott again courted controversy at the 2001 elections, suggesting September 11 was a result of United States foreign policy.
He was 59 years old.
