[1] His mother left the family when he was seven years old and he was raised by his father Harry who worked as a boiler attendant at Boyer.
[3] At the age of thirteen he received an award from the Royal Humane Society of Australasia after rescuing a drowning child from the Derwent.
The election results saw the Liberal Party win all five House seats in Tasmania following a backlash against the Whitlam government.
[2] Despite Franklin's reputation as a safe Labor seat at state level,[4] Goodluck was re-elected to parliament on six occasions.
[4] His campaign materials did not mention the Liberal Party,[2] and described himself as "the little grub battl[ing] for the underdog" and "the little Aussie battler".
[1] In 1996 he returned to politics as an independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the state seat of Franklin; he retired in 1998.