There was previously speculation, mostly by the opposition, that Green has strong leadership ambitions to become a future Premier of Tasmania.

(Georges Clemenceau, future French Premier, called that speech "so fine a sermon on what human beings might be capable of accomplishing if only they weren't human.")

Carroll won a landslide victory over his two opponents; the third place candidate was future Premier of Manitoba Howard Pawley, representing the CCF.

He served as a member of the Legislative Assembly until 1893 when he stood down and was replaced by future Premier of Queensland, Thomas Joseph Byrnes.

He held the seat until 1975, when he was defeated by Liberal candidate and future Premier of Tasmania Ray Groom.

He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1864 and practiced law with future Premier of Quebec Joseph-Alfred Mousseau until 1872.

He was first elected in a byelection in 1877 at the encouragement of George Walkem, the former and, at the time, future Premier.

In the 1974 election, he defeated future Premier of Manitoba Sterling Lyon by only 1,266 votes.

She has also been touted as a possible future Premier of British Columbia.

The newspaper was purchased by Frederick Holder, future Premier of South Australia, in June 1878.