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The federal election could be more than a year away, but already some familiar faces are getting the jump on the competition for the seat of Dawson.
The Daily Mercury understands Shane Hamilton will likely throw his hat in the ring as Labor's candidate for Dawson after he failed to unseat Mirani MP Stephen Andrew at last year's state election.
But Mr Hamilton did produce promising results as a first-time candidate in the state election race.
He achieved more first preference votes than the incumbent with 32 per cent of the vote compared to 31.7 per cent.
Mr Andrew came out well ahead after preferences were distributed, but suffered a 0.4 per cent swing, decreasing his margin to 4.2 per cent.