Knott was defeated at the 1996 election , but contested the 2001 election for the ALP . In the 2001 campaign he caused controversy by suggesting that the 11 September 2001 attacks were a result of United States foreign policy . He later withdrew this comment . Nevertheless , there was an 11-point swing against the ALP at the election — the largest swing to the Liberal Party in 2001
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Peter Knott