Career
Prior to 1995 Springwood was held by Molly Robson of the Australian Labor Party, who held the seat in the 1993 election with a majority of 10%. Woolmer, who worked in the Information Technology sector prior to running for parliament, entered the election on the tail of the so-called "koala tollway" controversy, in which the Labor government had planned to build a tollway through a koala sanctuary. While in parliament Woolmer served as an undersecretary with a focus on Information Technology issues.
He helped to establish the government"s Ministerial Council for Information Technology & T, and he had hoped to become the state"s first Information Technology minister after the 1998 election.
This, however, was not to be, as a swing back to Labor saw Woolmer lose his seat to Labor"s Grant Musgrove by a narrow margin. After his 1998 loss, Woolmer ran unsuccessfully for pre-selection in the Federal seat of McPherson, before returning to work in the Information Technology sector.
