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Members Of The Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1993–1999
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1993 and 1999. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year. During this period, legislation was passed to reduce the Council from 19 to 15 seats. It was the most major change in the Council's makeup since 1870. 15 of the members were appointed to new seats in 1999. Elections Members Transition arrangements Notes : In April 1995, Charles Batt, the Labor member for Derwent, retired. Labor candidate Michael Aird Michael Anthony Aird (born 12 April 1949 in Melbourne) is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent from 1995 to 2011. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasman ... won the resulting by-election on 27 May 1995. : On 6 July 1998, Ross Ginn, the member for Newdegate, resigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two Chambers of parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. Members of the Legislative Council are often referred to as MLCs. The Legislative Council has 15 members elected using instant-runoff voting, preferential voting in 15 single-member electorates. Each electorate has approximately the same number of electors. A review of Legislative Council division boundaries is required every 9 years; the most recent was completed in 2017. Election of members in the Legislative Council are staggered elections, staggered. Elections alternate between three divisions in one year and in two divisions the next year. Elections take place on the first Saturday in May. The term of each MLC is six years. Tasmanian's upper house is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Buckingham
The electoral division of Buckingham was an electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council of Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl .... It was abolished in 1999 after the Legislative Council was reduced from 19 members to 15. The then sitting member, David Crean, was allocated as the member for Elwick. Members See also * Buckingham Land District * Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral divisions External linksParliament Tasmania - Past election results for Buckingham {{DEFAULTSORT:Buckingham Former electoral districts of Tasmania Southern Tasmania 1999 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Harriss
Andrew Paul Harriss (11 August 1954 – 1 October 2022) was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from March 2014 to February 2016, representing the electorate of Franklin. Harriss was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two Chambers of parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ... from 1996 to 2014, amassing a lengthy conservative voting record. He resigned from the Legislative Council in 2014, a short time before the conclusion of his Legislative Council term, in order to contest the House of Assembly election as a Liberal. He had previously lost a race as a Liberal candidate at the 1996 Tasmanian election. After the Liberals won the 2014 election, he was appointed Minister for Resources. In that role, he genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Ginn
Ross Winnington Ginn (born 6 November 1942) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1986 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two Chambers of parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ... as the independent member for Newdegate. He served as Chair of Committees from 1996 to 1998, when he resigned from politics due to ill health. References 1942 births Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Fletcher (politician)
Anthony William Fletcher (27 October 1934 – 27 August 2020) was an Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1981 to 2005, representing first Russell and then Murchison. Fletcher, who was born in Hobart Hobart ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Located in Tasmania's south-east on the estuary of the River Derwent, it is the southernmost capital city in Australia. Despite containing nearly hal ..., first entered the Council in 1981; although an Independent, he served as Leader of the Liberal Government in the Legislative Council from 1986–89 (during Robin Gray's premiership) and from 1996–98 ( Tony Rundle's premiership). In 1999, the seat of Russell was replaced with Murchison, which Fletcher won. He retired from the Legislative Council in 2005. The ashes of beloved Smithton Magpies CHFA legend Tony Fletcher were scattered in the railway end pack pocket o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Crean
David Mackenzie Crean (born 21 November 1950, Melbourne) is a former Labor member of the Parliament of Tasmania. He is the son of former Deputy Prime Minister Frank Crean and brother to former Australian federal opposition leader Simon Crean. Before entering politics, Crean was a medical doctor in Hobart, where he started the city's first after-hours medical locum practice with his business partner, future federal opposition leader Brendan Nelson. His first wife was Jill Robson, daughter of fellow politician Neil Robson. Crean entered the House of Assembly at the 1989 election in the division of Denison. He was defeated at the 1992 election held in February 1992. In May 1992 he was elected to the Legislative Council in the division of Buckingham Buckingham ( ) is a market town in north Buckinghamshire, England, close to the borders of Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire, which had a population of 12,890 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 Census. The town lies ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Brookes
Harry George "George" Brookes (8 December 1934 – 14 April 2011) was a long-serving politician in Tasmania, Australia, firstly by being elected onto the now defunct St Leonards Council, and in latter years to the Tasmanian Legislative Council (25 May 1991 – 31 May 1997). Biography Brookes was educated at Invermay Primary School & Launceston Technical College. He spent 27 years in the newspaper industry as a machine compositor with the '' Launceston Examiner'', and spent 2 years in Victoria with the '' Colac Herald'' and the '' Melbourne Sun''. He was nominated for Patersonia Ward on 26 March 1963, against the sitting Councillor, and trebled his vote to win the seat. In February the following year (1964), he was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Executive Council. Brookes served total of 8 years as Warden of St Leonards. He ran St Leonards Junior Council for four years, teaching school children debating skills and meeting procedure. He resigned from St Leonards Counc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Batt
Charles Leo Batt (31 December 1928 – 27 October 2007), Australian politician, was a Labor member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1974 to 1976, then a member of the Legislative Council from 1979 to 1995. Born and raised in Tasmania, Batt was first elected to the House of Assembly on 26 July 1974 representing the electorate of Wilmot (now Lyons), where he served on the Public Accounts Committee, but was defeated at the next election on 11 December 1976. On 26 May 1979, he was elected to the Legislative Council, the Tasmanian upper house, representing the electorate of Derwent. From 1989 to 1992 he was the leader for the government in the Legislative Council, and he retired from politics on 27 May 1995. He received the National Medal in 1978. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day honours in 2001, for community service through sports clubs, local government and the Tasmanian parliament, and received the Australian Centenary Med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Bailey
Raymond Frederick Bailey (25 November 1935 – 15 February 2012) was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. He was first elected to the now abolished Division of Cornwall on 26 May 1990. He was re-elected in the 1996 Cornwall Cornwall (; or ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is also one of the Celtic nations and the homeland of the Cornish people. The county is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, ... election. Bailey became President of the Legislative Council on 17 June 1997, a position which he held until 4 May 2002. In 1999 a redistribution tribunal abolished his electorate of Cornwall, because of the reduction in the size of parliament. Instead he automatically became member for Rosevears; this new electorate included much of Cornwall anyway. He retired in 2002, and died in 2012. References External links * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 1935 births 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Anderson (politician)
Russell Charles Anderson (born 21 April 1951) is a former Australian politician. Born in Williamstown, Victoria, he later moved to Tasmania. In 1998, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the Independent member for Macquarie. He held the seat until its abolition in 1999. He contested Lyons for the Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ... at the 1996 federal election. References 1951 births Living people Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians People from Williamstown, Victoria Politicians from Melbourne {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch)
The Tasmanian Labor Party, officially known as the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) and commonly referred to simply as Tasmanian Labor, is the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been one of the most successful state Labor parties in Australia in terms of electoral success. Following the 2024 Tasmanian state election, the party is led by Division of Franklin (state), Franklin MP Dean Winter, and since 2014, has formed the Opposition (Tasmania), official opposition in Tasmania. The party is currently represented in Parliament by the Winter Shadow ministry. History Late beginnings (until 1903) The Labor Party came into existence in Tasmania later than in the mainland states, in part due to the weak state of nineteenth-century Tasmanian trade unionism compared to the rest of the country. The two main Trades and Labor Councils, in Hobart and Launceston, were badly divided along north–south lines, and were always small; they collapsed altogether in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Aird
Michael Anthony Aird (born 12 April 1949 in Melbourne) is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent from 1995 to 2011. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history to have held a ministerial portfolio and the first to serve as Treasurer as previous Treasurers has been from the lower house, the House of Assembly. He took over the role of Treasurer from Paul Lennon after the 2006 state election. He was Government leader in the Legislative Council from 1998 to 2006. Aird first entered parliament in 1979, as a member of the House of Assembly seat of Franklin. He was a member from 1979 until 1986, and then again from 1989 until 1995. During this time, he held many ministerial positions, including Environment, Industrial Relations, Employment, and Education. When Labor member Charles Batt retired in 1995, Aird successfully contested election in the u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
