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Norma Jamieson
Norma Mary Jamieson (born 23 May 1941, in Ulverstone) is an Australian politician. She was an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house) in the electoral division of Mersey The electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers an area of 732 km2. In January 2019, the division had 27,668 enrolled voters. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulverstone, Tasmania
Ulverstone is a town on the northern coast of Tasmania, Australia on the mouth of the River Leven, on Bass Strait. It is on the Bass Highway, west of Devonport and east of Penguin. As of June 2021 Ulverstone had an urban population of 11,613, being the largest town in Tasmania. The town is a part of the municipality of the Central Coast Council, which also includes Penguin, Turners Beach, Leith, Gawler and surrounds, and Forth. History The town area was first settled by Europeans in 1848, when Andrew Risby, his wife Louisa and their five young children arrived to settle and develop farmland from what was mostly a thickly forested wilderness. Andrew and Louisa arrived in Adelaide, South Australia in 1839 as a newly married couple from their ancestral town of Horsley, Gloucestershire in England. The first of their five children were born in Adelaide. Soon after the birth of their second child they moved to Tasmania. In 1841 they arrived at the Forth River where a ... [...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 Mersey
The electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers an area of 732 km2. In January 2019, the division had 27,668 enrolled voters.Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019. Mersey is named after the Mersey River that flows through Devonport. The electorate of Mersey includes part of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Squibb
Geoffrey Bruce "Geoff" Squibb (born 27 October 1946) is a former Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1990 to 2003, representing Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it .... Squibb was born in Devonport, and was its Mayor from 1985–99. In 1990 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Mersey, holding the seat until his defeat by Norma Jamieson, another Independent, in 2003. References Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania 1946 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Mersey
The electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers an area of 732 km2. In January 2019, the division had 27,668 enrolled voters.Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019. Mersey is named after the Mersey River that flows through Devonport. The electorate of Mersey includes part of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gaffney
Michael Victor Gaffney (born 30 November 1959) is an Australian politician. He has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2009, representing the seat of Mersey. Born in Devonport, Gaffney was trained as a teacher, and entered politics as a Latrobe councillor in 1994. In 2002, he became the Mayor, and was President of the Tasmanian Local Government Association from 2006. In 2002, he contested Braddon in the House of Assembly for Labor, but was unsuccessful. In 2009 he announced his candidacy for Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it ..., which was being vacated by sitting independent Norma Jamieson. References 1959 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Independent members of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Members Of The Parliament Of Tasmania
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1941 Births
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Living People
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Members Of The Tasmanian Legislative Council
{{Use Australian English, date=November 2016 These are lists of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Members of the Legislative Council serve six-year terms, with two or three members facing re-election at periodic elections held every year. Due to the difficulty of categorising members without having lists for each individual year, members are categorised here in six-year blocks starting firstly from 1885 and then from 1999. * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1879–1885, 1879–1885 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1885–1891, 1885–1891 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1891–1897, 1891–1897 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1897–1903, 1897–1903 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1903–1909, 1903–1909 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1909–1915, 1909–1915 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1915–1921, 1915–1921 * Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Australian Politicians
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Women Members Of The Tasmanian Legislative Council
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