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Results Of The 2024 Tasmanian State Election
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 2024 Tasmanian state election. Results summary New MPs The ''Expansion of House of Assembly Act 2022'' enabled the change of total seats in the lower house from 25 seats to 35 seats. This has resulted in thirteen new MPs being elected (ten to the new seats, and three replacing Lara Alexander, John Tucker and Dean Young who were defeated at the election). Results by electoral division Bass Vote totals given here are first round vote tallies.https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/house-of-assembly/elections-2024/results/bass/pdf/2024-ha-bass-export-count-80.pdf Braddon Clark Franklin Lyons See also * 2024 Tasmanian state election * Candidates of the 2024 Tasmanian state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House, Hobart, Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 35 members, elected for a term of up to four years, with seven members being elected in each of five electorates, called divisions. Each division has approximately the same number of electors, and shares its name with one of Tasmania's federal electoral divisions. Voting for the House of Assembly is by a form of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark electoral system. By having multiple members for each division, the voting intentions of the electors are more closely represented in the House of Assembly. This system makes it all but certain that the division's minority party wins at least one seat. Additionally, it is easier for minor p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meg Brown
Meg Brown is an Australian politician. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch), Labor Party in the Division of Franklin (state), Division of Franklin at the 2024 Tasmanian state election, 2024 state election. Brown is the niece of Tasmanian Senator Carol Brown (politician), Carol Brown. Prior to her election to parliament, Brown was a hairdresser and electorate officer for Labor-turned-independent MP, David O'Byrne. References https://taslabor.org.au/people/meg-brown/https://taslabor.org.au/people/meg-brown/ Living people Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Women members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 21st-century Australian politicians 21st-century Australian women politicians Tasmanian local councillors 1992 births {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Jenner
Andrew Jenner is a British-Australian politician, currently representing the division of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Political career Jenner served as mayor of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England from 2013 to 2014 and Deputy Mayor from 2012 before that. Jenner was the owner of Jenner's Cafe in Maidenhead. In England, he also served as a magistrate (a volunteer role which adjudicates on the same cases as a "magistrates" in Australia). Jenner was a Conservative Party councillor for Maidenhead Riverside ward. In 2016, he resigned as councillor to emigrate to Australia. In the 2022 Tasmanian local elections, Jenner was an independent candidate for Clarence City Council. In the 2024 Tasmanian state election he was elected in Lyons for the Jacqui Lambie Network. On 16 September 2024, the sole remaining member of the JLN in parliament, Andrew Jenner, confirmed he was not signing a confidence and supply deal with the Liberal government aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacqui Lambie Network
The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is an Australian political party founded in 2015 by Jacqui Lambie, at the time sitting as an independent senator for Tasmania. The JLN has contested multiple federal and Tasmanian state elections since its creation, running candidates in support of Lambie's populist stances and advocacy for working class " battlers", especially welfare recipients. Lambie was re-elected to the Senate at the 2016, 2019 and 2025 federal elections. Lambie's former staffer Tammy Tyrrell was also elected to the Senate on the JLN ticket at the 2022 election, but resigned to sit as an independent in 2024 after falling out with Lambie. The party also elected three members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the 2024 state election, but they also left or were expelled from the party within a short period. History Parliamentary eligibility crisis The JLN was formed to allow Lambie to re-contest her Senate seat at the 2016 federal election, after she resigned from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebekah Pentland
Rebekah Samantha Pentland (born 20 February 1978) is an Australian politician currently serving as one of seven members for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and has served in this position since March 2024. Career Pentland is a pharmaceutical business consultant. Political career In the 2024 Tasmanian state election she was elected in Bass. In August 2024, she and Miriam Beswick were expelled from the Jacqui Lambie Network The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is an Australian political party founded in 2015 by Jacqui Lambie, at the time sitting as an independent senator for Tasmania. The JLN has contested multiple federal and Tasmanian state elections since its creati .... Personal life Pentland lives in Youngtown with her three children. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the Tasmanian House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hobart City Council
The City of Hobart is a local government area in Tasmania which covers the central metropolitan area of the state capital, Hobart. The city is governed by Hobart City Council and led by the Lord Mayor. The local government area has a population of 53,684 and includes the suburbs of West Hobart, Lenah Valley, Mount Stuart, South Hobart, New Town, Sandy Bay and most of Fern Tree, North Hobart and Mount Nelson . History and attributes The present city council was created in 1852 by act of parliament, and the city mayor raised to Lord Mayor in 1934. Mount Wellington and the River Derwent are major features of the natural environment of the City of Hobart. 61% of the area is bushland. Sister cities * Yaizu, Japan (1977) https://www.hobartcity.com.au/Council/International-relations/Sister-Cities * L'Aquila, l’Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy (1980) Former Sister cities * Invercargill, New Zealand * Valdivia, Los Ríos, Chile (1998) * Barile, Basilicata, Italy (2009) * Xi'an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mayor
Lord mayor is a title of a mayor of what is usually a major city in a Commonwealth realm, with special recognition bestowed by the sovereign. However, the title or an equivalent is present in other countries, including forms such as "high mayor". Alderman, Aldermen usually elect the lord mayor from their ranks. Commonwealth of Nations Australia In Australia, lord mayor is a special status granted by the Monarchy of Australia, monarch to mayors of major cities, primarily the capitals of Australian states and territories. Australian cities with lord mayors are Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Adelaide, Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Brisbane, List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Darwin, Darwin, List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Hobart, Hobart, List of Mayors and Lord Mayors of Melbourne, Melbourne, Lord Mayor of Newcastle (New South Wales), Newcastle, City of Parramatta, Parramatta, Lord Mayor of Perth, Perth, Lord Mayor of Sydney, Sydney, and List of mayors and lord mayors of Wollongong, Wollongon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Burnet
Helen Christina Burnet (born 12 December 1964) is an Australian politician representing the division of Clark in the House of Assembly since the 2024 Tasmanian state election. Prior to this she was Deputy Lord Mayor of Hobart and a member of the Hobart City Council. A longtime member of the Greens, Burnet unsuccessfully ran in the 2010 and 2018 Tasmanian state elections for the party. She was elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Hobart in 2009, 2018 and 2022. In the 2010 Tasmanian state election and 2018 Tasmanian state election she unsuccessfully stood in Denison. She was also a candidate in the 2013 Australian Senate election. She was the Green candidate in Denison in the 2004 Australian federal election. In the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Burnet was the second Greens member to be elected for Clark, after Vica Bayley. Burnet is a registered podiatrist, having attained her degree, a Diploma of Applied Science in Podiatry from the University of South Australia in 1993. She is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecily Rosol
Cecily Ann Rosol (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian politician for the Tasmanian Greens representing the division of Bass in the House of Assembly since the 2024 Tasmanian state election. Prior to her election, Rosol ran a counselling business called "Thrive Launceston", and has previously worked as a registered nurse. Rosol holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) from the University of Newcastle and a Graduate Diploma of Counselling from the University of New England. Political career Prior to 2024, Rosol unsuccessfully contested multiple elections for the Greens, including: * Bass in the 2021 Tasmanian state election * Bass in the 2022 Australian federal election * City of Launceston Council in the 2022 Tasmanian Local Government elections * Launceston in the 2023 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election When the House of Assembly was restored to 35 seats at the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Rosol was elected to the 5th seat in Bass. This saw a 2.8% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian Greens
The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign. They form a part of the Australian Greens. Following the 2024 Tasmanian State Election, the party holds five seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, and is currently led by Rosalie Woodruff. At a federal level, two Tasmanian senators – Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson – are members of the Greens. The party's current shadow ministry can be found at Woodruff Shadow Ministry. History The party's history can be traced back to the formation of the United Tasmania Group (UTG) (the first established 'Green' party in the world), which first ran candidates in the 1972 election. Many people involved in that group went on to form the Tasmanian Greens. Bob Brown stood as an Australian Senate candidate for UTG in 1975. 1980s In the 1982 state election, Bob Brown stood unsuccessfully as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabatha Badger
Tabatha Badger (born 8 June 1993) is an Australian politician who has represented the division of Lyons since 23 March 2024. Badger is a member of the Tasmanian Greens and is representing several portfolios for the party. Pre-politics Badger is a small business owner and environmental campaigner. In 2023, Badger was appointed Convenor of the Wilderness Society. Political career In the 2022 Australian Senate election, she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected. 2024 state election At the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Badger was the lead candidate for the Tasmanian Greens in Lyons. At the end of first-preference counting, she received the 5th highest vote count in Lyons, and the highest of a Greens candidate for the division, at 4,044 votes. This was not enough to be elected on first-preferences, however. As the Hare–Clark counting went on Badger, along with the Lambie candidates, received significant leakage from the Labor ticket, via Rebecca Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Elwick
The electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers most of the municipality of Glenorchy. The total area of the division is . As of 31 January 2019, there were 24,010 enrolled voters in the division. Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 6 February 2019. Members for Elwick Election results See also *Tasmanian House of Assembly
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