Periodic elections for the

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were held on 7 May 2022. Two seats were up for a regularly scheduled vote; Elwick and McIntyre. Simultaneously a

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was held in the seat of Huon, following the resignation of the incumbent member Bastian Seidel.

Elwick

Josh Willie of the Labor Party was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected.

Elwick Results

McIntyre

Independent Tania Rattray was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected.

McIntyre Results

Huon by-election

A by-election for the seat of Huon was also held with the periodic elections, following the resignation of incumbent MLC Bastian Seidel. Willie was elected as a member of the Labor Party in

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. However, on 23 August 2021 he announced he had resigned from Labor to sit as an independent, and would resign from parliament in 2022.

Candidates

Huon results

References

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