Cecily Ann Rosol (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian politician for the

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. Followi ...

representing the

division of Bass The Division of Bass is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Tasmania. It includes most of the city of Launceston, Tasmania, Launceston and its surrounds. It has traditionally been a margin ...

in the

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since the

2024 Tasmanian state election The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system of voting, with the 35 members elected from five seven-memb ...

. 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: *

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in the 2021 Tasmanian state election *

in the

2022 Australian federal election The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday, 21 May 2022, to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia. The incumbent Morrison government, Liberal–National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, soug ...

* City of Launceston Council in the 2022 Tasmanian Local Government elections * Launceston in the 2023 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election When the

was restored to 35 seats at the

, Rosol was elected to the 5th seat in

. This saw a 2.8% swing towards Greens candidates in the electorate. Prior to her election,

had not had a Greens representative since the defeat of

Andrea Dawkins Andrea Elizabeth Dawkins is an Australian former politician and animal welfare worker. She represented Division of Bass (state), Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 9 June 2015, when she was elected in a countback to replace Kim Booth, ...

in the 2018 Tasmania state election.

References

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