Tabatha Badger (born 8 June 1993) is an Australian politician who has represented the

division of Lyons The Division of Lyons () is an Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives, Australian electoral division in Tasmania. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions b ...

since 23 March 2024. Badger is a member of 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 ...

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 The 2022 Australian Senate election was held on 21 May 2022 to elect 40 of the 76 senators in the Australian Senate as part of the 2022 Australian federal election, 2022 federal election. Senators elected at this election took office on 1 July ...

, she was the 3rd green candidate in Tasmania but was not elected.

2024 state election

At 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 ...

, Badger was the

lead candidate In politics, a lead candidate (; , ) is the candidate placed first on a party list. In parliamentary systems, it is often the party's nominee for the position of head of government, and the party chair or party leader. Usage by country Neth ...

for the

Lyons Lyon (Franco-Provençal: ''Liyon'') is a city in France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of the French Alps, southeast of Paris, north of Marseille, southwest of Geneva, Switzerland, north ...

. 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 White's large surplus. This boosted Badger's own quota, and by the end of the counting after all the other Greens candidates were excluded, she had a total of 0.93 quotas, leading for her to be elected in the last spot for Lyons. She is the youngest member of the 51st Parliament of Tasmania.

Personal life

Badger lives in

Ellendale, Tasmania Ellendale is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of Central Highlands Council, Central Highlands in the Central LGA Region, Central LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Hamilton, Tasmania, Hamil ...

and grew up around

Table Cape Table Cape is an extinct volcano located near Wynyard, Tasmania, Wynyard on the North West Tasmania, North West of Tasmania, Australia, it is also the name of the locality which encompasses the geological feature. Table Cape is a more or less ci ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Badger, Tabatha Living people 1993 births Politicians from Hobart 21st-century Australian women politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Women members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Greens members of the Parliament of Tasmania Australian environmentalists Australian businesspeople