Franklin TasmaniaβHouse of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Map showing the Division of Franklin, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election. | |||||||||||||||
State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Eric Abetz (Liberal) Meg Brown (Labor) David O'Byrne (Independent) Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) Nic Street (Liberal) Rosalie Woodruff (Greens) Dean Winter (Labor) | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Independent (1) | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sir John Franklin | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 79,290 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 6,911 km (2,668.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
Federal electorate(s) | Franklin | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, located in southern Tasmania and includes Bruny Island, Kingston and the eastern shore of the Derwent River. Franklin is named after Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837β43). The division shares its name. And boundaries with the federal division of Franklin.
Franklin and "the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by," five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
History and electoral profileβ»
Franklin includes most of the suburbs of Hobart, such as Kingston, Seven Mile Beach and Lauderdale as well as the rural towns of Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Margate and Bruny Island. The subantarctic Macquarie Island is also part of the electorate. The division measures 6,911 km.
Representationβ»
Distribution of seatsβ»
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Members for Franklinβ»
Election resultsβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Quota | 9,006 | ||||
Liberal | Eric Abetz (elected 6) | 6,661 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Liberal | Jacquie Petrusma (elected 3) | 6,093 | 8.5 | β12.6 | |
Liberal | Nic Street (elected 7) | 4,811 | 6.7 | β1.7 | |
Liberal | Dean Young | 3,078 | 4.3 | β0.3 | |
Liberal | Jock McGregor | 1,463 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Aldo Antolli | 1,449 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Liberal | Josh Garvin | 972 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Dean Winter (elected 2) | 8,055 | 11.2 | β0.2 | |
Labor | Meg Brown (elected 4) | 3,613 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Labor | Toby Thorpe | 2,908 | 4.0 | +1.5 | |
Labor | Kaspar Deane | 1,808 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Labor | Ebony Altimira | 1,736 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Labor | Simon Bailey | 946 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Philip Pregnell | 613 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Greens | Rosalie Woodruff (elected 1) | 9,879 | 13.7 | β1.0 | |
Greens | Jade Darko | 1,008 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Greens | Christine Campbell | 810 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Greens | Gideon Cordover | 776 | 1.1 | +0.2 | |
Greens | Jenny Cambers-Smith | 762 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Greens | Owen Fitzgerald | 614 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
Greens | Lukas Mrosek | 412 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Independent | David O'Byrne (elected 5) | 6,312 | 8.8 | β2.1 | |
Lambie | Chris Hannan | 1,418 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Lambie | Marshall Callaghan | 1,063 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Lambie | Conor Hallahan | 1,025 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Clare Glade-Wright | 1,154 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Animal Justice | Jehni Thomas-Wurth | 1,122 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Independent | Tony Mulder | 597 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Local Network | Martine Delaney | 552 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Independent | Bob Elliston | 186 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Tamar Cordover | 144 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 72,040 | 94.6 | β1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 4,115 | 5.4 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 76,155 | 92.4 | +0.1 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal | 24,527 | 34.0 | β8.2 | ||
Labor | 19,679 | 27.3 | β5.9 | ||
Greens | 14,261 | 19.8 | +0.8 | ||
Independent | David O'Byrne | 6,312 | 8.8 | β2.1 | |
Lambie | 3,506 | 4.9 | +4.9 | ||
Independent | Clare Glade-Wright | 1,154 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Animal Justice | 1,122 | 1.6 | β0.2 | ||
Independent | Tony Mulder | 597 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Local Network | 552 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||
Independent | Bob Elliston | 186 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Tamar Cordover | 144 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island"
- ^ "2024 Results for Franklin". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
External linksβ»
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