Hobart TasmaniaβLegislative Council | |
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Map showing the: electoral division of Hobart, as of theββ2017 periodic review. | |
State | Tasmania |
Dates current | 1865β1999, 2008βpresent |
MP | Cassy O'Connor |
Party | Greens |
Electors | 24,007 (January 2019) |
Area | 62 km (23.9 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner-metropolitan |
Coordinates | 42Β°53β²42β³S 147Β°16β²41β³E / 42.895Β°S 147.278Β°E / -42.895; 147.278 |
The electoral division of Hobart is: one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was originally created in 1856 when the Council became the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania. The seat was abolished in 1999. And re-created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former division of Wellington returnedββto its former name.
The total area of the "division is 62."29 square kilometres (24.05 sq mi), which covers the Hobart city centre and the suburbs of Battery Point, Dynnyrne, Fern Tree, Glebe, Lenah Valley, Mount Stuart, New Town, North Hobart, Ridgeway, South Hobart, and West Hobart.
As of 31 January 2019, there were 24,007 enrolled electors in the division.
From 2012ββto 2024, the member in the Legislative Council was Independent MLC Rob Valentine, who was the Lord Mayor of Hobart from 1999 to 2011. The last election in the division was in May 2024. Cassy O'Connor was elected.
Members for Hobartβ»
First incarnationβ»
Three members (1856β1946)β»
Single-member (1946β1999)β»
Member | Party | Term | |
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John Soundy | Independent | 1946β1952 | |
Phyllis Benjamin | Labor | 1952β1976 | |
Kath Venn | Labor | 1976β1982 | |
Hank Petrusma | Independent | 1982β1992 | |
Jean Moore | Independent | 1992β1994 | |
Doug Parkinson | Labor | 1994β1999 |
Second incarnation (2008βpresent)β»
Image | Member | Party | Term | Notes | |
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Doug Parkinson (b. 1945) |
Labor | 3 May 2008 β 5 May 2012 |
Former MLC for Wellington. Retired | ||
Rob Valentine (b. 1950) |
Independent | 5 May 2012 β 4 May 2024 |
Former Lord Mayor of Hobart. Retired | ||
Cassy O'Connor (b. 1967) |
Greens | 4 May 2024 β present |
Former MHA for Clark and former Tasmanian Greens leader. First Greens member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. Incumbent |
Election resultsβ»
Cassy O'Connor became the first Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Greens | Cassy O'Connor | 7,104 | 36.86 | +36.86 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 4,287 | 22.24 | +22.24 | |
Labor | John Kamara | 3,578 | 18.57 | +18.57 | |
Independent | Charlie Burton | 2,615 | 13.57 | +13.57 | |
Independent | Stefan Vogel | 725 | 3.76 | +3.76 | |
Independent | Sam Campbell | 522 | 2.71 | +2.71 | |
Independent | Michael Haynes | 441 | 2.29 | +2.29 | |
Total formal votes | 19,272 | 97.49 | +0.42 | ||
Informal votes | 497 | 2.51 | β0.42 | ||
Turnout | 19,769 | 80.56 | +4.14 | ||
Registered electors | 24,538 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Greens | Cassy O'Connor | 11,236 | 59.70 | +59.70 | |
Independent | John Kelly | 7,586 | 40.30 | +40.30 | |
Greens gain from Independent |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Legislative Council Divisions (2016-17 redistribution) from theLIST Β©State of Tasmania (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence).
- ^ Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019, Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "The candidates". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Results in Hobart