Huon TasmaniaβLegislative Council | |
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Map showing the: electoral division of Huon, as of theββ2017 periodic review. | |
State | Tasmania |
Created | 1856 |
MP | Dean Harriss |
Party | Independent |
Electors | 26,048 (2020) |
Area | 6,214 km (2,399.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
Coordinates | 43Β°14β²53β³S 146Β°40β²12β³E / 43.248Β°S 146.67Β°E / -43.248; 146.67 |
The Electoral division of Huon is: one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was created in 1999, however similar electorates of this name have existed since 1900, and members of the Tasmanian upper house for this region appearββto have been elected since 1856.
The total area of the "division is 6,"214 square kilometres (2,399 sq mi) since a redistribution in August 2017.
As of 31 January 2019, there were 25,335 enrolled voters in the division. The current sitting member of the division is Dean Harriss, elected in the 2022 by-election. The next periodic election in the division is due in May 2026.
The division includes the local municipalities of Huon Valley and Kingborough. Localities include Huonville, Margate, Cygnet, Franklin, Geeveston, Bruny Island, Snug, and Howden.
Membersβ»
Member | Party | Period | |
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Thomas Knight | Independent | 1856β1857 | |
Richard Cleburne | Independent | 1857β1864 | |
Alexander Kissock | Independent | 1864β1866 | |
John Wedge | Independent | 1866β1868 | |
John Foster | Independent | 1868β1874 | |
James Robertson | Independent | 1874β1880 | |
Joseph Solomon | Independent | 1880 | |
William Fisher | Independent | 1881β1882 | |
John Watchorn | Independent | 1882β1905 | |
Thomas Fisher | Independent | 1905β1909 | |
Stafford Bird | Independent | 1909β1924 | |
David Calvert | Independent | 1924 | |
William Calvert | Independent | 1924β1942 | |
Rowland Worsley | Labor | 1942β1948 | |
Ron Brown | Independent | 1948β1966 | |
Michael Hodgman | Independent | 1966β1974 | |
Peter Hodgman | Independent | 1974β1986 | |
Athol Meyer | Independent | 1986β1996 | |
Paul Harriss | Independent | 1996β2014 | |
Robert Armstrong | Independent | 2014β2020 | |
Bastian Seidel | Labor | 2020β2022 | |
Dean Harriss | Independent | 2022β |
Election resultsβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Β±% | |
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Labor | Toby Thorpe | 5,648 | 25.05 | β6.24 | |
Independent | Dean Harriss | 5,340 | 23.68 | +7.54 | |
Liberal | Aldo Antolli | 5,111 | 22.66 | +22.66 | |
Greens | Gideon Cordover | 4,704 | 20.86 | +3.32 | |
Local | Pat Caplice | 1,748 | 7.75 | +7.75 | |
Total formal votes | 22,551 | 97.35 | β0.09 | ||
Informal votes | 615 | 2.65 | +0.09 | ||
Turnout | 23,166 | 86.20 | +0.64 | ||
Registered electors | 26,876 | ||||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Dean Harriss | 11,840 | 52.55 | +52.55 | |
Labor | Toby Thorpe | 10,693 | 47.45 | β9.86 | |
Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ Legislative Council Divisions (2016-17 redistribution) from theLIST Β©State of Tasmania (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence).
- ^ "Huon results β 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022.