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Members Of The Tasmanian House Of Assembly, 1982–1986
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, elected at the 1982 state election: : Denison Democrat MHA Norm Sanders resigned in late 1982 to run for the Australian Senate at the 1983 federal election. Independent green candidate Bob Brown, then briefly jailed as a result of protests against the Franklin Dam, was elected as his replacement on 4 January 1983. This was an unprecedented event in Tasmanian politics, as recounts virtually always result in the election of a member of the same party. However, as Sanders was more well known for his environmentalist activism than his work with the Democrats, his preferences passed to fellow activist Brown ahead of the other Democrat candidates. : Denison Liberal MHA Max Bingham resigned in early 1984. Carmel Holmes was elected as his replacement on 25 June. : Denison Labor MHA John Devine resigned in early 1984. Bob Graham was elected as his replacement on 25 June. : Bass Labor MHA Michael Barnard resigned in mid–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 members, elected for a term of up to four years, with five members being elected in each of five electorates, called divisions. Each division has approximately the same number of electors. Voting for the House of Assembly is by a form of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark electoral system. By having multiple members for each division, the voting intentions of the electors are more closely represented in the House of Assembly. Since 1998, the quota for election in each division, after distribution of preferences, has been 16.7% (one-sixth). Under the preferential proportional voting system in place, the lowest-polling candidates are eliminated, and their votes distributed as prefere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Braid
Ian Maxwell Braid (born 8 July 1935) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Sheffield, Tasmania, and is the cousin of former Tasmanian MLC Harry Braid. In 1969, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Wilmot for the Liberal Party. He was defeated in 1972, but was re-elected in a countback following Angus Bethune Angus Bethune may refer to: * Angus Bethune (fur trader) (1783–1858), Canadian fur trader * Angus Bethune (politician) Sir Walter Angus Bethune (10 September 1908 – 22 August 2004) was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian Ho ...'s resignation. He served as a minister from 1982 to 1989 and from 1993 to 1995. He resigned his seat in 1995 and retired from politics. He assisted the state government, when requested in about 2002, by agreeing to become Mayor of Kentish Council, based in Sheffield. The council had been under administration. References 1935 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roger Groom
Francis Roger Groom (born 3 November 1936) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. He held his seat until his resignation in 1997, when he was replaced in a countback by Carole Cains Carole Susan Cains (born 29 November 1943) is an Australian former politician. She was born in Derby, England. In 1992, she was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. She was defeated in 1996, but .... References 1936 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Gray (Australian Politician)
Robin Trevor Gray (born 1 March 1940) is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a hydroelectric dam on the Franklin River. He was only the second non-Labor premier to hold the post in 48 years, and the first in 51 years to govern in majority. Early life Gray was born in Kew, a suburb of Melbourne. Once he had completed high school, he won a scholarship to Dookie Agricultural College and completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science at the University of Melbourne. His qualifications led to a job as an agricultural consultant at a firm in Victoria's Western District. In 1965, the firm sent Gray to northern Tasmania to operate a branch of the firm in Launceston. Political career During 1976, the state leader of the Liberal Party, Max Bingham, convi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Graham (Tasmanian Politician)
Robert James "Bob" Graham (born 13 May 1942) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Burnie, Tasmania. He was first elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1980 as a Labor member for Denison, in a recount following Neil Batt Neil Leonard Charles Batt (born 14 June 1937), Australian politician, is a former Tasmanian government minister, Deputy Premier and Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. A member of the Labor Party, he was leader of the party in Tasmania, ...'s resignation. Defeated in 1982, he returned to the Assembly in 1984 in the recount resulting from John Devine's resignation. He was defeated again in 1986. References 1942 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Field (politician)
Michael Walter Field (born 28 May 1948 in Latrobe, Tasmania), a former Australian politician, he held office as the Premier of Tasmania between 1989 and 1992. Field is also the former chancellor of the University of Tasmania, he held that position from January 2013 to 30 June 2021; he is also the former leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party his tenure was from 1988 until his retirement in 1996. Field is best known for operating in minority government with the support of the Independents, Tasmania's nascent Green party, with an agreement known as the Labor–Green Accord. Biography Field grew up on the north-west coast of Tasmania, he attended Devonport High School and graduated from the University of Tasmania with a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science in 1971, where he resided at St. John Fisher College. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Braddon in 1976. He was at various times a cabinet minister, premier and leader of the opposition over t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Devine (Australian Rules Footballer)
John Herbert Devine (22 June 1940 – 29 January 2023) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1960s, and Tasmanian Football League (TFL) side North Hobart between 1967 and 1974. Australian rules football career A defender, Devine was recruited to as a 20-year-old from Colac, and he made his debut for Geelong against Footscray in round 1 of the 1960 VFL season. Devine would quickly become an integral part of a rising Geelong team. On 6 July 1963, he was a member of the Geelong team that were comprehensively and unexpectedly beaten by Fitzroy, 9.13 (67) to 3.13 (31) in the 1963 Miracle Match. Given the nickname "Colac" by his teammates, in 1963 Devine was a member of Geelong's premiership team playing off the half-back flank where he was named amongst the best for Geelong. Devine would earn a reputation as a 'big-game player', consistently named amongst Geelong's best players in multiple finals matches ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Davis (Australian Politician)
Geoffrey Bertrand "Geoff" Davis (born 13 February 1931) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania. At the 1982 state election, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ... member for Denison. He served as a minister from 1984 to 1986, but resigned from parliament and from the Liberal Party in 1987 following a disagreement over the State Bank. References 1931 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Davies (politician)
Ronald Glen Davies (5 August 1943 – 4 April 2003) was an Australian politician. He was born in Franklin, Tasmania, the son of federal MP Ron Davies. In 1972 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon. He was Speaker from 1977 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982. He retired from politics in 1986, and died in Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ... in 2003. References 1943 births 2003 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Speakers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Coughlan (politician)
John Anthony Coughlan (6 November 1934 – 2 June 1991) was an Australian politician in Tasmania. He was born in the Melbourne suburb of Chelsea. In 1975 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Braddon in a recount following Lloyd Costello Lloyd Edwin Albert Costello (10 December 1922 – 20 June 2001) was an Australian politician. He was born in Flowerdale, and served in the Royal Australian Air Force from 1941 to 1946. In 1959 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assem ...'s resignation. He was Chair of Committees from 1977 to 1979 and a minister from 1977 to 1980. In 1986 he was defeated. References 1934 births 1991 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Australian Labor Party members of the Parliament of Tasmania 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Labor-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Cornish
Ronald Cornish (born 21 March 1944) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Burnie, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. He served as Speaker of the House The speaker of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body, is its presiding officer, or the chair. The title was first used in 1377 in England. Usage The title was first recorded in 1377 to describe the role of Thomas de Hungerf ... from 1986 to 1988 and was a minister from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1998, when he retired. References 1944 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Speakers of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas John Cleary
(Thomas) John Cleary (born 29 June 1947) is a former Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1979, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Franklin for the Liberal Party. He served as a minister from 1983 to 1986, when he was defeated; he was re-elected in 1988 and held the seat until his retirement in 1998. After leaving Tasmanian politics he spent a time as administrator of the Tiwi Islands The Tiwi Islands ( tiw, Ratuati Irara meaning "two islands") are part of the Northern Territory, Australia, to the north of Darwin adjoining the Timor Sea. They comprise Melville Island, Bathurst Island, and nine smaller uninhabited islands, wi ... while they were excised from Australian refugee status in 2003. References 1947 births Living people Liberal Party of Australia members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-Liberal-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
