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Reg Hope
Reginald Thomas "Reg" Hope (12 June 1927 – 16 December 2010) was an Independent member of the Tamar and ( from 1982) Meander divisions of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1979 to 1997. Hope was born in Sheffield, Tasmania. He served as President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1995 to 1997. The Reg Hope Foreshore Park in Devonport, Tasmania is named in his honour. Hope died on 16 December 2010. At his death, Premier David Bartlett noted that he was "decent, honest, straightforward and committed to helping Tasmanians," while Don Wing Donald George Wing (born 27 April 1938) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston (briefly named Paterson), he was President of the Tas ... said that he was "gregarious, passionate but above all a gentleman." References 1927 births 2010 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of The Tasmanian Legislative Council
The President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Council A council is a group of people who come together to consult, deliberate, or make decisions. A council may function as a legislature, especially at a town, city or county/shire level, but most legislative bodies at the state/provincial or natio .... Presidents of the Legislative Council External links Presidents of the Legislative Council(Parliament of Tasmania) {{DEFAULTSORT:Tasmania Lists of presidents of state upper houses in Australia Tasmania-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devonport, Tasmania
Devonport ( ; Palawa Kani: ''Tiagarra'') is a city in northern Tasmania, Australia, located on the lands of the Pannilerpanner clan of the Palawa nation. It is situated at the mouth of the Mersey River. Devonport had an urban population of 26,150 at the 2021 Australian census. History The first European settlement before 1850 was on a block of land at Frogmore, near present-day Latrobe. In 1850, a settler named Oldaker occupied land at present-day Devonport. Saw milling and coal mining developed with settlers arriving from England in 1854 on board the sailing ship 'Balmoral'. During the 1850s the twin settlements of Formby and Torquay were established on opposite banks at the mouth of the Mersey River. Torquay on the eastern shore was the larger community with police, post, magistrate, at least three hotels, shipyards and stores. A river ferry service connected the two communities. Between 1870 and 1880 the shipping industry grew and work was undertaken to deepen the mouth of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent Members Of The Parliament Of Tasmania
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2010 Deaths
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1927 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Coates
Jeffrey Allan Coates (19 November 1925 – 18 June 2016) was an Australian politician. Life and career Coates was born in Deloraine on 19 November 1925. In 1971 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Meander A meander is one of a series of regular sinuous curves in the channel of a river or other watercourse. It is produced as a watercourse erodes the sediments of an outer, concave bank ( cut bank) and deposits sediments on an inner, convex bank .... He transferred to Tamar in 1982, and retired from politics in 1989. Coates died on 18 June 2016, at the age of 90. References 1925 births 2016 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council People from Deloraine, Tasmania {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Hitchcock (politician)
Daniel Hitchcock (3 January 1908 – April 1996) was an Australian politician. He was born in Cooma in Victoria. In 1960 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ... member for Tamar. He held the seat until his retirement in 1979. References 1908 births 1996 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 20th-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Wing
Donald George Wing (born 27 April 1938) is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston (briefly named Paterson), he was President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, President of the Legislative Council from 2002 until 2008. Wing was also List of mayors of Launceston, Mayor of Launceston from 1983 to 1987. Wing was born in Ulverstone, Tasmania, Ulverstone, and was first elected to the Legislative Council on 22 May 1982. He is a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania and before entering parliament practised as a barrister. He has served as an Alderman of the Launceston City Council and as Mayor thereof; a path that was later followed by fellow conservative independent MLC Ivan Dean. He has vocally supported Dean in the face of criticism for holding both positions at once, arguing that his own experience shows that such a career is workable. Although Wing is a forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Bartlett
David John Bartlett (born 19 January 1968) is an Australian former politician in the state of Tasmania, serving as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011 when he retired. Early life He has been a resident of both Moonah and Mount Nelson. His education started at Mount Nelson Primary School, with secondary education at Taroona High School and Hobart College. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Graduate Diploma of Business in Professional Management at the University of Tasmania. Prior to entering parliament, he had a career in the information technology industry and the public sector, and served as the Manager of the Tasmanian Innovation Centre and as an advisor to former Tasmanian treasurer, David Crean. Parliament He first entered parliament on a countback in 2004 after then Premier Jim Bacon resigned due to cancer. Bartlett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheffield, Tasmania
Sheffield is a town 23 kilometres inland from Devonport on the north-west coast of Tasmania. Sheffield has long been the rural hub for the Mount Roland area. The Sheffield area is well known for its high quality butterfat production via dairy farming. The area is suitable for lamb and beef production. The town of Railton is nearby. At the , Sheffield had a population of 1,602. History Sheffield was one of the many early townships settled in 1859. The town was named by Edward Curr after his home town in South Yorkshire, England. ''Kentishbury'' Post Office opened on 1 November 1862 and was renamed ''Sheffield'' in 1882. The area grew slowly and the commencement of the Mersey-Forth Power Development Scheme in 1963 saw the town grow dramatically. The completion of the power scheme –- seven dams and seven power stations –- in 1973 saw the town's population decline. Sheffield's revival as the Town of Murals began as a bid by a small group of residents determined to save the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. Members of the Legislative Council are often referred to as MLCs. The Legislative Council has 15 members elected using preferential voting in 15 single-member electorates. Each electorate has approximately the same number of electors. A review of Legislative Council division boundaries is required every 9 years; the most recent was completed in 2017. Election of members in the Legislative Council are staggered. Elections alternate between three divisions in one year and in two divisions the next year. Elections take place on the first Saturday in May. The term of each MLC is six years. The Tasmanian Legislative Council is a unique parliamentary chamber in Australian politics in that historically it is the only chamber in any stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Meander
The Electoral division of Meander was an electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council of Australia. It existed from 1856 to 1997, when it was renamed Leven. Members See also *Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral divisions The Tasmanian Legislative Council has fifteen single member constituencies, called divisions. Current divisions The fifteen Tasmanian Legislative Council divisions as of the 2016-17 redistribution are:''Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries A ... ReferencesPast election results for Meander {{DEFAULTSORT:Meander Former electoral districts of Tasmania 1997 disestablishments in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
