Periodic elections for the
Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 May 2010. The two seats up for election were
Apsley, held by independent MLC
Tania Rattray, and
Elwick, held by retiring
Labor-turned-independent MLC
Terry Martin. These seats were last contested in 2004.
Apsley
Sitting independent MLC
Tania Rattray was the sole nominee for the election in Apsley, which she had held since 2004. She was thus declared re-elected unopposed.
Apsley results
Elwick
The Hobart seat had been held by
Terry Martin since 2004. Martin was facing court on charges of child sex offences, and was not recontesting the election. A frontrunner emerged in
Adriana Taylor,
Glenorchy Mayor and
Labor Party member, although in common with the prevalence of independents in the Legislative Council, Taylor did not seek party endorsement. There were suggestions that
Lisa Singh
Lisa Maria Singh (born 20 February 1972) is a former Australian politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the division of Denison from 2006 ...
, defeated Labor MHA and former government minister, or
Andrew Wilkie might run, but these came to nothing. The Labor Party did endorse a candidate, Health and Community Services Union official Tim Jacobson. The
Tasmanian Greens endorsed Housing Tasmania policy officer Kartika Franks, who ran on the Greens' ticket in
Denison at the
2010 state election.
Elwick results
References
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2010 elections in Australia
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