The electoral division of Nelson is a constituency of the
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, ...
. The division includes many of the suburbs to the south of
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
, including South Hobart, Sandy Bay,
Taroona
Taroona is a major residential suburb approximately 15 minutes drive from the centre of Hobart, Tasmania on the scenic route between Hobart and Kingston. Although on the edges of the City of Hobart, Taroona is actually part of the municipality ...
and
Kingston. The division was created in 1999 when the
electoral division of Queenborough
The Electoral division of Queenborough was an electoral division in the Tasmanian Legislative Council of Australia. It existed from 1946, when the seat of Hobart was changed from three members to one, to 1999, when it was renamed Nelson.
Members
...
was renamed in a review of electoral boundaries. The member from 1999 until his retirement in 2019 was independent
Jim Wilkinson.
The
most recent election was in May 2019, when independent candidate
Meg Webb
Megan Therese Webb (born 6 October 1974) is an Australian politician and community sector worker. At the periodic elections in May 2019, she was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Nelson, replacing long-ti ...
was elected.
Members
See also
*
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 m ...
References
External links
Parliament of Tasmania
{{Southern Tasmania , state=autocollapse
Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
Southern Tasmania