Stephen John Wilson (born 27 April 1948) is a former Australian politician from Tasmania, serving as an independent member 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, H ...

from 1981-1999 (18 years). Wilson entered politics on 23 May 1981 when he was elected to the southern based seat of Monmouth in the

. He was re-elected a further two times to the seat, in 1987 and 1993. During the 1998 Legislative Council electoral boundaries redistribution, the seat of Monmouth was abolished and Stephen Wilson was allocated as the inaugural member for the

Electoral division of Rumney The electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house). The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke. The electorate is named after Mo ...

. He contested the 1999 election as the sitting member for Rumney, but was defeated by

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candidate

Lin Thorp Lin Estelle Thorp (born 4 November 1953) is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 until 2011, representing the electorate of Rumney, and serving as Minister for Human Servi ...

on the final recount of votes by a tally of less than 100.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Stephen John 1948 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council