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Anthony William Fletcher (27 October 1934 – 27 August 2020) was an Australian politician. He was an
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 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 to 2005, representing first Russell and then Murchison. Fletcher, who was born in
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 ...
, first entered the Council in 1981; although an Independent, he served as Leader of the
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Government in the Legislative Council from 1986–89 (during Robin Gray's premiership) and from 1996–98 (
Tony Rundle Anthony Maxwell Rundle AO (born 5 March 1939 in Scottsdale, Tasmania) was the Premier of the Australian State of Tasmania from 18 March 1996 to 14 September 1998. He succeeded Ray Groom and was succeeded himself by Jim Bacon. He is a Liberal ...
's premiership). In 1999, the seat of Russell was replaced with Murchison, which Fletcher won. He retired from the Legislative Council in 2005. The ashes of beloved Smithton Magpies CHFA legend Tony Fletcher were scattered in the railway end pack pocket of the Smithton football ground on April 10, 2022 as part of a Magpies’ reunion following a request from his family. Mr Fletcher guided the club to nine premierships in the competition as playing coach between 1958 and 1968.


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Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania 1934 births 2020 deaths Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council 21st-century Australian politicians {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub