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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 parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House, Hobart, 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 instant-runoff voting, 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, 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. Tasmanian's upper house is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Members Of The Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2023-2029
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Independent (politician)
An independent politician or non-affiliated politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party and therefore they choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In some cases, a politician may be a member of an unregistered party and therefore officially recognised as an independent. Officeholders may become independents after losing or repudiating a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bec Thomas
Rebecca Jane Thomas (born 24 December 1983) is an Australian politician representing Elwick in 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 parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ... since the 2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election. Prior to this she was Mayor of Glenorchy and a member of Glenorchy City Council. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian women politicians 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Women members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Mayors and lord mayors of Hobart Tasmanian local councillors {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of McIntyre
The electoral division of McIntyre is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council, it includes Flinders Island, the northern east coast of Tasmania, and regional areas south and west of Launceston. It is named after Margaret McIntyre, who was the first woman to be elected into the Parliament of Tasmania in 1948. There were temporarily two representatives for the single-member division of McIntyre until 2018. The next scheduled periodic election will be held in 2028. History and electoral profile The division was created following the 2016–17 Legislative Council redistribution process. The new name of McIntyre was adopted to avoid confusion because of the significant changes made to the electoral boundaries in the region. McIntyre includes all of the Flinders, Dorset, Break O'Day municipal areas and part of Kentish, Meander Valley and Northern Midlands municipal areas. Members As a result of the changes made following the 2016–17 Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tania Rattray
Tania Verene Rattray (born 28 March 1958) is 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 parliament, chambers of the Parliament, the other being the Tasmanian House of Assembly, House of Assembly. Both ho ... (upper house) in the division of McIntyre. Rattray was educated at Winnaleah Area School and Scottsdale High School. Before becoming a full-time politician, she was an owner/operator of the Winnaleah Four Square Supermarket from 1988 to 1994. She was also a Senior Pharmacy Assistant at Galloways Pharmacy in Scottsdale from 1994 to 2004. She was elected to Dorset Council in 1996, becoming deputy mayor in 2002. She stood for election in the Apsley division on 1 May 2004 when her father Colin Rattray retired. She narrowly led on primary votes and was elected after the distribution of preferences. Rattray was re-elected uno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Montgomery
The electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is centred on the Central Coast area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone, Penguin, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine. The electorate also includes most of the City of Burnie. Acton, Hillcrest, Montello, Brooklyn, Romaine, South Burnie and Upper Burnie are part of this electoral division. However Somerset, Parklands, Park grove and Shorewell are located in the Electoral division of Murchison. The division shares its western borders with the Burnie Municipal Council. , Montgomery had 27,913 enrolled voters and covers an area of 2,457 km². The electorate is represented by independent Casey Hiscutt, who was elected on 24 May 2025. Members Election results 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 Tasmanian Legislat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casey Hiscutt
Casey Hiscutt is an Australian politician representing Electoral division of Montgomery, Montgomery in the Tasmanian Legislative Council since the 2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, succeeding his mother, Leonie Hiscutt, who did not contest the election. Prior to this he was a councillor of Central Coast Council (Tasmania), Central Coast Council. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian politicians Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Tasmanian local councillors {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Huon
The Electoral division of Huon is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral divisions, electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was created in 1999, however similar electorates of this name have existed since 1900, and members of the Tasmanian upper house for this region appear to have been elected since 1856. The total area of the division is since a redistribution in August 2017. As of 31 January 2019, there were 25,335 enrolled voters in the division. The current sitting member of the division is Dean Harriss, elected in the 2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, 2022 by-election. The next periodic election in the division is due in May 2026. The division includes the local municipalities of Huon Valley Council, Huon Valley and Kingborough Council, Kingborough. Localities include Huonville, Tasmania, Huonville, Margate, Tasmania, Margate, Cygnet, Tasmania, Cygnet, Franklin, Tasmania, Franklin, Geeveston, Tasmania, Geeveston, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Harriss
Dean Andrew Harriss (born 18 June 1981) is an Australian politician. At a 2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, May 2022 by-election, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Electoral division of Huon, Huon, following the resignation of Labor-turned-independent MLC Bastian Seidel. Harriss is the son of former Huon MLC Paul Harriss. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harriss, Dean 1981 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania 21st-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Mersey
The electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers an area of 732 km2. In January 2019, the division had 27,668 enrolled voters.Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019. Mersey is named after the Mersey River that flows through Devonport. The electorate of Mersey includes part of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Gaffney
Michael Victor Gaffney (born 30 November 1959) is an Australian politician. He has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2009, representing the seat of Mersey. Born in Devonport, Gaffney was trained as a teacher, and entered politics as a Latrobe councillor in 1994. In 2002, he became the Mayor, and was President of the Tasmanian Local Government Association from 2006. In 2002, he contested Braddon in the House of Assembly for Labor, but was unsuccessful. In 2009 he announced his candidacy for Mersey The River Mersey () is a major river in North West England. Its name derives from Old English and means "boundary river", possibly referring to its having been a border between the ancient kingdoms of Mercia and Northumbria. For centuries it ..., which was being vacated by sitting independent Norma Jamieson. References 1959 births Living people Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Independent members of the Parliame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral Division Of Murchison
The electoral division of Murchison is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council, situated in the western/ north-west region of the state. It is the largest electorate in size, covering an area of 19,391 km² and includes the municipalities of Circular Head, King Island, Waratah-Wynyard, West Coast and part of Burnie City. Ruth Forrest has been the sitting member for Murchison since 2005, she ran unopposed in 2011, and was re-elected in 2017 and 2023. The next scheduled election is in 2029. As of January 2019, there were 27,059 enrolled voters.Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019. History ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
