Craig Maxwell Farrell (born 28 January 1964) is an Australian politician, and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent for the Labor Party.

In the 1980s, Farrell hosted The Cartoon Company, a Saturday morning cartoon programming block on TasTV, with a costumed character called "Boss Poss".^[1] From the 1990s, he was a television sales executive and real estate representative.

Farrell was elected to the Legislative Council in a by-election on 7 May 2011 following the resignation of Michael Aird in 2010. He also served as a councillor and Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council until October 2011,^[2] and was an electoral officer in the New Norfolk office of federal MP Dick Adams.^[3] In February 2012 he stood down as president of the Derwent Valley Railway Preservation Society but remained on the board.^[4][5]

On his first day in Parliament, Farrell was appointed Deputy Leader of Government Business in the Upper House.^[6] A year later, he was appointed Leader of Government Business in the Upper House on the retirement of the incumbent, Doug Parkinson.^[7]

On 21 May 2019, Farrell was elected as president of the Legislative Council, following the retirement of the incumbent, Jim Wilkinson.^[8]

In 2021, Farrell was elected for a further six-year term as the Member for Derwent.^[9]