Braddon
Tasmania—House of Assembly
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Map showing the Division of Braddon, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.
StateTasmania
Created1955
MPShane Broad (Labor)
Anita Dow (Labor)
Felix Ellis (Liberal)
Roger Jaensch (Liberal)
Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
PartyLabor (2), Liberal (3)
NamesakeSir Edward Braddon
Electors81,211 (2021)
Area21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi)
DemographicMixed
Federal electorate(s)Braddon
Electorates around Braddon:
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait
Southern Ocean Braddon Bass
Lyons
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Franklin
Division of Braddon

The electoral division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island. Braddon takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Braddon.

Braddon and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.

History and electoral profile

Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown.[1]

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Braddon and Darwin

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1909 James Belton Labor Benjamin Watkins Labor James Ogden Labor James Long Labor Joshua Whitsitt Anti-Socialist Herbert Payne Anti-Socialist
6 seats
(1909–1959)
1910 James Hurst Labor
1912 George Pullen Liberal Liberal Liberal
1913
1916 Edward Hobbs Liberal
1917 Percy Pollard Nationalist Nationalist Independent Nationalist
1919 James Hurst Labor
1920 Percy Pollard Nationalist
1921 Country Country
1922 Richard Franks Country Frank Marriott Nationalist
1922 Philip Kelly Labor
1925 Liberal
1925 Henry McFie Nationalist
1926 Henry Lane Labor
1928 Fergus Medwin Labor Nationalist
1931 Independent
1931 Thomas d'Alton Labor Thomas Butler Nationalist
1934 Joseph McGrath Labor Jack Chamberlain Nationalist Frank Edwards Nationalist
1937 Henry Lane Labor
1940 John Wright Nationalist
1941 Henry McFie Nationalist James Bugg Labor
1944 Michael Smith Labor
1946 Charley Aylett Labor Eric Reece Labor Carrol Bramich Labor Liberal Liberal John Fidler Liberal
1948 Independent
1948 Kevin Lyons Liberal
1950
1951 Jack Breheny Liberal
1955
1956 Liberal Sydney Ward Labor
1959 Lloyd Costello Labor Joseph Britton Labor
1964 Geoff Chisholm Labor Wilfred Barker Liberal
1969 Centre
1972 Glen Davies Labor Ray Bonney Liberal
1975 John Coughlan Labor Joseph Britton Labor
1976 Michael Field Labor Ron Cornish Liberal Roger Groom Liberal
1979 Michael Weldon Labor
1982 Vince Smith Liberal
1986 Greg Peart Labor Michael Weldon Labor Tony Rundle Liberal Bill Bonde Liberal
1989 Di Hollister Greens
1992 Carole Cains Liberal
1996 Brenton Best Labor
1997 Mike Gard Labor Carole Cains Liberal
1998 Bryan Green Labor Steve Kons Labor
5 seats
(1998–2024)
2002 Jeremy Rockliff Liberal Brett Whiteley Liberal
2006
2010 Paul O'Halloran Greens Adam Brooks Liberal
2014 Joan Rylah Liberal Roger Jaensch Liberal
2017 Shane Broad Labor
2018 Anita Dow Labor
2019 Joan Rylah Liberal
2020 Felix Ellis Liberal
2021 Adam Brooks Liberal
2021 Felix Ellis Liberal
2024 To be determined in the 2024 Tasmanian state election

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Braddon (state)
2021 Tasmanian state election: Braddon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 11,661
Liberal Jeremy Rockliff (elected 1) 19,186 27.4 +1.6
Liberal Felix Ellis 6,229 8.9 +6.0
Liberal Adam Brooks (elected 5) 6,202 8.9 −6.7
Liberal Roger Jaensch (elected 4) 4,833 6.9 +0.4
Liberal Lara Hendriks 1,856 2.7 +2.7
Liberal Stacey Sheehan 1,708 2.4 +2.4
Labor Shane Broad (elected 3) 6,034 8.6 +0.3
Labor Anita Dow (elected 2) 5,640 8.1 −0.7
Labor Justine Keay 4,132 5.9 +5.9
Labor Michelle Rippon 1,454 2.1 +2.1
Labor Amanda Diprose 1,300 1.9 +1.9
Independent Craig Garland 4,236 6.1 +3.0
Greens Darren Briggs 1,853 2.6 +2.6
Greens Tammy Milne 670 1.0 +1.0
Greens Emily Murray 584 0.8 +0.8
Greens Phill Parsons 403 0.6 +0.6
Greens Maureen Corbett 372 0.5 +0.5
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Brenton Jones 1,648 2.4 +2.4
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Kim Swanson 990 1.4 +1.4
Independent Liz Hamer 337 0.5 +0.3
Independent Matthew Morgan 294 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 69,961 94.6 +0.2
Informal votes 3,963 5.4 −0.2
Turnout 73,924 91.0 −1.5
Party total votes
Liberal 40,014 57.2 +1.1
Labor 18,560 26.5 −0.8
Independent Craig Garland 4,236 6.1 +6.1
Greens 3,882 5.5 +2.0
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 2,638 3.8 +3.8
Independent Liz Hamer 337 0.5 +0.5
Independent Matthew Morgan 294 0.4 +0.4
Liberal hold Swing +1.6
Liberal hold Swing –6.7
Liberal hold Swing +0.4
Labor hold Swing +0.3
Labor hold Swing –0.7

See also

References

  1. ^ Braddon Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Electoral Commission
  2. ^ "2021 Results for Braddon". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

External links

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