| Clark Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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 Location of Clark (dark green) in Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2018 (Clark) 1909 (Denison) | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Vica Bayley (Greens) Simon Behrakis (Liberal) Ella Haddad (Labor) Kristie Johnston (Independent) Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor (1), Liberal (2), Greens (1), Independent (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Andrew Inglis Clark | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 74,397 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 292.62 km2 (113.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Clark | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.
The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.
Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).
Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018,[1] aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017.[2]
The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km² it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.
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Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Clark (state) |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Quota | 10,626 | ||||
| Liberal | Elise Archer (elected 2) | 9,402 | 14.7 | −1.6 | |
| Liberal | Madeleine Ogilvie (elected 4) | 3,992 | 6.3 | +6.3 | |
| Liberal | Simon Behrakis | 3,722 | 5.8 | +2.3 | |
| Liberal | Will Coats | 1,690 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Liberal | Harvey Lennon | 1,488 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Labor | Ella Haddad (elected 3) | 7,998 | 12.5 | +4.4 | |
| Labor | Simon Davis | 1,986 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Labor | Chris Clark | 1,597 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Labor | Sam Mitchell | 1,294 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
| Labor | Deb Carnes | 1,191 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
| Greens | Cassy O'Connor (elected 1) | 9,469 | 14.9 | +2.4 | |
| Greens | Vica Bayley | 1,372 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Greens | Bec Taylor | 943 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Greens | Tim Smith | 546 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Greens | Nathan Volf | 442 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Independent | Kristie Johnston (elected 5) | 6,994 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Independent | Sue Hickey | 6,261 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
| Animal Justice | Tim Westcott | 902 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Andrew Large | 588 | 0.9 | +0.9 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Lorraine Bennett | 310 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
| Independent | Mike Dutta | 615 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Jax Ewin | 537 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | Lisa Gershwin | 260 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Australian Federation | Justin Stringer | 154 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 63,753 | 95.0 | −0.9 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,378 | 5.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 67,131 | 90.7 | −0.7 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Liberal | 20,294 | 31.8 | −5.9 | ||
| Labor | 14,066 | 22.1 | −19.8 | ||
| Greens | 12,772 | 20.0 | +2.5 | ||
| Independent | Kristie Johnston | 6,994 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
| Independent | Sue Hickey | 6,261 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
| Animal Justice | 902 | 1.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 898 | 1.4 | +1.4 | ||
| Independent | Mike Dutta | 615 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | Jax Ewin | 537 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Independent | Lisa Gershwin | 260 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
| Australian Federation | 154 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –1.6 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.3 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
| Greens hold | Swing | +2.4 | |||
| Independent gain from Labor | Swing | +11.0 | |||
