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Division of Franklin (state)

Franklin
TasmaniaHouse of Assembly
Map
Map showing the Division of Franklin, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.
StateTasmania
Created1909
MPEric Abetz (Liberal)
Meg Brown (Labor)
David O'Byrne (Independent)
Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal)
Nic Street (Liberal)
Rosalie Woodruff (Greens)
Dean Winter (Labor)
PartyLabor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Independent (1)
NamesakeSir John Franklin
Electors79,290 (2018)
Area6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi)
DemographicMixed
Federal electorate(s)Franklin
Electorates around Franklin:
Braddon Lyons Lyons
Braddon Franklin Tasman Sea
Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean
Division of Franklin

The electoral division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, located in southern Tasmania and includes Bruny Island, Kingston and the eastern shore of the Derwent River. Franklin is named after Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837–43). The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Franklin.

Franklin 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

Franklin includes most of the suburbs of Hobart, such as Kingston, Seven Mile Beach and Lauderdale as well as the rural towns of Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Margate and Bruny Island. The subantarctic Macquarie Island is also part of the electorate.[1] The division measures 6,911 km2.

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Franklin

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1909 David Dicker Labor Thomas Hodgman Anti-Socialist John Earle Labor Norman Ewing Anti-Socialist Alexander Hean Anti-Socialist (Sir) John Evans Anti-Socialist
6 seats
(1909–1959)
1912 George Martin Labor Liberal Liberal Liberal
1913 Arthur Cotton Liberal
1915 Daniel Ryan Liberal
1916 William Shoobridge Labor Frederick Burbury Liberal Alexander Hean Liberal
1917 Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist
1917 Arthur Cotton Nationalist
1919 Albert Ogilvie Labor Benjamin Watkins Labor William Dixon Nationalist
1922 Independent Country
1922 William Pearce Labor Peter Murdoch Nationalist John Piggott Country
1922 William Shoobridge Labor
1925 Benjamin Watkins Labor Independent Independent William Sheridan Labor
1928 Benjamin Pearsall Independent Nationalist Henry Baker Nationalist
1931 Independent John Dwyer Labor Alfred Seabrook Nationalist
1934 Edward Brooker Labor Benjamin Pearsall Independent
1937 Basil Plummer Labor George Doyle Nationalist
1939 Francis McDermott Labor
1940 Vincent Shoobridge Nationalist
1941 Henry Hope Labor Thomas McKinley Labor Sir John McPhee Nationalist
1946 Bill Neilson Labor George Gray Independent Reg Wright Liberal Tim Jackson Liberal
1948 John Brown Labor
1948 Charles Hand Labor
1949 Archibald Park Liberal
1950 Thomas Pearsall Liberal
1955 Mabel Miller Liberal
1956 Brian Crawford Labor
1959 Eric Barnard Labor Bill Young Liberal
1960 Independent
1962 Lynda Heaven Labor
1964 Terry Martin Labor Jack Frost Labor Doug Clark Liberal
1966 Eric Iles Liberal
1969 Doug Lowe Labor Stanley Gough Liberal Geoff Pearsall Liberal
1972 John Beattie Liberal
1976 Ray Sherry Labor Steve Gilmour Liberal
1977 Bill McKinnon Labor
1979 Dick Adams Labor Michael Aird Labor John Cleary Liberal
1979 Bill McKinnon Labor
1981 Independent
1982 Ken Wriedt Labor
1986 Gerry Bates Greens Fran Bladel Labor Peter Hodgman Liberal Nick Evers Liberal
1988 John Cleary Liberal
1989 Michael Aird Labor
1990 Paul Lennon Labor Brian Davison Liberal
1992
1995 Mike Foley Greens John Sheppard Labor
1996 Paula Wriedt Labor Bruce Goodluck Independent
1998 Matt Smith Liberal
5 seats
(1998–2024)
2001 Martin McManus Liberal
2002 Neville Oliver Labor
2002 Nick McKim Greens Lara Giddings Labor Will Hodgman Liberal
2006
2008 Ross Butler Labor
2009 Daniel Hulme Labor
2010 David O'Byrne Labor Jacquie Petrusma Liberal
2014 Paul Harriss Liberal
2015 Rosalie Woodruff Greens
2016 Nic Street Liberal
2018 David O'Byrne Labor Alison Standen Labor
2020 Nic Street Liberal
2021 Dean Winter Labor
2021 Independent Labor
2022 Dean Young Liberal
2024 Independent
2024 Jacquie Petrusma Liberal Eric Abetz Liberal Meg Brown Labor

Election results

2024 Tasmanian state election: Franklin[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 9,006
Liberal Eric Abetz (elected 6) 6,661 9.2 +9.2
Liberal Jacquie Petrusma (elected 3) 6,093 8.5 −12.6
Liberal Nic Street (elected 7) 4,811 6.7 −1.7
Liberal Dean Young 3,078 4.3 −0.3
Liberal Jock McGregor 1,463 2.0 +2.0
Liberal Aldo Antolli 1,449 2.0 +2.0
Liberal Josh Garvin 972 1.3 +1.3
Labor Dean Winter (elected 2) 8,055 11.2 −0.2
Labor Meg Brown (elected 4) 3,613 5.0 +5.0
Labor Toby Thorpe 2,908 4.0 +1.5
Labor Kaspar Deane 1,808 2.5 +2.5
Labor Ebony Altimira 1,736 2.4 +2.4
Labor Simon Bailey 946 1.3 +1.3
Labor Philip Pregnell 613 0.9 +0.9
Greens Rosalie Woodruff (elected 1) 9,879 13.7 −1.0
Greens Jade Darko 1,008 1.4 +1.4
Greens Christine Campbell 810 1.1 +1.1
Greens Gideon Cordover 776 1.1 +0.2
Greens Jenny Cambers-Smith 762 1.1 +1.1
Greens Owen Fitzgerald 614 0.9 +0.9
Greens Lukas Mrosek 412 0.6 +0.6
Independent David O'Byrne (elected 5) 6,312 8.8 −2.1
Lambie Chris Hannan 1,418 2.0 +2.0
Lambie Marshall Callaghan 1,063 1.5 +1.5
Lambie Conor Hallahan 1,025 1.4 +1.4
Independent Clare Glade-Wright 1,154 1.6 +1.6
Animal Justice Jehni Thomas-Wurth 1,122 1.6 +1.6
Independent Tony Mulder 597 0.8 +0.8
Local Network Martine Delaney 552 0.8 +0.8
Independent Bob Elliston 186 0.3 +0.3
Independent Tamar Cordover 144 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 72,040 94.6 −1.2
Informal votes 4,115 5.4 +1.2
Turnout 76,155 92.4 +0.1
Party total votes
Liberal 24,527 34.0 −8.2
Labor 19,679 27.3 −5.9
Greens 14,261 19.8 +0.8
Independent David O'Byrne 6,312 8.8 −2.1
Lambie 3,506 4.9 +4.9
Independent Clare Glade-Wright 1,154 1.6 +1.6
Animal Justice 1,122 1.6 −0.2
Independent Tony Mulder 597 0.8 +0.8
Local Network 552 0.8 +0.8
Independent Bob Elliston 186 0.4 +0.4
Independent Tamar Cordover 144 0.2 +0.2

See also

References

  1. ^ Sydney Morning Herald, "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island"
  2. ^ "2024 Results for Franklin". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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