Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1981–1987
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
between 1981 and 1987. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Tasmanian Legislative Council
The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...
between 1981 and 1987. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Elections
| Date | Electorates |
|---|---|
| 23 May 1981 | Monmouth; Newdegate, Russell |
| 22 May 1982 | Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name.... ; Launceston; Gordon |
| 28 May 1983 | Tamar; Pembroke Electoral division of Pembroke The Electoral Division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and... ; Queenborough; West Devon |
| 26 May 1984 | Cornwall; Huon Electoral division of Huon The Electoral division of Huon is one of the fifteen electorates or seats 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... ; Mersey Electoral division of Mersey The Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters.... |
| 25 May 1985 | Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008... ; Meander; Westmorland |
| 24 May 1986 | Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk |
Members
| Name | Division | Years in office | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Archer | South Esk | 1980–1992 | 1986 |
| Charles Batt Charles Batt Charles Leo Batt OAM , Australian politician, was an ALP member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1974 to 1976, then a member of the Legislative Council from 1979 to 1995.... (Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... ) |
Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008... |
1979–1995 | 1985 |
| Harry Braid | Mersey Electoral division of Mersey The Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters.... |
1972–1990 | 1984 |
| Albert Broadby | Gordon | 1968–1988 | 1982 |
| Darryl Chellis | Westmorland | 1985–1991 | 1985 |
| Jeff Coates | Meander/Tamar | 1971–1989 | 1983 |
| Tony Fletcher Tony Fletcher (politician) Anthony William "Tony" Fletcher is a former Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1981 to 2005, representing first Russell and then Murchison.... |
Russell | 1981–2005 | 1981 |
| Ross Ginn | Newdegate | 1986–1998 | b/e |
| Oliver Gregory | Westmorland | 1959–1985 | 1979 |
| Hugh Hiscutt | West Devon | 1983–1995 | 1983 |
| Bill Hodgman | Queenborough | 1971–1983 | 1977 |
| Peter Hodgman Peter Hodgman Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman is a former Australian politician. A member of the prominent Tasmanian Hodgman family, he is the son of Bill Hodgman, the brother of Michael Hodgman and the uncle of current Tasmanian Opposition Leader Will Hodgman.... |
Huon Electoral division of Huon The Electoral division of Huon is one of the fifteen electorates or seats 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... |
1974–1986 | 1984 |
| Reg Hope Reg Hope Reginald Thomas "Reg" Hope was an Independent member of the Tamar and Meander divisions of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1979 to 1997.... |
Tamar/Meander | 1979–1997 | 1985 |
| Mac Le Fevre | Cornwall | 1978–1984 | 1978 |
| Doug Lowe Doug Lowe (Australian politician) Douglas Ackley "Doug" Lowe AM was the 35th Premier of Tasmania, from 1 December 1977 to 11 November 1981. His time as Premier coincided with controversy over a proposal to build a dam on Tasmania's Gordon River, which would have flooded parts of the Franklin River... |
Buckingham | 1986–1992 | 1986 |
| Kenneth Lowrie | Macquarie/Buckingham | 1968–1986 | 1980 |
| Peter McKay Peter McKay (Australian politician) Peter Charles McKay was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1976 until 1999.McKay was first elected as an independent member in the Electoral division of Pembroke after his father, Ben McKay died in office... |
Pembroke Electoral division of Pembroke The Electoral Division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and... |
1976–1999 | 1983 |
| Robin McKendrick Robin McKendrick Robin Lee McKendrick is a former Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. He was first elected to the now abolished Division of Cornwall on 26 May 1984. He held the seat for one term but was defeated in 1990 by Ray Bailey.-References:*... |
Cornwall | 1984–1990 | 1984 |
| Athol Meyer | Huon Electoral division of Huon The Electoral division of Huon is one of the fifteen electorates or seats 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... |
1986–1996 | b/e |
| Brian Miller Brian Miller (politician) Brian Kirkwall Miller was an Australian politician. Born in Queenstown, he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council in 1957 as the Labor member for Newdegate. He held various ministerial portfolios and led the Government in the Council from 1972 to 1982... (Labor) |
Newdegate | 1957–1986 | 1981 |
| Hank Petrusma | Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name.... |
1982–1992 | 1982 |
| George Shaw | Buckingham/Macquarie | 1968–1998 | 1986 |
| Raymond Shipp | Launceston | 1968–1982 | 1976 |
| John Stopp | Queenborough | 1983–1998 | 1983 |
| Kath Venn Kath Venn Kathleen Joan "Kath" Venn is a former Australian politician. Born in Tasmania, she was a Labor member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1976 to 1982, representing the seat of Hobart. In 1982, she was defeated... (Labor) |
Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name.... |
1976–1982 | 1976 |
| Stephen Wilson | Monmouth | 1981–1999 | 1981 |
| Don Wing Don Wing Donald George "Don" Wing is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston , he was President of the Legislative Council from 2002 until 2008... |
Launceston | 1982–present | 1982 |
| William Young William Young (Tasmanian politician) William Thomson Young OBE is a former Australian politician. Born in Scotland, he received his OBE in 1971. Also in that year he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for West Devon. He had previously contested the federal seat of Braddon for the Liberal Party... |
West Devon | 1971–1983 | 1977 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856