Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2005–2011
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
between 2005 and 2011. 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.
A redistribution in 2007–2008 saw three of the electorates renamed.
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 2005 and 2011. 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.
A redistribution in 2007–2008 saw three of the electorates renamed.
Elections
| Date | Electorates |
|---|---|
| 7 May 2005 | Murchison Electoral division of Murchison The Electoral division of Murchison is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the largest electorate in size, covering an area of 19,421 km².... ; Paterson Electoral division of Paterson The electoral division of Paterson was one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2008 when a redistribution saw it reverted to its original name of Launceston.... (Launceston); Rumney Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council . The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.... |
| 6 May 2006 | Rowallan Electoral division of Rowallan The Electoral division of Rowallan was one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats from 1999 to 2008, but it was re-named 'Western Tiers' in 2008 after a redistribution of boundaries.... (Western Tiers Electoral division of Western Tiers The electoral division of Western Tiers 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 Rowallan renamed after the Great Western Tiers mountain range in Tasmania's central highlands .The current... ); Wellington Electoral division of Wellington The Electoral division of Wellington was one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2008. It covered the Hobart suburbs of Battery Point, New Town, West Hobart, Moonah, Mount Stuart, Lutana and Lenah Valley... (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.... ) |
| 5 May 2007 | Montgomery Electoral division of Montgomery The Electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.It is centred around the Central Coast area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone, Penguin, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine.... ; Nelson Electoral division of Nelson (Tasmania) The electoral division of Nelson is a constituency of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division includes many of the suburbs to the south of Hobart, including South Hobart, Sandy Bay, Taroona and Kingston. The current member is independent Jim Wilkinson.The most recent election was in May... ; 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... |
| 3 May 2008 | 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... ; Rosevears Electoral division of Rosevears The electoral division of Rosevears is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian upper house. The division is located on the west side of the Tamar River... |
| 2 May 2009 | 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... ; 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.... ; Windermere Electoral division of Windermere The electoral division of Windermere is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division is located on the East side of the Tamar River... |
| 1 May 2010 | Apsley Electoral division of Apsley The Electoral division of Apsley is one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the second-largest upper house electorate in the state by area after Murchison.... ; Elwick Electoral division of Elwick The Electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers the Glenorchy municipality with an area of 103 km², with 24,994 enrolled voters as of October 2010..... |
Members
| Name | Party | Division Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral divisions The Tasmanian Legislative Council has fifteen single member constituencies.Members of the Legislative Council serve for a six year term. An election is called one year for two of the fifteen divisions, the next year an election is called in three divisions, this is done on a rotating basis.Until... |
Years in office | Elected |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Aird Michael Aird Michael Anthony Aird is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent since 1995. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history to have held a ministerial portfolio... |
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... |
1995–2011 | 2009 |
| Ivan Dean Ivan Dean Ivan Noel Dean, APM , is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2003, representing the electorate of Windermere. He also served as Mayor of Launceston from 2005 to 2007.... |
Windermere Electoral division of Windermere The electoral division of Windermere is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division is located on the East side of the Tamar River... |
2003–present | 2009 | |
| Kerry Finch Kerry Finch The Honourable Kerry Finch is a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house for the electoral division of Rosevears, which mainly comprises the western side of the Tamar River valley from West Launceston up to Greens Beach... |
Rosevears Electoral division of Rosevears The electoral division of Rosevears is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian upper house. The division is located on the west side of the Tamar River... |
2002–present | 2008 | |
| Ruth Forrest Ruth Forrest Ruth Jane Forrest is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Murchison.Forrest was first elected in May 2005... |
Murchison Electoral division of Murchison The Electoral division of Murchison is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the largest electorate in size, covering an area of 19,421 km².... |
2005–present | 2011 | |
| Mike Gaffney Mike Gaffney Michael Victor "Mike" Gaffney is an Australian politician. He has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2009, representing the seat of Mersey.... |
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.... |
2009–present | 2009 | |
| Vanessa Goodwin Vanessa Goodwin Vanessa Goodwin is an Australian politician. She has been the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council since the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009.... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political 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... |
2009–present | b/e |
| Greg Hall Greg Hall Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Rowallan. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston... |
Rowallan Electoral division of Rowallan The Electoral division of Rowallan was one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats from 1999 to 2008, but it was re-named 'Western Tiers' in 2008 after a redistribution of boundaries.... /Western Tiers Electoral division of Western Tiers The electoral division of Western Tiers 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 Rowallan renamed after the Great Western Tiers mountain range in Tasmania's central highlands .The current... |
2001–present | 2006 | |
| Paul Harriss Paul Harriss The Honourable Andrew Paul Harriss is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Huon.... |
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... |
1996–present | 2008 | |
| Terry Martin Terry Martin (politician) Terence Lewis Martin is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Elwick.... |
Labor/Independent | Elwick Electoral division of Elwick The Electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers the Glenorchy municipality with an area of 103 km², with 24,994 enrolled voters as of October 2010..... |
2004–2010 | 2004 |
| Doug Parkinson Doug Parkinson (Australian politician) The Hon. Douglas John Parkinson is an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Hobart.He was first elected to Hobart in 1994. The division was abolished in 1999... |
Labor | Wellington Electoral division of Wellington The Electoral division of Wellington was one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2008. It covered the Hobart suburbs of Battery Point, New Town, West Hobart, Moonah, Mount Stuart, Lutana and Lenah Valley... /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.... |
1994–present | 2006 |
| Tania Rattray-Wagner Tania Rattray-Wagner Tania Verene Rattray-Wagner is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Apsley.... |
Apsley Electoral division of Apsley The Electoral division of Apsley is one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the second-largest upper house electorate in the state by area after Murchison.... |
2004–present | 2010 | |
| Allison Ritchie Allison Ritchie Allison Maree Ritchie was an Australian Labor Party politician in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2001 to 2009. She was a member of the Hobart based seat of Pembroke. She was elected on 5 May 2001 at age 26; she was the youngest person ever to be elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council... |
Labor | 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... |
2001–2009 | 2007 |
| Sue Smith | Montgomery Electoral division of Montgomery The Electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.It is centred around the Central Coast area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone, Penguin, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine.... |
1997–present | 2007 | |
| Adriana Taylor Adriana Taylor Adriana Johanna Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Elwick since 2010.... |
Elwick Electoral division of Elwick The Electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers the Glenorchy municipality with an area of 103 km², with 24,994 enrolled voters as of October 2010..... |
2010–present | 2010 | |
| Lin Thorp Lin Thorp Lin Estelle Thorp was an Australian Labor Party politician and member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Hobart based division of Rumney from 1999 until 2011. She was defeated by Tony Mulder at the elections held on 7 May 2011.Thorp was born in Hobart, Tasmania... |
Labor | Rumney Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council . The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.... |
1999–present | 2005 |
| Jim Wilkinson Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician) The Hon. James Scott "Jim" Wilkinson MLC is the member for the Division of Nelson in the Legislative Council of the Tasmanian Parliament. He is also a practising lawyer in Hobart.... |
Nelson Electoral division of Nelson (Tasmania) The electoral division of Nelson is a constituency of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division includes many of the suburbs to the south of Hobart, including South Hobart, Sandy Bay, Taroona and Kingston. The current member is independent Jim Wilkinson.The most recent election was in May... |
1995–present | 2007 | |
| 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... |
Paterson Electoral division of Paterson The electoral division of Paterson was one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 to 2008 when a redistribution saw it reverted to its original name of Launceston.... /Launceston |
1982–2011 | 2005 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856