Tania Rattray-Wagner
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Tania Verene Rattray-Wagner (born 28 March 1958) is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
(upper house) in the electoral division of Apsley
.
Rattray-Wagner was educated at Winnaleah Area School and Scottsdale
High School. She worked in the retail industry before becoming a full time-politician. She was elected to Dorset Council in 1996, becoming deputy mayor in 2002. She stood for election in the Apsley
division on 1 May 2004 when her father Colin Rattray
retired. She won the vote narrowly, nearly being defeated by Brendon Thompson gaining the lead through preferences (see single transferable vote
). There has been some controversy when she opposed the state governments attempted aboriginal
land title hand back negotiations.
Rattray-Wagner was re-elected unopposed in 2010.
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...
(upper house) in the electoral division of 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....
.
Rattray-Wagner was educated at Winnaleah Area School and Scottsdale
Scottsdale, Tasmania
Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....
High School. She worked in the retail industry before becoming a full time-politician. She was elected to Dorset Council in 1996, becoming deputy mayor in 2002. She stood for election in the 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....
division on 1 May 2004 when her father Colin Rattray
Colin Rattray
Colin Lewis Rattray, OAM is a former Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2004, representing first South Esk and then Apsley....
retired. She won the vote narrowly, nearly being defeated by Brendon Thompson gaining the lead through preferences (see single transferable vote
Single transferable vote
The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...
). There has been some controversy when she opposed the state governments attempted aboriginal
Tasmanian Aborigines
The Tasmanian Aborigines were the indigenous people of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Before British colonisation in 1803, there were an estimated 3,000–15,000 Parlevar. A number of historians point to introduced disease as the major cause of the destruction of the full-blooded...
land title hand back negotiations.
Rattray-Wagner was re-elected unopposed in 2010.
See also
- Members of the Legislative Council