Division of Braddon (state)

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Braddon
Tasmania—House of Assembly
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StateTasmania
Created1955
MPShane Broad (Labor)
Anita Dow (Labor)
Felix Ellis (Liberal)
Roger Jaensch (Liberal)
Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
PartyLabor (2), Liberal (3)
NamesakeSir Edward Braddon
Electors81,211 (2021)
Area21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi)
DemographicMixed
Division of Braddon

The electoral division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island. Braddon takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Braddon.

Braddon 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[]

Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown.[1]

Representation[]

Distribution of seats[]

Members for Braddon and Darwin[]

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1909   James Belton Labor   Benjamin Watkins Labor   James Ogden Labor   James Long Labor   Joshua Whitsitt Anti-Socialist   Herbert Payne Anti-Socialist
6 seats
(1909–1959)
1910   James Hurst Labor
1912   George Pullen Liberal   Liberal   Liberal
1913
1916   Edward Hobbs Liberal
1917   Percy Pollard Nationalist   Nationalist   Independent   Nationalist
1919   James Hurst Labor
1920   Percy Pollard Nationalist
1921   Country   Country
1922   Richard Franks Country   Frank Marriott Nationalist
1922   Philip Kelly Labor
1925   Liberal
1925   Henry McFie Nationalist
1926   Henry Lane Labor
1928   Fergus Medwin Labor   Nationalist
1931   Independent
1931   Thomas d'Alton Labor   Thomas Butler Nationalist
1934   Joseph McGrath Labor   Jack Chamberlain Nationalist   Frank Edwards Nationalist
1937   Henry Lane Labor
1940   John Wright Nationalist
1941   Henry McFie Nationalist   James Bugg Labor
1944   Michael Smith Labor
1946   Charley Aylett Labor   Eric Reece Labor   Carrol Bramich Labor   Liberal   Liberal   John Fidler Liberal
1948   Independent
1948   Kevin Lyons Liberal
1950
1951   Jack Breheny Liberal
1955
1956   Liberal   Sydney Ward Labor
1959   Lloyd Costello Labor   Joseph Britton Labor
1964   Geoff Chisholm Labor   Wilfred Barker Liberal
1969   Centre
1972   Glen Davies Labor   Ray Bonney Liberal
1975   John Coughlan Labor   Joseph Britton Labor
1976   Michael Field Labor   Ron Cornish Liberal   Roger Groom Liberal
1979   Michael Weldon Labor
1982   Vince Smith Liberal
1986   Greg Peart Labor   Michael Weldon Labor   Tony Rundle Liberal   Bill Bonde Liberal
1989   Di Hollister Greens
1992   Carole Cains Liberal
1996   Brenton Best Labor
1997   Mike Gard Labor   Carole Cains Liberal
1998   Bryan Green Labor   Steve Kons Labor
5 seats
(1998–present)
2002   Jeremy Rockliff Liberal   Brett Whiteley Liberal
2006
2010   Paul O'Halloran Greens   Adam Brooks Liberal
2014   Joan Rylah Liberal   Roger Jaensch Liberal
2017   Shane Broad Labor
2018   Anita Dow Labor
2019   Joan Rylah Liberal
2020   Felix Ellis Liberal
2021   Adam Brooks Liberal
2021   Felix Ellis Liberal

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Braddon Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Electoral Commission

External links[]

Coordinates: 41°38′53″S 145°24′50″E / 41.648°S 145.414°E / -41.648; 145.414

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