Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2017–2023

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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 2017 and 2023. 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
6 May 2017 Launceston; Murchison; Rumney
4 November 2017 Pembroke (by-election)
5 May 2018 Hobart; Prosser
4 May 2019 Montgomery; Nelson; Pembroke
2 May 2020 Huon; Rosevears
1 May 2021 Derwent; Mersey; Windermere
Elwick; McIntyre

Members[]

Name Party Division Term in office
Hon Rosemary Armitage Independent Launceston 2011–present
Hon Robert Armstrong [5] Independent Huon 2014–2020
Hon Ivan Dean Independent Windermere 2003–2021
Hon Nick Duigan [6] Liberal Windermere 2021–present
Hon Craig Farrell [6] Labor Derwent 2011–present
Hon Kerry Finch [5] Independent Rosevears 2002–2020
Hon Ruth Forrest Independent Murchison 2005–present
Hon Mike Gaffney Independent Mersey 2009–present
Hon Dr Vanessa Goodwin [2] Liberal Pembroke 2009–2017
Hon Greg Hall Independent Western Tiers/McIntyre[1] 2001–2018
Hon Leonie Hiscutt [4] Liberal Montgomery 2013–present
Hon Jane Howlett [3] Liberal Prosser 2018–present
Hon Sarah Lovell Labor Rumney 2017–present
Hon Jo Palmer [5] Liberal Rosevears 2020–present
Hon Tania Rattray Independent Apsley/McIntyre[1] 2004–present
Hon Bastian Seidel [5] Labor/Independent[7] Huon 2020–2022
Hon Jo Siejka [2][4] Labor Pembroke 2017–present
Hon Rob Valentine [3] Independent Hobart 2012–present
Hon Meg Webb [4] Independent Nelson 2019–present
Hon Jim Wilkinson Independent Nelson 1995–2019
Hon Josh Willie Labor Elwick 2016–present
1 On 5 August 2017, new electoral boundaries came into effect which abolished the seats of Apsley and Western Tiers. The members for those divisions, Tania Rattray and Greg Hall, were both allocated the new seat of McIntyre until the expiry of Hall's term in April 2018.
2 Pembroke Liberal MLC Vanessa Goodwin resigned due to terminal cancer on 2 October 2017. Labor candidate Jo Siejka won the resulting by-election on 4 November.
3 Liberal candidate Jane Howlett won the new seat of Prosser at the 2018 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, while incumbent independent Hobart MLC Rob Valentine was re-elected.
4 Independent candidate Meg Webb won the seat of Nelson at the 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, while Labor MLC Jo Siejka (Pembroke) and Liberal MLC Leonie Hiscutt (Montgomery) were re-elected.
5 At the 2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Liberal candidate Jo Palmer replaced retiring independent MLC Kerry Finch in Rosevears, while Labor candidate Bastian Seidel defeated incumbent independent MLC Robert Armstrong in Huon.
6 At the 2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Liberal candidate Nick Duigan replaced retiring independent MLC Ivan Dean in Windermere, while Labor candidate Craig Farrell (Derwent) was re-elected.
7 On 23 August 2021, Labor MLC Bastian Seidel resigned from the Labor caucus and resigned from the Legislative Council in January 2022.

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