Next Tasmanian state election

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Next Tasmanian state election
← 2021 In or before 2025
All 25 seats in the House of Assembly
13 Assembly seats are needed for a majority
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Rebecca White MP.jpg
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Leader Peter Gutwein Rebecca White Cassy O'Connor
Party Liberal Labor Greens
Leader since 20 January 2020 7 July 2021 12 June 2015
Leader's seat Bass Lyons Clark
Last election 13 seats; 48.7% 9 seats; 28.2% 2 seats; 12.4%
Current seats 13 seats 9 seats 2 seats
Seats needed Steady Increase 4 Increase11
Incumbent Premier

Peter Gutwein
Liberal



The next Tasmanian state election is scheduled to be held in or before 2025 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The Liberal government, currently led by Premier of Tasmania Peter Gutwein, will attempt to win a fourth term against the Labor opposition. Also contesting the election will be the Greens, currently led by Cassy O'Connor.

The House of Assembly uses the proportional Hare-Clark system to elect 25 members in five constituencies electing five members each. Upper house elections in the 15-seat single-member district Legislative Council use full-preference instant-runoff voting, with election dates staggered and conducted separately from lower house state elections. The election will be conducted by the Tasmanian Electoral Commission.

Date[]

Under section 23 of the Constitution Act 1934, the House of Assembly expires four years from the return of the writs for its election, which took place on 1 May 2021.[1] The Governor must issue writs of election between five and ten days thereafter.[2] Nominations must close on a date seven to 21 days after the issuance of the writ,[3] and polling day must be a Saturday between 15 and 30 days after nominations close.[4]

Background[]

Main article: 2021 Tasmanian state election

After the snap 2021 Tasmanian state election, the Liberal Party successfully won a majority of seats in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.[5] A Liberal MP for Braddon, Adam Brooks, resigned on 14 May 2021 after being charged with firearms offences by Queensland law enforcement. These offences were unauthorised possession of a Category H weapon, unauthorised possession of explosives, and dealing with identity documents. Premier Peter Gutwein said that "I made the decision that under the circumstances of both his mental health and in terms of the fact that he's now facing these new charges, that he won't take his seat in parliament." Greens leader Cassy O'Connor said that "there are now very serious questions to answer about whether or not he was ever considered a legitimate candidate by the Liberal Party", given he resigned "the day the polls [were] declared". Prior claims from women were made before the 2021 election, saying they were catfished by Brooks under the alias "Terry Brooks".[6]

David O'Byrne (left) served as Labor leader for 22 days, resigning over sexual harassment allegations. His predecessor as leader, Rebecca White (right) ended up returning to the leadership role after O'Byrne's resignation.

Rebecca White resigned as Labor leader on 15 May 2021, endorsing shadow treasurer David O'Byrne to replace her.[7][8] On 15 June 2021, it was announced that O'Byrne had been elected as leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party against opponent Shane Broad, winning 72% of the members' vote and 75% of party delegates.[9] After allegations of him sexting and kissing a woman without her consent were revealed, David O'Byrne stood aside from his role as leader of the Labor Party for the length of an investigation on 30 June 2021, with Anita Dow acting as leader during the interim.[10] This was followed by O'Byrne announcing he would resign as leader on 4 July 2021.[11] On 7 July 2021, Rebecca White was elected as leader after a meeting of the Labor parliamentary caucus.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Elections, 2007–2010" (PDF). Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
  2. ^ Electoral Act 2004, section 63.
  3. ^ Electoral Act 2004, section 69.
  4. ^ Electoral Act 2004, section 70.
  5. ^ Humphries, Alexandra (13 May 2021). "Peter Gutwein welcomes third consecutive election win for Tasmanian Liberals". ABC News. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  6. ^ Humphries, Alexandra; Fisher, Rachel; Dunlevie, James (14 May 2021). "Tasmanian Liberal Adam Brooks charged by police over firearms offences, resigns from Parliament". ABC News. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
  7. ^ Langenberg, Adam (15 May 2021). "Rebecca White stands down as Tasmanian Labor leader, endorses David O'Byrne as successor". ABC News. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Rebecca White stands aside as Tasmania's Labor leader". Sky News Australia. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  9. ^ Langenberg, Adam (15 June 2021). "David O'Byrne elected leader of Labor Party in Tasmania". ABC News. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  10. ^ Mobbs, Melissa (30 June 2021). "David O'Byrne stands aside as Tasmanian Labor leader, issues statement after sexual harassment allegations". The Examiner. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  11. ^ Abblitt, Ebony (4 July 2021). "David O'Byrne to resign as Labor leader". The Examiner. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Rebecca White returned as Tasmanian Labor leader after David O'Byrne's resignation". ABC News. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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