Division_of_Bass_(state)
Division of Bass (state)
State electoral division of Tasmania
This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Bass. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Bass.
The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass.
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Map showing the Division of Bass, as of the Tasmanian state election, 2018.[1] | |||||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Rob Fairs (Liberal) Michael Ferguson (Liberal) Janie Finlay (Labor) Michelle O'Byrne (Labor) Rebekah Pentland (Jacqui Lambie) Cecily Rosol (Greens) Simon Wood (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Greens (1), Jacqui Lambie Network (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | George Bass | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 78,182 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7,976 km2 (3,079.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Bass | ||||||||||||||
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Bass and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
Bass was created in 1909 and includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others.[2]
Distribution of seats
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Members for Bass
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Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bass (state)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Quota | 11,226 | ||||
| Liberal | Peter Gutwein (elected 1) | 32,482 | 48.2 | +24.8 | |
| Liberal | Michael Ferguson (elected 3) | 3,806 | 5.7 | −15.3 | |
| Liberal | Sarah Courtney (elected 2) | 2,227 | 3.3 | −5.9 | |
| Liberal | Simon Wood | 707 | 1.0 | −1.4 | |
| Liberal | Greg Kieser | 646 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal | Lara Alexander | 511 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Labor | Michelle O'Byrne (elected 4) | 7,813 | 11.6 | −5.2 | |
| Labor | Janie Finlay (elected 5) | 5,830 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
| Labor | Adrian Hinds | 1,663 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
| Labor | Jennifer Houston | 1,512 | 2.2 | −1.2 | |
| Labor | Owen Powell | 706 | 1.0 | −0.6 | |
| Greens | Jack Davenport | 2,952 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
| Greens | Anne Layton-Bennett | 1,091 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Greens | Tom Hall | 886 | 1.3 | +0.7 | |
| Greens | Cecily Rosol | 691 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Greens | Mitchell Houghton | 561 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Andrew Harvey | 1,649 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Animal Justice | Sue Woodbury | 1,242 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
| Independent | Roy Ramage | 377 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 67,352 | 95.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 3,544 | 5.0 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 70,896 | 90.7 | −1.1 | ||
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| Liberal | 40,379 | 60.0 | +1.1 | ||
| Labor | 17,524 | 26.0 | −0.4 | ||
| Greens | 6,181 | 9.2 | −0.1 | ||
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 1,649 | 2.4 | +2.4 | ||
| Animal Justice | 1,242 | 1.8 | +1.8 | ||
| Independent | Roy Ramage | 377 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal hold | Swing | +24.8 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –15.3 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –5.9 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | –5.2 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | +8.7 | |||
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2021 Tasmanian state election § Bass.[edit]
- Map data: Electoral boundaries from Administrative Boundaries [May 2016] ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
- Bass Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Electoral Commission
- "2021 Results for Bass". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2021.