Division_of_Braddon_(state)

Braddon
Tasmania—House of Assembly
Braddon; Tasmania—House of Assembly
	Map showing the Division of Braddon, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.
State	Tasmania
Created	1955
MP	Miriam Beswick (Lacqui Lambie); Shane Broad (Labor); Anita Dow (Labor); Felix Ellis (Liberal); Craig Garland (Independent); Roger Jaensch (Liberal); Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
Party	Jacqui Lambie Network (1), Independent (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3)
Namesake	Sir Edward Braddon
Electors	81,211 (2021)
Area	21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed
Federal electorate(s)	Braddon
	Electorates around Braddon:

Division of Braddon (state)

Tasmanian state electoral division

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.

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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.

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

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"2021 Results for Braddon". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

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Year		Party		Party		Party		Party		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		Anti-Socialist			Anti-Socialist
1912							George Pullen	Liberal		Liberal			Liberal
1913							George Pullen	Liberal
1916							Edward Hobbs	Liberal
1917			Percy Pollard	Nationalist				Nationalist		Independent			Nationalist
1919			James Hurst	Labor									Nationalist
1920												Percy Pollard	Nationalist
1921								Country		Country		Percy Pollard	Nationalist
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			Fergus Medwin	Independent
1931	Thomas d'Alton	Labor	Thomas Butler	Nationalist
1934			Joseph McGrath	Labor			Jack Chamberlain	Nationalist	Frank Edwards	Nationalist
1937			Henry Lane	Labor					Frank Edwards	Nationalist
1940									John Wright	Nationalist
1941									Henry McFie	Nationalist		James Bugg	Labor
1944	Michael Smith	Labor								Nationalist		James Bugg	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				Liberal									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			Michael Weldon	Labor
1992					Carole Cains	Liberal
1996					Brenton Best	Labor
1997			Mike Gard	Labor											Carole Cains	Liberal
1998	Bryan Green	Labor	Steve Kons	Labor							5 seats (1998–2024)
2002							Jeremy Rockliff	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	Liberal
2006									Brett Whiteley	Liberal
2010			Paul O'Halloran	Greens					Adam Brooks	Liberal
2014			Joan Rylah	Liberal	Roger Jaensch	Liberal
2017	Shane Broad	Labor	Joan Rylah	Liberal
2018			Anita Dow	Labor
2019									Joan Rylah	Liberal
2020									Felix Ellis	Liberal
2021									Adam Brooks	Liberal
2021									Felix Ellis	Liberal
2024									Felix Ellis	Liberal		Miriam Beswick	Jacqui Lambie Network		Craig Garland	Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			11,661
	Liberal	Jeremy Rockliff (elected 1)	19,186	27.4	+1.6
	Liberal	Felix Ellis	6,229	8.9	+6.0
	Liberal	Adam Brooks (elected 5)	6,202	8.9	−6.7
	Liberal	Roger Jaensch (elected 4)	4,833	6.9	+0.4
	Liberal	Lara Hendriks	1,856	2.7	+2.7
	Liberal	Stacey Sheehan	1,708	2.4	+2.4
	Labor	Shane Broad (elected 3)	6,034	8.6	+0.3
	Labor	Anita Dow (elected 2)	5,640	8.1	−0.7
	Labor	Justine Keay	4,132	5.9	+5.9
	Labor	Michelle Rippon	1,454	2.1	+2.1
	Labor	Amanda Diprose	1,300	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	Craig Garland	4,236	6.1	+3.0
	Greens	Darren Briggs	1,853	2.6	+2.6
	Greens	Tammy Milne	670	1.0	+1.0
	Greens	Emily Murray	584	0.8	+0.8
	Greens	Phill Parsons	403	0.6	+0.6
	Greens	Maureen Corbett	372	0.5	+0.5
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Brenton Jones	1,648	2.4	+2.4
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Kim Swanson	990	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Liz Hamer	337	0.5	+0.3
	Independent	Matthew Morgan	294	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			69,961	94.6	+0.2
Informal votes			3,963	5.4	−0.2
Turnout			73,924	91.0	−1.5
Party total votes
	Liberal		40,014	57.2	+1.1
	Labor		18,560	26.5	−0.8
	Independent	Craig Garland	4,236	6.1	+6.1
	Greens		3,882	5.5	+2.0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,638	3.8	+3.8
	Independent	Liz Hamer	337	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Matthew Morgan	294	0.4	+0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	–6.7
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.3
	Labor hold		Swing	–0.7

Division_of_Braddon_(state)

Division of Braddon (state)

History and electoral profile

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Braddon and Darwin

Election results

See also

References

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