The Electoral division of Apsley is one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Tasmanian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

. It is the second-largest upper house

Tasmanian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

 electorate in the state by area after Murchison

Electoral division of Murchison

The Electoral division of Murchison is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the largest electorate in size, covering an area of 19,421 km²....

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The total area of the Apsley division is 19,204 km² http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/legcouncil/legcouncil1999/maps.html. The electorate created in 1999 is named after the Apsley River and the Douglas-Apsley National Park. These were named by William Lyne in honour of Lord Apsley, earl of Bathurst.

As of October 2010, there were 22,593 enrolled voters in Apsley. The current member in the legislative council is Tania Rattray-Wagner

Tania Rattray-Wagner

Tania Verene Rattray-Wagner is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Apsley....

 who was elected in 2004 and re-elected unopposed in 2010. Members serve six-year terms, before facing re-election: the next election in Apsley is due in 2016.

Towns within the division include: Pipers River

Pipers River, Tasmania

Pipers River is a river which flows through northern Tasmania. It starts on Mount Arthur, near Lilydale. It runs through Hollybank Forest, a tourist attraction, before flowing through the outer reaches of Lilydale. It then proceeds through to Karoola, Lower Turners Marsh and then Pipers River town...

, Scottsdale

Scottsdale, Tasmania

Scottsdale is a town in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. It lies on the Tasman Highway, around north-east of Launceston and south-east of the coastal town of Bridport. It is part of the Dorset Council....

, Evandale

Evandale, Tasmania

Evandale is a small town in northern Tasmania, Australia. It sits on the banks of the South Esk River 18 km south of Launceston. A classified historic town, many of its buildings remain largely in original condition...

, Swansea

Swansea, Tasmania

-Demographics:According to the 1996 census, the town's population was 495. Of the population, 25.1% were above the age of 65 - making it the Tasmanian town with the largest percentage of over-65-year-olds.-References:...

, Derby

Derby, Tasmania

Derby is a small Australian town located in the north east of Tasmania.The area had been surveyed in 1855, but was not settled or inhabited until 1874, when George Renison Bell discovered tin in the area. The Krushka brothers discovered a large lode of tin, and set up a mine in the area, assuring...

, Lilydale

Lilydale, Tasmania

Lilydale, originally known as Germantown, is a small town in northern Tasmania, Australia. The town is northeast of Launceston and is a part of the Launceston municipality. It is located near Mount Arthur. At the 2006 census, Lilydale had a population of 288...

, Bridport

Bridport, Tasmania

Bridport is a small town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Dorset Council. At the 2006 census, Bridport had a population of 1,327....

, Campbell Town

Campbell Town, Tasmania

Campbell Town is a town in Tasmania, Australia, located on the Midland Highway. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 772.Campbell Town was originally one of the four garrison towns linking Hobart and Launceston. Today, it acts as the only major rest area on the Midland Highway, with...

, Colebrook, St Helens

St Helens, Tasmania

St Helens is the largest town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia, on Georges Bay. It is located on the Tasman Highway, about 160 km east of Tasmania's second largest city, Launceston. In the early 2000s, the town was one of the fastest growing areas of Tasmania, and reached a population...

, Branxholm

Branxholm, Tasmania

Branxholm is a small town in northeastern Tasmania. Located 93 km north east of Launceston on the Tasman Highway.Branxholm is a typical north-east Tasmania timber town nestled into the rolling hills. It is notable for its saw mills and its hop fields...

, Avoca

Avoca, Tasmania

Avoca is a small village located south-east of Launceston in the island of Tasmania. At the 2006 census, Avoca and the surrounding area had a population of 123....

, Fingal

Fingal, Tasmania

Fingal is a small Australian town located in Fingal Valley in the north-east of Tasmania, on the Esk Highway.-History:The Fingal area was surveyed in 1824 by Roderic O'Connor and John Helder Wedge, and is believed to have been named after Fingal's Cave in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland rather than...

, Bicheno

Bicheno, Tasmania

Bicheno is a town on the east coast of Tasmania, Australia, 185 km north-east of Hobart on the Tasman Highway, with a population of 640. It is part of the municipality of Glamorgan/Spring Bay...

, Bagdad

Bagdad, Tasmania

Bagdad is a small town north of Hobart, Tasmania. It is located in the Southern Midlands Council.In the days of the horse and buggy, Bagdad was an important rest area and horse-changing place for those continuing their journey up Constitution Hill...

, Bellingham

Bellingham, Tasmania

Bellingham is a tiny coastal hamlet in Northern Tasmania, situated on the mouth of the Pipers River directly opposite the town of Weymouth. The town is located from Launceston, from Bridport and from George Town...

, Tomahawk, Ross

Ross, Tasmania

Ross is a historic town in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. Situated on the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart...

, St Marys

St Marys, Tasmania

St Marys is a small township nestled at the junction of the Tasman Highway and the Esk Highway on the East Coast of Tasmania, Australia just 10 kilometres from the coast....

, Rossarden

Rossarden, Tasmania

Rossarden is an old mining town in central Tasmania, located 19 km from Avoca. Located in a valley below Stacks Bluff , it is an old tin mining town, the mine closed in 1982. Prior to this Rossarden was one of Australia's major tin producing towns...

 and many others http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/legcouncil/legcouncil1999/Maps/Gif/Apsley.GIF.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Colin Rattray Colin Rattray Colin Lewis Rattray, OAM is a former Australian politician. He was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1992 to 2004, representing first South Esk and then Apsley....	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1999–2004
	Tania Rattray-Wagner Tania Rattray-Wagner Tania Verene Rattray-Wagner is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Apsley....	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2004–present

External links

• Division of Apsley election history