The Electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates 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...

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It is centred around the Central Coast

Central Coast, Tasmania

The Central Coast Council is a Local Government Area of Tasmania, Australia. It is located on the north-west coast of the state, between the cities of Devonport and Burnie....

 area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone

Ulverstone, Tasmania

Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Leven River, on Bass Strait. It is on the Bass Highway, west of Devonport and east of Penguin....

, Penguin

Penguin, Tasmania

Penguin is a town in the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is located in the Central Coast Council Local Government Area on the Bass Highway, between Burnie and Ulverstone. At the 2006 census, Penguin had a population of 2,943....

, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine.

The electorate also includes most of the City of Burnie

Burnie, Tasmania

- Sport :Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League.Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers...

. Acton, Hillcrest, Montello, Brooklyn, Romaine, South Burnie and Upper Burnie are part of this electoral division. However Somerset

Somerset, Tasmania

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, Parklands, Park grove and Shorewell are located in the Electoral division of 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....

. The division shares its western borders with the Burnie Municipal Council.

Montgomery has 23,216 enrolled voters and covers an area of 1,445 km². The electorate is represented by Sue Smith, the last election was held in 2001 and the next is expected for 2007.

Members

Member		Party affiliation	Period
	Sue Smith	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–present