Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 2010–2014
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
, elected at the 2010 state election
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Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...
, elected at the 2010 state election
Tasmanian state election, 2010
The 2010 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 March 2010 to elect members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The 12-year incumbent Labor government, led by Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett, won a fourth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition, led by Will Hodgman, after Labor formed a...
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| Name | Party | Electorate | Years in office |
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| Elise Archer Elise Archer Elise Nicole Archer is an Australian lawyer and politician. She was born in Launceston and educated in Hobart, Tasmania at Fahan School and the University of Tasmania.She was elected to the Hobart City Council in October 2007.... |
Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office... |
Denison Division of Denison (state) The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the... |
2010–present |
| Scott Bacon Scott Bacon Scott Bacon is an Australian politician. He has been an Australian Labor Party member for Denison in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010. He was educated at Cosgrove High School, Elizabeth College and the University of Tasmania, where he studied Economics... |
Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia... |
Denison | 2010–present |
| Hon David Bartlett David Bartlett David John Bartlett is an Australian former politician in the state of Tasmania, serving as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011.-Early life:He has been a resident... |
Labor | Denison | 2004–2011 |
| Brenton Best Brenton Best Brenton Roy Best is an Australian politician. Born in Devonport, Tasmania, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1996 as a Labor member for Braddon. He continues to represent the seat.-References:... |
Labor | Braddon Division of Braddon (state) The Electoral Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The constituency takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The boundaries and name of the electorate are... |
1996–present |
| Kim Booth Kim Booth Kim Dion Booth is an Australian politician. He is a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Bass electorate.... |
Greens Tasmanian Greens The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania, including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign... |
Bass Division of Bass (state) The Electoral Division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, or lower house; it 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... |
2002–present |
| Adam Brooks Adam Brooks Adam Richard Brooks is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member for Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010... |
Liberal | Braddon | 2010–present |
| Michael Ferguson | Liberal | Bass | 2010–present |
| Hon Lara Giddings Lara Giddings Larissa Tahireh "Lara" Giddings is an Australian politician and the 44th and current Premier of Tasmania since January 2011... |
Labor | Franklin Division of Franklin (state) The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43... |
1996–1998, 2002–present |
| Bryan Green Bryan Green Bryan Alexander Green is a Tasmanian Labor politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Braddon. In July 2006 he was forced to step down as Deputy Premier and Minister for Economic Development and Resources pending an enquiry into deal made with the TCC... |
Labor | Braddon | 1998–present |
| Matthew Groom Matthew Groom Matthew Groom is an Australian politician. He has been a Liberal Party of Australia member for Denison in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010... |
Liberal | Denison | 2010–present |
| Peter Gutwein Peter Gutwein Peter Carl Gutwein is an Australian politician. Currently he holds the position of Shadow Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Forestry and Industry... |
Liberal | Bass | 2002–present |
| Rene Hidding Rene Hidding Marinus Theodoor "Rene" Hidding is an Australian politician. He is currently a Liberal Party member for the Division of Lyons in the Tasmanian House of Assembly... |
Liberal | Lyons Division of Lyons (state) The Electoral Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the lower house. The division is named after Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931–39, Premier of Tasmania from 1923–1928 and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the... |
1996–present |
| Hon Will Hodgman Will Hodgman William Edward Felix Hodgman , is an Australian politician, and is the leader of the opposition Liberal Party in Tasmania.... |
Liberal | Franklin | 2002–present |
| Nick McKim | Greens | Franklin | 2002–present |
| Tim Morris Tim Morris Timothy Bryce Morris is an Australian politician. He has been a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since the 2002 election, representing the Lyons electorate.... |
Greens | Lyons | 2002–present |
| David O'Byrne David O'Byrne David O'Byrne is an Australian trade unionist and politician. A prominent union leader prior to entering politics and the brother of fellow politician Michelle O'Byrne, he has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010, representing the electorate of... |
Labor | Franklin | 2010–present |
| Hon Michelle O'Byrne Michelle O'Byrne Michelle Anne O'Byrne is Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party. She was elected in the 2006 state election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the division of Bass... |
Labor | Bass | 2006–present |
| Cassy O'Connor Cassy O'Connor Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor is an Australian politician, who has been a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2008, representing the electorate of Division of Denison.... |
Greens | Denison | 2008–present |
| Paul O'Halloran Paul O'Halloran Paul O'Halloran is an Australian politician. He has been a Tasmanian Greens member for Division of Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010... |
Greens | Braddon | 2010–present |
| Jacquie Petrusma Jacquie Petrusma Jacqueline Anne "Jacquie" Petrusma is an Australian politician. She was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and worked as a registered nurse before becoming involved in politics... |
Liberal | Franklin | 2010–present |
| Hon Michael Polley Michael Polley The Honourable Michael Robert Polley is an Australian Labor Party politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Lyons. First elected in 1972 at age 21 he is currently the longest-serving member of the Tasmanian parliament, having been re-elected at ten successive... |
Labor | Lyons | 1972–present |
| Jeremy Rockliff Jeremy Rockliff Jeremy Page Rockliff has been a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Braddon since the 2002 election.... |
Liberal | Braddon | 2002–present |
| Mark Shelton Mark Shelton Mark David Shelton is an Australian politician.Shelton was Mayor of Meander Valley from 2003. In 2010, he was endorsed as a Liberal candidate for Lyons at the state election of that year. He defeated Jane Howlett for the final Liberal seat.-References:... |
Liberal | Lyons | 2010–present |
| Graeme Sturges Graeme Sturges Graeme Lindsay Sturges is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2010, representing the Hobart-based electorate of Denison, and from May 2008 until 2010, he was the state Minister for Infrastructure... |
Labor | Denison | 2002–2010, 2011–present |
| Rebecca White Rebecca White Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She grew up in Nugent, and studied Commerce and Arts at the University of Tasmania before working for Labor MP for Denison Duncan Kerr.... |
Labor | Lyons | 2010–present |
| Brian Wightman Brian Wightman Brian Neal Wightman is an Australian politician. Of Northern Irish descent, he was educated in Launceston, Tasmania. He studied to be a teacher at the University of Tasmania before teaching at George Town... |
Labor | Bass | 2010–present |
- Labor MHA for DenisonDivision of Denison (state)The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the...
and former Premier of Tasmania, David BartlettDavid BartlettDavid John Bartlett is an Australian former politician in the state of Tasmania, serving as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011.-Early life:He has been a resident...
, resigned on 16 May 2011. Graeme SturgesGraeme SturgesGraeme Lindsay Sturges is an Australian politician. He was an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2010, representing the Hobart-based electorate of Denison, and from May 2008 until 2010, he was the state Minister for Infrastructure...
was elected as his replacement on 26 May 2011.
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