Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2010–2014
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
from 2010 to 2014. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, with members serving six-year terms, and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the Legislative Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.
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...
from 2010 to 2014. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, with members serving six-year terms, and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the Legislative Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.
| Name | Party | Electorate Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral divisions The Tasmanian Legislative Council has fifteen single member constituencies.Members of the Legislative Council serve for a six year term. An election is called one year for two of the fifteen divisions, the next year an election is called in three divisions, this is done on a rotating basis.Until... |
First elected | Term expires |
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| Hon Michael Aird Michael Aird Michael Anthony Aird is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent since 1995. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history to have held a ministerial portfolio... 2 |
Australian Labor Party 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... |
Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008... |
1995 | 2011 |
| Hon Rosemary Armitage Rosemary Armitage Rosemary Lois Armitage is an Australian politician, an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Launceston since her election on 7 May 2011.... 2 |
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... |
Launceston | 2011 | 2017 |
| Hon Ivan Dean Ivan Dean Ivan Noel Dean, APM , is an Australian politician. He has been an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2003, representing the electorate of Windermere. He also served as Mayor of Launceston from 2005 to 2007.... |
Independent | Windermere Electoral division of Windermere The electoral division of Windermere is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division is located on the East side of the Tamar River... |
2003 | 2015 |
| Hon Craig Farrell Craig Farrell (politician) Craig Maxwell Farrell is an Australian politician, and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent for the Australian Labor Party.... 2 |
Australian Labor Party | Derwent Electoral division of Derwent The Electoral division of Derwent is one of the fifteen electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is situated in the south of the state and is named after the Derwent River.The last boundary redistribution occurred in 2008... |
2011 | 2015 |
| Hon Kerry Finch Kerry Finch The Honourable Kerry Finch is a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house for the electoral division of Rosevears, which mainly comprises the western side of the Tamar River valley from West Launceston up to Greens Beach... |
Independent | Rosevears Electoral division of Rosevears The electoral division of Rosevears is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian upper house. The division is located on the west side of the Tamar River... |
2002 | 2014 |
| Hon Ruth Forrest Ruth Forrest Ruth Jane Forrest is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Murchison.Forrest was first elected in May 2005... 2 |
Independent | 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.... |
2005 | 2017 |
| Hon Mike Gaffney Mike Gaffney Michael Victor "Mike" Gaffney is an Australian politician. He has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since 2009, representing the seat of Mersey.... |
Independent | Mersey Electoral division of Mersey The Electoral division of Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division covers only a small area of 237 km².At the 2009 election, the division had 23,568 enrolled voters.... |
2009 | 2015 |
| Hon Vanessa Goodwin Vanessa Goodwin Vanessa Goodwin is an Australian politician. She has been the Liberal Party member for the seat of Pembroke in the Tasmanian Legislative Council since the Pembroke by-election on 1 August 2009.... |
Liberal Party of Australia 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... |
Pembroke Electoral division of Pembroke The Electoral Division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and... |
2009 | 2013 |
| Hon Greg Hall Greg Hall Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Rowallan. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston... |
Independent | Western Tiers Electoral division of Western Tiers The electoral division of Western Tiers is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Rowallan renamed after the Great Western Tiers mountain range in Tasmania's central highlands .The current... |
2001 | 2012 |
| Hon Paul Harriss Paul Harriss The Honourable Andrew Paul Harriss is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Huon.... |
Independent | Huon Electoral division of Huon The Electoral division of Huon is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was created in 1999, however similar electorates of this name have existed since 1900 , and members of the Tasmanian upper house for this region appear to have been elected since 1856... |
1996 | 2014 |
| Hon Terry Martin Terry Martin (politician) Terence Lewis Martin is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Elwick.... 1 |
Independent | Elwick Electoral division of Elwick The Electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers the Glenorchy municipality with an area of 103 km², with 24,994 enrolled voters as of October 2010..... |
2004 | 2010 |
| Hon Tony Mulder Tony Mulder Tony Mulder, APM is an Australian politician, and an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Rumney since his election on 7 May 2011.... 2 |
Independent | Rumney Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council . The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.... |
2011 | 2017 |
| Hon Doug Parkinson Doug Parkinson (Australian politician) The Hon. Douglas John Parkinson is an Australian Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Hobart.He was first elected to Hobart in 1994. The division was abolished in 1999... |
Australian Labor Party | Hobart Electoral division of Hobart The electoral division of Hobart is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Wellington returned to its former name.... |
1994 | 2012 |
| Hon 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.... 1 |
Independent | Apsley Electoral division of Apsley The Electoral division of Apsley is one of the 15 electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the second-largest upper house electorate in the state by area after Murchison.... |
2004 | 2016 |
| Hon Sue Smith | Independent | Montgomery Electoral division of Montgomery The Electoral division of Montgomery is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council.It is centred around the Central Coast area and includes the localities of; Ulverstone, Penguin, Heybridge, Hampshire and West Pine.... |
1997 | 2013 |
| Hon Adriana Taylor Adriana Taylor Adriana Johanna Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Elwick since 2010.... 1 |
Independent | Elwick Electoral division of Elwick The Electoral division of Elwick is one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats. It covers the Glenorchy municipality with an area of 103 km², with 24,994 enrolled voters as of October 2010..... |
2010 | 2016 |
| Hon Lin Thorp Lin Thorp Lin Estelle Thorp was an Australian Labor Party politician and member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Hobart based division of Rumney from 1999 until 2011. She was defeated by Tony Mulder at the elections held on 7 May 2011.Thorp was born in Hobart, Tasmania... 2 |
Australian Labor Party | Rumney Electoral division of Rumney The Electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council . The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.... |
1999 | 2011 |
| Hon Jim Wilkinson Jim Wilkinson (Australian politician) The Hon. James Scott "Jim" Wilkinson MLC is the member for the Division of Nelson in the Legislative Council of the Tasmanian Parliament. He is also a practising lawyer in Hobart.... |
Independent | Nelson | 1995 | 2013 |
| Hon Don Wing Don Wing Donald George "Don" Wing is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston , he was President of the Legislative Council from 2002 until 2008... 2 |
Independent | Launceston | 1982 | 2011 |
- 1 Apsley MLC Tania Rattray-WagnerTania Rattray-WagnerTania Verene Rattray-Wagner is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Apsley....
was re-elected unopposed at the 2010 periodic elections. Elwick MLC Terry MartinTerry Martin (politician)Terence Lewis Martin is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Elwick....
retired, and the election for his seat was won by Adriana TaylorAdriana TaylorAdriana Johanna Taylor is an Australian politician. She has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Elwick since 2010....
. - 2 Murchison MLC Ruth ForrestRuth ForrestRuth Jane Forrest is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Murchison.Forrest was first elected in May 2005...
was re-elected unopposed at the 2011 periodic elections. Launceston MLC Don WingDon WingDonald George "Don" Wing is a former Australian politician. A member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1982 to 2011, representing the electoral division of Launceston , he was President of the Legislative Council from 2002 until 2008...
retired and was replaced by fellow independent Rosemary ArmitageRosemary ArmitageRosemary Lois Armitage is an Australian politician, an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Launceston since her election on 7 May 2011....
, while Rumney Labor MLC Lin ThorpLin ThorpLin Estelle Thorp was an Australian Labor Party politician and member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Hobart based division of Rumney from 1999 until 2011. She was defeated by Tony Mulder at the elections held on 7 May 2011.Thorp was born in Hobart, Tasmania...
was defeated by independent candidate Tony MulderTony MulderTony Mulder, APM is an Australian politician, and an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, representing the electoral division of Rumney since his election on 7 May 2011....
. In a by-election held on the same day to replace Derwent MLC Labor Michael AirdMichael AirdMichael Anthony Aird is a former Tasmanian politician. He was an ALP member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Division of Derwent since 1995. From 2006 to 2010, he was the treasurer of Tasmania, one of few legislative councillors in history to have held a ministerial portfolio...
, Labor candidate Craig FarrellCraig Farrell (politician)Craig Maxwell Farrell is an Australian politician, and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent for the Australian Labor Party....
was elected.