Division of Braddon (state)

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Division of Braddon before the 2021 state election

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.

Braddon and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.

History and electoral profile

Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown.[1]

Representation

Distribution of seats

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Members for Braddon and Darwin

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1909 rowspan=38 Template:Australian party style| James Belton Labor rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style| Benjamin Watkins Labor rowspan=28 Template:Australian party style| James Ogden Labor rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| James Long Labor rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Joshua Whitsitt Anti-Socialist rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Herbert Payne Anti-Socialist
6 seats
(1909–1959)
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1910 James Hurst Labor
1912 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| George Pullen Liberal rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Liberal rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Liberal
1913
1916 Edward Hobbs Liberal
1917 Template:Australian party style| Percy Pollard Nationalist rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Nationalist rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Independent rowspan=15 Template:Australian party style| Nationalist
1919 rowspan=9 Template:Australian party style| James Hurst Labor
1920 Percy Pollard Nationalist
1921 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Country rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| Country
1922 Richard Franks Country Frank Marriott Nationalist
1922 Philip Kelly Labor
1925 rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Liberal
1925 rowspan=10 Template:Australian party style| Henry McFie Nationalist
1926 Henry Lane Labor
1928 Fergus Medwin Labor rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style| Nationalist
1931 Template:Australian party style| Independent
1931 Thomas d'Alton Labor Template:Australian party style| Thomas Butler Nationalist
1934 rowspan=28 Template:Australian party style| Joseph McGrath Labor Jack Chamberlain Nationalist Frank Edwards Nationalist
1937 Henry Lane Labor
1940 John Wright Nationalist
1941 Henry McFie Nationalist rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| James Bugg Labor
1944 Michael Smith Labor
1946 Charley Aylett Labor Eric Reece Labor Carrol Bramich Labor rowspan=10 Template:Australian party style| Liberal Template:Australian party style| Liberal rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| John Fidler Liberal
1948 Template:Australian party style| Independent
1948 rowspan=7 Template:Australian party style| Kevin Lyons Liberal
1950
1951 Jack Breheny Liberal
1955
1956 rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Liberal rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| Sydney Ward Labor
1959 Lloyd Costello Labor Template:Australian party style| Joseph Britton Labor
1964 rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| Geoff Chisholm Labor rowspan=12 Template:Australian party style| Wilfred Barker Liberal
1969 Template:Australian party style| Centre
1972 rowspan=5 Template:Australian party style| Glen Davies Labor rowspan=24 Template:Australian party style| Ray Bonney Liberal
1975 John Coughlan Labor Joseph Britton Labor
1976 Michael Field Labor rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style| Ron Cornish Liberal Roger Groom Liberal
1979 Michael Weldon Labor
1982 Template:Australian party style| Vince Smith Liberal
1986 Greg Peart Labor rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Michael Weldon Labor rowspan=19 Template:Australian party style| Tony Rundle Liberal Bill Bonde Liberal
1989 rowspan=4 Template:Australian party style| Di Hollister Greens
1992 Template:Australian party style| Carole Cains Liberal
1996 rowspan=6 Template:Australian party style| Brenton Best Labor
1997 Mike Gard Labor Carole Cains Liberal
1998 rowspan=14 Template:Australian party style| Bryan Green Labor Steve Kons Labor
5 seats
(1998–2024)
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2002 Jeremy Rockliff Liberal Brett Whiteley Liberal
2006
2010 Template:Australian party style| Paul O'Halloran Greens Adam Brooks Liberal
2014 rowspan=2 Template:Australian party style| Joan Rylah Liberal rowspan=10 Template:Australian party style| Roger Jaensch Liberal
2017 Shane Broad Labor
2018 rowspan=8 Template:Australian party style| Anita Dow Labor
2019 Joan Rylah Liberal
2020 Felix Ellis Liberal
2021 Adam Brooks Liberal
2021 Felix Ellis Liberal
2024 Template:Australian party style| Miriam Beswick Jacqui Lambie rowspan=3 Template:Australian party style| Craig Garland Independent
2024 Template:Australian party style| Independent
2025 Template:Australian party style| National

Election results

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See also

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References

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External links

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  1. ↑ Braddon Template:Webarchive, Tasmanian Electoral Commission
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