- Division of Braddon (state)
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This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Braddon.
Division of Braddon
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 shared with the federal Division of Braddon. 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] At each state government election; 5 members are elected to Braddon through preference voting. Braddon measures 21,392km2.
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Current members
- Brenton Best - Labor
- Bryan Green - Labor
- Jeremy Rockliff - Liberal
- Adam Brooks - Liberal
- Paul O'Halloran - Greens
Members for Braddon and Darwin
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party 1909 James Belton Labor Herbert Payne Anti-Socialist James Ogden Labor James Long Labor Joshua Whitsitt Anti-Socialist Benjamin Watkins Labor 1910 James Hurst Labor 1912 Liberal George Pullen Liberal Liberal 1916 Edward Hobbs Liberal 1917 Nationalist Nationalist Independent Percy Pollard Nationalist 1919 James Hurst Labor 1920 Percy Pollard Nationalist 1921 Country Country 1922 Francis Marriott Nationalist Richard Franks Country 1922 Philip Kelly Labor 1925 Liberal 1925 Henry McFie Nationalist 1926 Henry Lane Labor 1928 Nationalist Fergus Medwin Labor 1931 Independent 1931 Thomas Butler Nationalist Thomas d'Alton Labor 1934 Frank Edwards Nationalist Jack Chamberlain Nationalist Joseph McGrath Labor 1937 Henry Lane Labor 1940 John Wright Nationalist 1941 James Bugg Labor Henry McFie Nationalist 1944 Thomas Smith Labor 1946 Eric Reece Labor Liberal Carrol Bramich Labor Liberal Charley Aylett Labor John Fidler Liberal 1948 Independent 1948 Kevin Lyons Liberal 1951 John Breheny Liberal 1956 Liberal Sydney Ward Labor 1959 Lloyd Costello Labor Joseph Britton Labor 1964 Geoffrey Chisholm Labor Wilfred Barker Liberal 1969 Centre 1972 Glen Davies Labor Ray Bonney Liberal 1975 Joseph Britton Labor John Coughlan Labor 1976 Michael Field Labor Ron Cornish Liberal Roger Groom Liberal 1979 Michael Weldon Labor 1982 Vince Smith Liberal 1986 Tony Rundle Liberal Michael Weldon Labor Bill Bonde Liberal Greg Peart Labor 1989 Di Hollister Greens 1992 Carole Cains Liberal 1996 Brenton Best Labor 1997 Mike Gard Labor Carole Cains Liberal 1998 Bryan Green Labor Steve Kons Labor 2002 Jeremy Rockliff Liberal Brett Whiteley Liberal 2010 Adam Brooks Liberal Paul O'Halloran Greens References
See also
- Current Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- List of Past Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Federal Division of Braddon
Electoral divisions of Tasmania House of Assembly Legislative Council Apsley · Derwent · Elwick · Hobart · Huon · Launceston · Mersey · Montgomery · Murchison · Nelson · Pembroke · Rosevears · Rumney · Western Tiers · WindermereCategories:- Electoral divisions of Tasmania
- North West Tasmania
- Western Tasmania
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