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Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2006. The two seats up for election were Rowallan, held by independent MLC Greg Hall, and Wellington, held by Labor MLC Doug Parkinson. Rowallan was last contested in 2001, while Wellington was last contested in 2000.
Rowallan had been held since 2001 by independent MLC Greg Hall. His sole opponent was Karen Cassidy of the Tasmanian Greens. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Greg Hall | 13,862 | 81.95 | +50.14 | |
| Greens | Karen Cassidy | 3,053 | 18.05 | +18.05 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,915 | 94.56 | +0.33 | ||
| Informal votes | 974 | 5.44 | -0.33 | ||
| Turnout | 17,889 | 83.16 | -5.60 | ||
| Independent hold | Swing | +28.09 | |||
Labor MLC Doug Parkinson first entered the Legislative Council as the member for Hobart in 1994. He successfully transferred to Wellington in 2000. In the leadup to the election there was speculation that the Tasmanian Greens were close to winning the seat; their candidate was Marrette Corby. The other candidates all appeared on the ballot as independents. Michael Fracalossi was a member of the Christian Democratic Party. Marti Zucco was a Hobart City Council alderman. The other independents were Stephen Roomes and Paul Hiscutt. [1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Doug Parkinson | 7,309 | 43.10 | -3.25 | |
| Greens | Marrette Corby | 4,455 | 26.27 | -1.71 | |
| Independent | Marti Zucco | 2,442 | 14.40 | +14.40 | |
| Independent | Paul Hiscutt | 1,386 | 8.17 | +8.17 | |
| Independent | Michael Fracalossi | 888 | 5.24 | +5.24 | |
| Independent | Stephen Roomes | 477 | 2.81 | +2.81 | |
| Total formal votes | 16,957 | 96.46 | +1.34 | ||
| Informal votes | 622 | 3.54 | -1.34 | ||
| Turnout | 17,579 | 75.34 | -3.39 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Doug Parkinson | 10,309 | 62.65 | +3.18 | |
| Greens | Marrette Corby | 6,146 | 37.35 | -3.18 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +3.18 | |||
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. Members of the Legislative Council are often referred to as MLCs.
Gregory Raymond Hall is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the McIntyre. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston. He became a member of the Legislative Council at the 2001 Rowallan elections, defeating Russel Anderson.
The Electoral division of Rowallan was one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats from 1999 to 2008, but it was renamed 'Western Tiers' in 2008 after a redistribution of boundaries.
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Douglas John Parkinson is a former Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for the electoral division of Hobart from 1994 until his retirement in 2012.
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