2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

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2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
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  2020 1 May 2021 2022  

3 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council
8 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Independent Liberal Labor
Seats before201
Seats won111
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1Steady2.svg

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election.svg
Results by electoral division

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 May 2021. The three seats that were up for election are Derwent, Mersey and Windermere. [1] They were last contested in 2015. [2] Only two of the three seats were actually contested, as the incumbent candidate for Mersey, Mike Gaffney, was returned unopposed. [3]

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The periodic elections coincided with the snap general election for the House of Assembly. [4]

Derwent

The seat of Derwent has been held by Labor member Craig Farrell since 2011, when he won the seat in a by-election triggered by the resignation of Michael Aird. Farrell has been President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council since May 2019. [5]

Derwent Results

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Derwent [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Craig Farrell 10,06949.09−15.26
Liberal Ben Shaw8,38540.88+40.88
Animal Justice Ivan Davis2,05910.04+10.04
Total formal votes20,51394.4+0.60
Informal votes1,2175.60−0.60
Turnout 21,73081.64+1.46
Registered electors 26,618
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Craig Farrell 11,41555.65−8.69
Liberal Ben Shaw9,09844.35+44.35
Labor hold Swing –8.69

Mersey

The seat of Mersey was held by the independent Mike Gaffney, first elected in 2009. Gaffney was the only candidate to nominate, and was declared elected unopposed on 1 April 2021. [7] [3]

Mersey Results

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election: Mersey [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Mike Gaffney unopposed
Independent hold Swing

Windermere

The seat of Windermere was held by the independent Ivan Dean from 2003. Dean retired at this election. [9] The seat was won by Liberal candidate Nick Duigan. [10]

Windermere Results

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Windermere [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Nick Duigan 8,04837.83+37.83
Labor Geoff Lyons 5,74627.01−1.52
Independent Will Smith4,52121.25+21.25
Independent Rob Soward2,0719.73+9.73
Independent Vivienne Gale8904.18+4.18
Total formal votes21,27695.15+0.44
Informal votes1,0844.85−0.44
Turnout 22,36081.78+3.17
Registered electors 27,342
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Nick Duigan 11,40054.14+54.14
Labor Geoff Lyons 9,65845.86+1.56
Liberal gain from Independent  

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