2022 Pembroke state by-election

2022 Pembroke state by-election

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Registered	23,286
First party Second party Third party   Candidate Luke Edmunds Gregory Brown Deborah Brewer Party Labor Liberal Greens Primary  vote 7,176 5,234 3,502 Percentage 39.48% 28.79% 19.27% Swing 5.77 3.50 19.27 TPP 63.26% 36.74% TPP swing 4.61 4.61
MLC before election Jo Siejka Labor Elected MLC Luke Edmunds Labor

A by-election was in the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Pembroke on 10 September 2022, triggered by the resignation of Jo Siejka, who did so in order to spend more time with her family. ^[1]

Background

Jo Siejka, nominated by the Australian Labor Party, was first elected to the seat of Pembroke at a 2017 by-election following the resignation Vanessa Goodwin who had been diagnosed with multiple brain tumours in March of that year, defeating her Liberal opponent by 7.4% in the two-party preferred count. ^{[2] [3]} Siejka, who was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and held the shadow portfolios of disability, ageing and veterans, announced that she would resign before the expiry of her electoral mandate, in order to spend more time with her family. ^[1]

Candidates

Candidates are listed in alphabetical order: ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Background
	Greens	Deborah Brewer	Teacher
	Liberal	Gregory Brown	Small business owner
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Carlo Di Falco	Groundsman, previous candidate in 2017
	Labor	Luke Edmunds	Councillor, City of Clarence
	Independent	Hans Willink	IT project assurance, previous candidate in 2017

Results

2022 Pembroke state by-election ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Luke Edmunds	7,176	39.48	−5.77
	Liberal	Gregory Brown	5,234	28.79	+3.50
	Greens	Deborah Brewer	3,502	19.27	+19.27
	Independent	Hans Willink	1,692	9.31	+9.31
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Carlo Di Falco	574	3.16	−0.51
Total formal votes			18,178	96.94	+0.17
Informal votes			573	3.06	−0.17
Turnout			18,751	80.52	−5.11
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Luke Edmunds	11,467	63.26	+4.61
	Liberal	Gregory Brown	6,660	36.74	−4.61
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.61

References

1. "Why a Tasmanian MP has to quit politics". The Mercury. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
2. "Pembroke by-election next month". The Mercury. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
3. "2017 Pembroke by-election results". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
4. "Candidates for the division of Pembroke". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
5. "2022 Legislative Council by-election results – Pembroke". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2022.