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Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2022. Two seats were up for a regularly scheduled vote; Elwick and McIntyre. Simultaneously a by-election was held in the seat of Huon, following the resignation of the incumbent member Bastian Seidel. [1]
Josh Willie of the Labor Party was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected. [2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Josh Willie | 9,450 | 52.54 | +5.90 | |
| Independent | Rick Cazaly | 4,750 | 26.41 | +26.41 | |
| Greens | Hannah Bellamy | 3,788 | 21.06 | +8.86 | |
| Total formal votes | 17,988 | 96.36 | +1.42 | ||
| Informal votes | 680 | 3.64 | −1.42 | ||
| Turnout | 18,668 | 78.03 | −2.36 | ||
| Registered electors | 23,925 | ||||
| Labor hold | Swing | ||||
Independent Tania Rattray was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected. [4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Tania Rattray | 13,568 | 57.67 | +7.81 | |
| Independent | David Downie | 6,391 | 27.17 | +27.17 | |
| Greens | Mitchell Houghton | 3,566 | 15.16 | +6.34 | |
| Total formal votes | 23,525 | 96.44 | |||
| Informal votes | 869 | 3.56 | |||
| Turnout | 24,394 | 83.00 | |||
| Registered electors | 29,391 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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A by-election for the seat of Huon was also held with the periodic elections, following the resignation of incumbent MLC Bastian Seidel.
Willie was elected as a member of the Labor Party in 2020. However, on 23 August 2021 he announced he had resigned from Labor to sit as an independent, and would resign from parliament in 2022. [5]
| Party | Candidate | Background | |
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| Labor | Toby Thorpe | 2021 Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year [6] | |
| Independent | Dean Harriss | Son of former Huon MLC Paul Harriss [7] | |
| Liberal | Aldo Antolli | CEO of Pathways Tasmania [8] | |
| Greens | Gideon Cordover | Kingborough councillor since 2019 | |
| Local | Pat Caplice | Anti-pokies campaigner [9] | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labor | Toby Thorpe | 5,648 | 25.05 | −6.24 | |
| Independent | Dean Harriss | 5,340 | 23.68 | +7.54 | |
| Liberal | Aldo Antolli | 5,111 | 22.66 | +22.66 | |
| Greens | Gideon Cordover | 4,704 | 20.86 | +3.32 | |
| Local | Pat Caplice | 1,748 | 7.75 | +7.75 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,551 | 97.35 | −0.09 | ||
| Informal votes | 615 | 2.65 | +0.09 | ||
| Turnout | 23,166 | 86.20 | +0.64 | ||
| Registered electors | 26,876 | ||||
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| Independent | Dean Harriss | 11,840 | 52.55 | +52.55 | |
| Labor | Toby Thorpe | 10,693 | 47.45 | −9.86 | |
| Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
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