2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

←  2021 7 May 2022 2023  →
3 of the 15 seats on the Legislative Council 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Independent Labor Seats before 1 2 Seats won 2 1 Seat change 1 1
Results by electoral division

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]

Elwick

Josh Willie of the Labor Party was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected. ^[2]

Elwick Results

2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Elwick ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

McIntyre

Independent Tania Rattray was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected. ^[4]

McIntyre Results

2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: McIntyre ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Huon by-election

2022 Huon state by-election

←  2020 7 May 2022 2026  →

First party Second party   IND Candidate Toby Thorpe Dean Harriss Party Labor Independent First preference vote 5,648 5,340 Percentage 25.05% 23.68% Swing 6.24 7.54 TPP 47.45% 52.55% TPP swing 9.86 52.55   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Aldo Antolli Gideon Cordover Party Liberal Greens First preference vote 5,111 4,704 Percentage 22.66% 20.86% Swing 22.66 3.32

MLC before election Bastian Seidel Independent Elected MLC Dean Harriss Independent

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]

Candidates

Party		Candidate	Background
	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]

Huon results

2022 Huon state by-election ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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
Two-candidate-preferred result
	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

References

1. "2022 Legislative Council Elections Tasmania". Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
2. "Elwick results – 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
3. "Legislative Council elections 2022: The candidates". Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
4. "McIntyre results – 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
5. "Statement by Dr Bastian Seidel". taslabor.com. 23 August 2021. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021.
6. "Toby Thorpe". Australian of the Year Awards.
7. Langenberg, Adam (6 May 2022). "Upper House elections in Huon, Elwick and McIntyre this weekend for Tasmanians". ABC News .
8. Gutwein, Peter (27 February 2022). "Huon Candidate". Tasmanian Libeals. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024.
9. Swan, Geoffrey (7 October 2021). "Fresh New Candidate for the Huon MLC". Tasmanian Times. Archived from the original on 21 May 2024.
10. "Huon results – 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022.