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The 2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election is scheduled to be held on 3 May 2025 to elect three members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The seats of Montgomery, Nelson and Pembroke will be up for election. [1]
Unlike other Australian state parliaments, the Tasmanian House of Assembly is elected from multi-member districts, while the Legislative Council is elected from single-member districts. [2] The reverse is the case in most of the rest of Australia; that is, the lower house is elected from single-member districts while the upper house is elected from multi-member districts. [2]
The Legislative Council has 15 seats, with members elected to a six-year term. [3] Elections are staggered, alternating between three seats in one year and in two seats the next year, taking place on the first Saturday in May. [2] [3]
Tasmanian's upper house is unique in Australian politics, in that historically it is the only chamber in any state parliament to be significantly non-partisan. [4] [5] As of 2024, the chamber has a plurality of independents, although it has previously had an outright independent majority. [6] [7]
Legislative Council elections use partial preferential voting and the Robson Rotation. [8] In elections with four or less candidates, full preferential voting is effectively used, but for seats with five or more candidates, voters only have to number at least three boxes. [9] [10]
The seat of Montgomery in northwest Tasmania has been held by Leonie Hiscutt of the Liberal Party since 2013; she announced on 16 May 2024 that she would not seek re-election. [11] Hiscutt's son Casey Hiscutt a Central Coast councillor announced on the same day he would run as an independent and was endorsed by her. [12] The former Senator for Tasmania and President of the Senate Stephen Parry was announced on 15 June 2024 as the Liberal Party candidate. [13] On 23 August 2024 Gatty Burnett stated she planned to run for the seat, as apart of a new political party called 'Tasmanians Now'. [14]
The seat of Nelson, based in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, has been held by independent member Meg Webb since 2019. Butcher Marcus Vermey was announced on 23 June 2024 as the Liberal Party candidate. [15]
The seat of Pembroke, based in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, has been held by Labor Party member Luke Edmunds since 2022.
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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.
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