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.
Huon Valley Council is a local government body in Tasmania,covering most of the south of the state. Huon Valley is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 17,219,towns and localities of the region include Cygnet,Dover,Franklin,Geeveston,Southport and the largest principal town,Huonville.
Dowsing Point is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Glenorchy in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-east of the town of Glenorchy. The 2016 census recorded a population of 85 for the state suburb of Dowsing Point.
Terence Lewis "Terry" Martin is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Elwick. In 2011 he was convicted of creating child exploitation material and having sex with a 12-year-old girl.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2006 to 2010. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections,with members serving six-year terms,and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the Legislative Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections,with members serving eight-year terms,and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the Legislative Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.
Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman is a former Australian politician. He is the son of Bill Hodgman,the brother of Michael Hodgman and the uncle of former Tasmanian Premier Will Hodgman.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2010 to 2014. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with House of Assembly elections,with members serving six-year terms,and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the House of Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2011. The three seats up for election were Launceston,held by retiring independent MLC Don Wing;Murchison,held by independent MLC Ruth Forrest;and Rumney,held by Labor MLC Lin Thorp. These seats were last contested in 2005.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 May 2010. The two seats up for election were Apsley,held by independent MLC Tania Rattray,and Elwick,held by retiring Labor-turned-independent MLC Terry Martin. These seats were last contested in 2004.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2009. The three seats up for election were Derwent,held by Labor MLC Michael Aird;Mersey,held by retiring independent MLC Norma Jamieson;and Windermere,held by independent MLC Ivan Dean. These seats were last contested in 2003.
Susanne Lynnette Hickey is an Australian politician. She represented the electorate of Denison from the 2018 state election until her defeat at the 2021 election,sitting with the Liberal Party until March 2021,when she quit the party and became an independent. Hickey is currently Mayor of the City of Glenorchy.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2016. The two seats up for election were the electoral division of Apsley and the electoral division of Elwick. These seats were last contested in 2010.
Joshua Barton Willie is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor member for Clark in the Tasmanian House of Assembly since the state election in March 2024. Before being elected to the lower house,Willie was the member for Elwick in the Tasmanian Legislative Council from May 2016 to February 2024.
Bastian Manfred Seidel is an Australian politician and medical doctor.
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.
Dean Andrew Harriss is an Australian politician. At a May 2022 by-election,he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the independent member for Huon,following the resignation of Labor-turned-independent MLC Bastian Seidel.
The Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park (GASP) is a sculpture park and boardwalk in Glenorchy,Tasmania,Australia. Commencing at Montrose Foreshore Community Park,GASP follows Elwick Bay's foreshore,terminating at Wilkinsons Point. GASP is in close proximity to the MyState Bank Arena,Elwick Racecourse and the Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) in Berriedale.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 4 May 2024. The two seats up for periodic election were Hobart and Prosser. A by-election for the seat of Elwick was also held concurrently.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 2023 and 2029. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections,and members served six year terms,with a number of members facing election each year.
