The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania,including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign. They form a part of the Australian Greens.
Harry Vernon Quick was an Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1993 until 2007,representing the electorate of Franklin in Tasmania. He sat as a member of the Labor Party from 1993 to 2007,when he was expelled from the party for failing to pay his membership dues. An outspoken maverick MP,he did not contest the 2007 federal election.
The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.
Paula Catherine Wriedt is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly,representing the outer suburban Hobart seat of Franklin. She was first elected to parliament in the 1996 election. Wriedt is the daughter of former state Labor leader and Whitlam Government Minister for Agriculture Ken Wriedt.
Janie Finlay is an Australian politician currently the Member for Bass in the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
An election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006,the same day as the South Australian elections. The Labor Party led by Premier Paul Lennon,won a third successive majority government term in office,despite predictions the election would result in a minority government. Although there was a small swing against Labor,they finished with 14 seats,and there were no changes in the party composition of the assembly. The Liberal Party led by Rene Hidding gained a small swing and finished with seven seats. The Tasmanian Greens led by Peg Putt suffered a small swing and finished with four seats;meaning no change in seat representation since the last election. Had the Greens lost one of their four seats,they would have lost their status as a major party and would lose financial resources,offices and support staff.
Jeremy Page RockliffMP is an Australian politician. He has served as premier of Tasmania since 2022,as state leader of the Liberal Party. He previously served as deputy premier from 2014 to 2022.
David O'Byrne is an Australian trade unionist and politician. A prominent union leader prior to entering politics and the brother of fellow politician Michelle O'Byrne,he has been an Independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2024,after previously serving as a Labor Party member from 2018 to 2024,and from 2010 to 2014,representing the electorate of Franklin.
Rebecca Peta White is an Australian politician. She has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2010,representing the seat of Lyons. She was state leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and leader of the opposition from 2017 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2024.
Nigel Drury Gresley Abbott was an Australian politician. He was a Liberal member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1964 to 1972,representing the seat of Denison. Tasmania's first Minister for Road Safety,he resigned from the Liberal Party to stand as an independent after failing to get his road safety measures approved by the party.
Madeleine Ruth Ogilvie is an Australian lawyer and politician. She is a Liberal Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the Division of Clark and is a minister in the Second Rockliff ministry
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.
The Jacqui Lambie Network (JLN) is a political party in Australia,formed in May 2015,bearing the name of its founder,Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie. The JLN has maintained populist support for working class "battlers",especially welfare recipients. The party currently has two elected members;Jacqui Lambie in the Australian Senate and Andrew Jenner in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. At its peak,the JLN had 6 elected representatives;2 in the Senate;3 in the Tasmanian House of Assembly;and one elected local councillor.
The 2021 Tasmanian state election was held on 1 May 2021 to elect all 25 members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
Eloise Rafia "Ella" Haddad is an Australian politician. She was first elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Labor Party in the Division of Denison at the 2018 state election.
The Tasmanian Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party and commonly referred to simply as Tasmanian Labor,is the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party. It has been one of the most successful state Labor parties in Australia in terms of electoral success.
The 2024 Tasmanian state election was held on 23 March 2024 to elect all 35 members to the House of Assembly.
This is a list of House of Assembly results for the 2021 Tasmanian state election.
The 2021 Tasmanian Labor Party leadership election was a leadership vote that was held between 24 May and 15 June 2021 to elect a new leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party following the resignation of Rebecca White. Ballots of members and delegates to the party conference took place to elect a new leader,with both ballots being weighted equally to determine the results. Shadow Treasurer and Franklin MP David O'Byrne was elected to the role,with 72% of members' support,and 75% of delegates' support.
The 2011 Tasmanian local elections were held in October 2011 to elect the councils,mayors and deputy mayors of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania,Australia.
