Division of Bass (state)

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Bass
TasmaniaHouse of Assembly
State Tasmania
Created1909
MP Rob Fairs (Liberal)
Michael Ferguson (Liberal)
Janie Finlay (Labor)
Michelle O'Byrne (Labor)
Rebekah Pentland (Jacqui Lambie)
Cecily Rosol (Greens)
Simon Wood (Liberal)
Party Greens (1), Jacqui Lambie Network (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3)
Namesake George Bass
Electors 78,182 (2021)
Area7,976 km2 (3,079.6 sq mi)
DemographicMixed
Federal electorate(s) Bass
Electorates around Bass:
Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait
Braddon Bass Tasman Sea
Lyons Lyons Lyons
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Division of Bass

The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass.

Bass and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.

History and electoral profile

Bass was created in 1909 and includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others. [2]

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Bass

YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1909
6 seats
(1909–1959)
Thomas Bakhap Anti-Socialist James Guy Labor Robert Sadler Liberal Democrat Charles Howroyd Labor Albert Solomon Anti-Socialist Richard McKenzie Anti-Socialist
1912 Liberal George Becker Labor Liberal Liberal
1913 Robert Sadler Liberal Arthur Anderson Labor John Hayes Liberal
1914 Alexander Marshall Liberal
1915 James McDonald Labor
1916 Allan Guy Labor
1917 Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist
1917 James Newton Nationalist
1919
1922 Jens Jensen Independent Labor
1923 George Shields Nationalist
1925 Liberal
1925 Victor Shaw Labor Claude James Liberal Henry Thomson Nationalist
1928 Nationalist Nationalist
1928 John Ockerby Nationalist
1929 Thomas Davies Labor
1931 Robert Murphy Nationalist Howard Barber Nationalist
1933 Herbert Postle Nationalist
1934 John McDonald Labor Allen Hollingsworth Nationalist
1936 John Madden Labor
1937 Eric Howroyd Labor
1941 Frank Marriott Nationalist
1942 John Quintal Labor
1945 Alan Welsh Labor
1946 Liberal Independent
1946 Reg Turnbull Labor Bill Beattie Liberal Fred Marriott Liberal Alexander Atkins Labor
1948 John Orchard Liberal
1950 Claude Barnard Labor John Steer Liberal
1954 Bill Beattie Liberal
1955
1956 Alexander Atkins Labor
1957 John Madden Labor
1959 Mac Le Fevre Labor Independent
1961 Wallace Fraser Labor James McGowen Liberal Max Bushby Liberal
1964 John Steer Liberal
1968 James Henty Liberal
1969 Allan Foster Labor Michael Barnard Labor Timothy Barrenger Liberal
1972 David Farquhar Labor Mac Le Fevre Labor Neil Pitt Liberal
1974 Harry Holgate Labor
1976 Gill James Labor Jim Mooney Liberal Neil Robson Liberal
1979 Mary Willey Labor John Beswick Liberal
1981 Independent
1982 Brendan Lyons Liberal
1984 Peter Patmore Labor
1986 Peter Rae Liberal Frank Madill Liberal
1989 Jim Cox Labor Lance Armstrong Greens
1992 Tony Benneworth Liberal Gill James Labor Sue Napier Liberal
1996 Jim Cox Labor
1998
5 seats
(1998–2024)
5 seats
(1998–2024)
2000 David Fry Liberal
2002 Kim Booth Greens Kathryn Hay Labor Peter Gutwein Liberal
2006 Michelle O'Byrne Labor
2010 Brian Wightman Labor Michael Ferguson Liberal
2014 Sarah Courtney Liberal
2015 Andrea Dawkins Greens
2018 Jennifer Houston Labor
2021 Janie Finlay Labor
2022 Lara Alexander Liberal Simon Wood Liberal
2023 Independent
2024 Cecily Rosol Greens Rebekah Pentland Jacqui Lambie Network Rob Fairs Liberal

Election results

2024 Tasmanian state election: Bass [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,491
Liberal Michael Ferguson (elected 1)12,29418.1+12.4
Liberal Rob Fairs (elected 4)5,7278.4+8.4
Liberal Simon Wood (elected 7)1,9492.9+1.8
Liberal Julie Sladden1,7472.6+2.6
Liberal Chris Gatenby1,5042.2+2.2
Liberal Sarah Quaile1,4482.1+2.1
Liberal Richard Trethewie1,1481.7+1.7
Labor Michelle O'Byrne (elected 2)8,07311.9+0.3
Labor Janie Finlay (elected 3)7,33710.8+2.1
Labor Geoff Lyons 1,6982.5+2.5
Labor William Gordon1,1121.6+1.6
Labor Melissa Anderson8521.3+1.3
Labor Adrian Hinds7351.1−1.4
Labor Roshan Dhingra4430.7+0.7
Greens Cecily Rosol (elected 5)4,2836.3+5.3
Greens Lauren Ball8381.2+1.2
Greens Carol Barnett7871.2+1.2
Greens Tom Hall7111.0−0.3
Greens Anne Layton-Bennett6651.0−0.6
Greens Jack Fittler4410.6+0.6
Greens Calum Hendry4310.6+0.6
Lambie Rebekah Pentland (elected 6)2,4093.5+3.5
Lambie Angela Armstrong2,0333.0+3.0
Lambie Ludwig Johnson1,0881.6+1.6
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Michal Frydrych1,6162.4+2.4
Independent Lara Alexander 1,5182.2+1.5
Independent Greg (Tubby) Quinn1,5132.2+2.2
Independent George Razay1,2471.8+1.8
Animal Justice Ivan Davis9941.5+1.5
Independent Tim Walker5710.8+0.8
Independent Mark Brown4360.6+0.6
Independent Jack Davenport2780.4−4.0
Total formal votes67,92693.5−1.5
Informal votes4,7066.5+1.5
Turnout 72,63290.6−0.0
Party total votes
Liberal 25,81738.0−21.9
Labor 20,25029.8+3.8
Greens 8,15612.0+2.8
Lambie 5,5308.1+8.1
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 1,6162.4–0.1
Independent Lara Alexander 1,5182.2+1.5
Independent Greg (Tubby) Quinn1,5132.2+2.2
Independent George Razay1,2471.8+1.8
Animal Justice 9941.8–0.4
Independent Tim Walker5710.8+0.8
Independent Mark Brown4360.6+0.6
Independent Jack Davenport2780.4–4.0

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References

  1. Map data: Electoral boundaries from Administrative Boundaries [May 2016] ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
  2. Bass Archived 2013-04-11 at the Wayback Machine , Tasmanian Electoral Commission
  3. "2024 Results for Bass". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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