Division of Braddon

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Braddon
Australian House of Representatives Division
Tasmania Division of Braddon.svg
Division of Braddon in Tasmania, as of the 2019 federal election
Created1955
MP Gavin Pearce
Party Liberal
Namesake Sir Edward Braddon
Electors 82,527 (2022)
Area21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi)
DemographicRural
State electorate(s) Braddon

The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania. The current MP is Gavin Pearce of the Liberal Party, who was elected at the 2019 federal election.

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Braddon is a rural electorate covering approximately 21,369 square kilometres (8,251 sq mi) in the north-west and west of Tasmania, including King Island. The cities of Burnie and Devonport are major population centres in the division. Other towns include Currie, Latrobe, Penguin, Queenstown, Rosebery, Smithton, Somerset, Stanley, Strahan, Ulverstone, Waratah, Wynyard and Zeehan. [1]

Braddon has traditionally been a marginal seat. However, in 2022 the trend was broken, with Braddon becoming a "fairly safe" seat for the first time in twelve years, with the Liberal Party holding it while losing government nationally.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned. [2]

History

Sir Edward Braddon, the division's namesake Edwardbraddon.jpg
Sir Edward Braddon, the division's namesake

The division was created at the Tasmanian redistribution on 30 August 1955, essentially as a reconfigured version of the Division of Darwin. It is named for Sir Edward Braddon, a Premier of Tasmania and one of Tasmania's five original federal members of parliament.

Following the election of the Whitlam government and the period following the Franklin Dam controversy, Braddon became a relatively safe seat for the Liberal Party. In more recent years, the division has usually been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. Its most prominent member was Ray Groom. Groom was later to represent Denison in the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001 and served as Tasmanian Premier 1992–96. [3]

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Aubrey Luck.png Aubrey Luck
(1900–1999)		 Liberal 10 December 1955 –
22 November 1958 		Previously held the Division of Darwin. Lost seat
  RonDavies1966.jpg Ron Davies
(1919–1980)		 Labor 22 November 1958 –
13 December 1975 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Ray Groom
(1944–)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
26 October 1984 		Served as minister under Fraser. Retired. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison in 1986
  Chris Miles.jpg Chris Miles
(1947–)		 Liberal 1 December 1984 –
3 October 1998 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Sid Sidebottom
(1951–)		 Labor 3 October 1998 –
9 October 2004 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Mark Baker
(1958–)		 Liberal 9 October 2004 –
24 November 2007 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Sid Sidebottom
(1951–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
7 September 2013 		Lost seat
  Memorial-unveilings-Burnie-20150331-002-crop.jpg Brett Whiteley
(1960–)		 Liberal 7 September 2013 –
2 July 2016 		Lost seat
  No image.svg Justine Keay
(1975–)		 Labor 2 July 2016 –
10 May 2018 		Election results declared void due to dual citizenship. Subsequently re-elected. Lost seat
  28 July 2018 –
18 May 2019
  Gavin Pearce 2019.jpg Gavin Pearce
(1967–)		 Liberal 18 May 2019 –
present		Incumbent

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Braddon.[ edit ]
2022 Australian federal election: Braddon [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gavin Pearce 31,14244.11+6.22
Labor Chris Lynch15,88622.50−9.56
Lambie Sophie Lehmann6,9669.87+9.87
Independent Craig Garland5,5387.84+7.84
Greens Darren Briggs4,7456.72+1.88
One Nation Ludo Mineur3,0654.34−1.20
United Australia Darren Bobbermien1,0001.42−2.26
Liberal Democrats Duncan White9711.38+1.38
Local Scott Rankin 7191.02+1.02
Animal Justice Keone Martin5660.80+0.80
Total formal votes70,59892.76−2.33
Informal votes5,8587.66+0.58
Turnout 76,45692.64−2.45
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Gavin Pearce 40,96858.03+4.94
Labor Chris Lynch29,63041.97−4.94
Liberal hold Swing +4.94

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References

  1. ↑ "Profile of the electoral division of Braddon (Tas)". Current federal electoral divisions. Australian Electoral Commission. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (11 October 2013). "Federal election 2013: Braddon results". Australia Votes. Australia: ABC . Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  4. ↑ Braddon, TAS, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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