Division of Clark (state)

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Clark
TasmaniaHouse of Assembly
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Location of Clark (dark green) in Tasmania
State Tasmania
Created2018 (Clark)
1909 (Denison)
MP Vica Bayley (Greens)
Simon Behrakis (Liberal)
Helen Burnet (Greens)
Ella Haddad (Labor)
Kristie Johnston (Independent)
Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal)
Josh Willie (Labor)
Party Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (2), Independent (1)
Namesake Andrew Inglis Clark
Electors 74,397 (2018)
Area292.62 km2 (113.0 sq mi)
DemographicInner metropolitan
Federal electorate(s) Clark
Electorates around Clark:
Lyons Lyons Lyons
Lyons
Franklin
Clark Storm Bay
Franklin Franklin Storm Bay
Division of Clark (state)
Map showing the Division of Denison, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.

The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.

Contents

The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.

Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).

History and electoral profile

Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018, [1] aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017. [2]

The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km² it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Clark and Denison

YearMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1909 Sir John Davies Anti-Socialist Walter Woods Labor William Sheridan Labor Sir Elliott Lewis Anti-Socialist Frederick Rattle Anti-Socialist Edward Crowther Anti-Socialist
6 seats
(1909–1959)
1912 Liberal Liberal Vincent Barker Labor Francis Valentine Liberal
1913 Lyndhurst Giblin Labor William Fullerton Liberal
1914 William Sheridan Labor
1916 John Cleary Labor William Burgess Liberal
1917 Charles Hoggins Nationalist Nationalist George Foster Nationalist Nationalist
1919 Robert Cosgrove Labor John McPhee Nationalist Robert Snowden Nationalist
1922 Charles Grant Nationalist Charles Culley Labor
1924 Leslie Payne Nationalist
1925 Robert Cosgrove Labor Walter Woods Labor John Soundy Nationalist
1928 Charles Grant Nationalist Edmund Dwyer-Gray Labor
1931 Gerald Mahoney Labor Ernest Turner Nationalist
1932 Arndell Lewis Nationalist
1934 Robert Cosgrove Labor Charles Culley Labor George Carruthers Independent
1937 Francis Heerey Labor Arndell Lewis Nationalist
1941 Ernest Turner Nationalist
1941 Alfred White Labor Charles Atkins Nationalist
1945 Francis Heerey Labor
1946 Robert Harvey Nationalist
1946 Horace Strutt Liberal Liberal Rex Townley Independent
1948 Henry Hope Labor Bill Wedd Independent
1950 Frank Gaha Labor Liberal
1953 Leo McPartlan Independent
1955 Bill Hodgman Liberal
1958 Eric Howroyd Labor
1959 Bert Lacey Labor
1959 Harry McLoughlin Labor Charley Aylett Labor Bill Wedd Independent Sir Archibald Park Liberal
1959 Independent Horace Strutt Liberal
1964 Independent
1964 Ken Austin Labor Merv Everett Labor Nigel Abbott Liberal Robert Mather Liberal
1965 George Brown Liberal
1969 Neil Batt Labor Bob Baker Liberal Max Bingham Liberal
1972 Kevin Corby Labor
1974 Ian Cole Labor John Green Labor
1976 Julian Amos Labor Max Robinson Liberal
1979 John Devine Labor
1980 Norm Sanders Democrats Bob Graham Labor Gabriel Haros Liberal
1982 Geoff Davis Liberal Peter Walker Liberal
1983 Bob Brown Independent Green
1984 Bob Graham Labor Carmel Holmes Liberal
1986 Independent
1986 Neil Batt Labor Judy Jackson Labor Ray Groom Liberal John White Labor John Bennett Liberal
1987 John Barker Liberal
1989 Greens David Crean Labor
1990 Chris Gibson Liberal
1992 Julian Amos Labor Michael Hodgman Liberal
1993 Peg Putt Greens
1996 Jim Bacon Labor Bob Cheek Liberal
1998
5 seats
(1998–2024)
2001 Michael Hodgman Liberal
2002 Graeme Sturges Labor
2004 David Bartlett Labor
2006 Lisa Singh Labor
2008 Cassy O'Connor Greens
2010 Scott Bacon Labor Matthew Groom Liberal Elise Archer Liberal
2011 Graeme Sturges Labor
2014 Madeleine Ogilvie Labor
2018 Ella Haddad Labor Sue Hickey Liberal
2019 Madeleine Ogilvie Independent
2021 Liberal Independent
2021 Kristie Johnston Independent
2023a Vica Bayley Greens Independent
2023b Simon Behrakis Liberal
2024 Josh Willie Labor Helen Burnet Greens

Election results

2024 Tasmanian state election: Clark [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 7,951
Labor Ella Haddad (elected 1)6,94410.9−1.6
Labor Josh Willie (elected 3)5,6708.9+8.9
Labor Stuart Benson1,9293.0+3.0
Labor John Kamara1,6892.7+2.7
Labor Rebecca Prince1,4412.3+2.3
Labor Simon Davis8521.3−1.8
Labor Susan Wallace8501.3+1.3
Liberal Simon Behrakis (elected 6)5,1688.1+2.3
Liberal Madeleine Ogilvie (elected 7)4,6237.3+1.0
Liberal Marcus Vermey3,5135.5+5.5
Liberal Jon Gourlay1,4342.3+2.3
Liberal Mohammad Aldergham8781.4+1.4
Liberal Catherine Searle8281.3+1.3
Liberal Emma Atterbury8001.3+1.3
Greens Vica Bayley (elected 2)6,3139.9+7.8
Greens Helen Burnet (elected 5)3,4225.4+5.4
Greens Janet Shelley1,0761.7+1.7
Greens Peter Jones8211.3+1.3
Greens Nathan Volf6291.0+0.3
Greens Trenton Hoare5450.9+0.9
Greens James Zalotockyj4590.7+0.7
Independent Kristie Johnston (elected 4)4,9257.7−3.2
Independent Sue Hickey 3,1174.9−4.9
Independent Ben Lohberger1,7022.7+2.7
Independent Louise Elliot1,1601.8+1.8
Animal Justice Casey Davies1,0881.7+1.7
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Adrian Pickin5210.8+0.8
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Lorraine Bennett4080.6+0.2
Local Network David Nunn1470.2+0.2
Local Network Frank Formby1290.2+0.2
Local Network Sam Campbell1120.2+0.2
Local Network Ranae Zollner880.1+0.1
Independent Stefan Vogel1620.3+0.3
Independent Angela Triffitt900.1+0.1
Independent John Michael Forster700.1+0.1
Total formal votes63,60394.6−0.4
Informal votes3,6555.4+0.4
Turnout 67,25890.6−0.1
Party total votes
Labor 19,37530.5+8.4
Liberal 17,24427.1−4.7
Greens 13,26520.9+0.8
Independent Kristie Johnston 4,9257.7−3.2
Independent Sue Hickey 3,1174.9−4.9
Independent Ben Lohberger1,7022.7+2.7
Independent Louise Elliot1,1601.8+1.8
Animal Justice 1,0881.7+1.7
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers 9291.5+0.1
Local Network 4760.7+0.7
Independent Stefan Vogel1620.3+0.3
Independent Angela Triffitt900.1+0.1
Independent John Michael Forster700.1+0.1

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References

  1. "Constitution Amendment (House of Assembly Electoral Boundaries) Act 2018". Tasmanian Legislation. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "Determination of names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Tasmania". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "2024 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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