Division of Franklin

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Franklin
Australian House of Representatives Division
Tasmania Division of Franklin.svg
Division of Franklin
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Created1903
MP Julie Collins
Party Labor
Namesake Sir John Franklin
Electors 80,331 (2022)
Area10,009 km2 (3,864.5 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
State electorate(s) Franklin

The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

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The division is the southernmost in Australia, located in southern Tasmania around the state capital, Hobart. It is non-contiguous, with the two parts of the division separated by the Division of Clark, based around central Hobart. As at the 2016 election, slightly more than half its electors are located on the eastern shore of the River Derwent, incorporating the entire City of Clarence and the suburb of Old Beach from Brighton Council. The remaining electors in the division are drawn from the southern parts of the Kingborough Council, generally south of the Huon Highway and including Bruny Island, and the entire Huon Valley Council. The division also includes the southern parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and Macquarie Island, neither of which have permanent populations.

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. [1]

History

Sir John Franklin, the division's namesake John Franklin.jpg
Sir John Franklin, the division's namesake

The division was one of the five established when the former Division of Tasmania was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir John Franklin, the polar explorer who was Lt Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46.

The Division of Franklin has always been a reasonably marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party and its predecessors. However, after 14 years of representation by former Labor and independent member Harry Quick, the seat of Franklin was considered safe Labor with Franklin one of very few electorates to record a swing to Labor at the 2010 election. Franklin also has a strong history of voting for strong candidates rather than for a particular party.

In 2005, sitting Labor member Harry Quick announced that he would retire at the 2007 election. When Labor preselected union official Kevin Harkins as a replacement, Quick, seeing him as unsuitable, appeared to endorse the Liberal candidate, Vanessa Goodwin, which was partly responsible for his expulsion from the Labor party. Harkins was eventually dropped as a candidate, and the Labor Party state secretary Julie Collins was installed as the ALP candidate.

Collins won the seat of Franklin at the 2007 election despite Labor suffering a 3.11% swing against on two party preferred results and 5.03% swing against in general results. Liberal candidate Vanessa Goodwin recorded a swing towards the party while the Australian Greens a swing towards the party similar to that of the Liberals.

Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  WMcWilliams.JPG William McWilliams
(1856–1929)
Revenue Tariff 16 December 1903
1906
Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Ringarooma. Served as leader of the Country Party from 1920 to 1921. Lost seat
  Anti-Socialist 1906 –
26 May 1909
  Liberal 26 May 1909 –
17 February 1917
  Nationalist 17 February 1917 –
22 January 1920
  Country 22 January 1920 –
16 December 1922
  Alfred Seabrook.jpg Alfred Seabrook
(1867–1939)
Nationalist 16 December 1922
17 November 1928
Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1931
  WMcWilliams.JPG William McWilliams
(1856–1929)
Independent 17 November 1928
22 October 1929
Died in office
  Charles William Frost.jpg Charles Frost
(1882–1964)
Labor 14 December 1929
19 December 1931
Lost seat
  Archibald Blacklow.jpg Archibald Blacklow
(1879–1965)
United Australia 19 December 1931
15 September 1934
Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council in 1936
  Charles William Frost.jpg Charles Frost
(1882–1964)
Labor 15 September 1934
28 September 1946
Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat
  BillFalkinder1965.jpg Bill Falkinder
(1921–1993)
Liberal 28 September 1946
31 October 1966
Retired
  ThomasPearsall1968.jpg Thomas Pearsall
(1920–2003)
26 November 1966
25 October 1969
Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin. Lost seat
  Ray Sherry 1974 (cropped).jpg Ray Sherry
(1924–1989)
Labor 25 October 1969
13 December 1975
Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1976
  Liberal Placeholder.png Bruce Goodluck
(1933–2016)
Liberal 13 December 1975
8 February 1993
Retired. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1996
  Labor Placeholder.png Harry Quick
(1941–2024)
Labor 13 March 1993
20 August 2007
Retired
  Independent 20 August 2007 –
17 October 2007
  Julie Collins MP 2012.jpg Julie Collins
(1971–)
Labor 24 November 2007
present
Served as minister under Gillard and Rudd. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results

2022 Australian federal election: Franklin [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Julie Collins 26,14736.69−7.30
Liberal Kristy Johnson19,04826.73−4.54
Greens Jade Darko12,37017.36+1.11
Lambie Chris Hannan4,2155.92+5.92
Local Anna Bateman3,5354.96+4.96
One Nation Steve Hindley2,0332.85+2.85
Liberal Democrats Duane Pitt1,4342.01+2.01
United Australia Lisa Matthews1,3801.94−4.76
Animal Justice Katrina Love1,0971.54+1.54
Total formal votes71,25995.07−1.78
Informal votes3,6964.93+1.78
Turnout 74,95593.41−1.27
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julie Collins 45,39263.70+1.49
Liberal Kristy Johnson25,86736.30−1.49
Labor hold Swing +1.49
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Franklin in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner. 2022 Australian federal election Franklin alluvial diagram.svg
Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Franklin in the 2022 federal election. Light green check.svgY indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

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References

  1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Franklin, TAS, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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