The House of Assembly,or Lower House,is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital,Hobart.
The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament,the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital,Hobart. Members of the Legislative Council are often referred to as MLCs.
The Parliament of Tasmania is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Tasmania. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of the Governor of Tasmania,the Tasmanian House of Assembly,and Tasmanian Legislative Council. Since 1841,both Houses have met in Parliament House,Hobart. The Parliament of Tasmania first met in 1856.
Sir Philip Oakley Fysh was an English-born Australian politician. He arrived in Tasmania in 1859 and became a leading merchant in Hobart. He served two terms as premier of Tasmania and became a leader of the colony's federation movement. He subsequently won election to the new federal House of Representatives (1901–1910) and was invited to represent Tasmania in the first federal ministry,serving as minister without portfolio (1901–1903) and Postmaster-General (1903–1904).
William Bispham Propsting,CMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly,who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.
The electoral division of Nelson is a constituency of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division includes many of the suburbs to the south of Hobart,including South Hobart,Sandy Bay,Taroona and Kingston. The division was created in 1999 when the electoral division of Queenborough was renamed in a review of electoral boundaries. The member from 1999 until his retirement in 2019 was independent Jim Wilkinson.
William Edward Felix Hodgman is an Australian diplomat and former politician who has been the High Commissioner of Australia to Singapore since February 2021. He was the 45th Premier of Tasmania and a member for the Division of Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from the 2002 state election until his resignation in January 2020. He became premier following the 2014 state election,having been Leader of the Opposition since 2006. He was re-elected to a second term in government following victory in the 2018 state election.
William Michael Hodgman AM QC was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party and served as Minister for the Capital Territory in the Fraser Government from 1980 to 1983. He was active in both state and federal politics,serving in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (1966–1974),Australian House of Representatives (1975–1987),and Tasmanian House of Assembly. His son Will Hodgman was Premier of Tasmania for 6 years,until his resignation in January 2020.
Parliament House,Hobart,located on Salamanca Place in Hobart,Tasmania,Australia,is the meeting place of the Parliament of Tasmania. The building was originally designed as a customs house but changed use in 1841 when Tasmania achieved self-government. The building served both purposes from 1841 to 1904,when the customs offices were relocated.
Terence Lewis "Terry" Martin is a former independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the Electoral division of Elwick. In 2011 he was convicted of creating child pornography and having sex with a 12-year-old girl.
Lisa Maria Singh is a former Australian politician. She was a Senator for Tasmania from 2011 to 2019. She had previously been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly,representing the division of Denison from 2006 to 2010. The granddaughter of an Indo-Fijian member of the Parliament of Fiji,Singh was Australia's first female federal parliamentarian of Indian origin.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1885 and 1891. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections,and members served six-year terms,with a number of members facing election each year.
Craig Maxwell Farrell is an Australian politician,and a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent for the Labor Party.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 5 May 2012. The two seats up for election were Hobart,held by retiring Labor MLC Doug Parkinson,and Western Tiers,held by independent MLC Greg Hall. These seats were last contested in 2006.
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2006. The two seats up for election were Rowallan,held by independent MLC Greg Hall,and Wellington,held by Labor MLC Doug Parkinson. Rowallan was last contested in 2001,while Wellington was last contested in 2000.
Jean Mary Moore was an Australian politician.
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 the Minister for Small Business,Advanced Manufacturing and Defence Industries,Science and Technology,Racing and Heritage in the Rockliff ministry. She was previously the Minister for Hospitality,Racing,Small Business,Women and Disability Services in the Second Gutwein Ministry for six weeks.
The 1856 Tasmanian colonial elections took place from 8 to 22 September 1856 and 6 to 17 October 1856. The elections were the first to be held under the Electoral Act 1856,which established responsible government in Tasmania and created a bicameral parliament consisting of the 30-member Tasmanian House of Assembly and the 15-member Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Jonathon Duniam is an Australian politician. He is a member of the Liberal Party and has served as a Senator for Tasmania since the 2016 federal election. He served as an assistant minister in the Morrison Government from 2019 until May 2022,following the appointment of the Albanese ministry. Prior to entering parliament Duniam was a political staffer,including as deputy chief of staff to Tasmanian premier Will Hodgman.
The Australian Labor Party,commonly known 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.
