Electoral results for the Division of Elwick

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Elwick in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.

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Members

ImageMemberPartyTermNotes
  Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg David Crean
(b. 1950)
Labor 31 July 1999
2 May 2004
Retired due to kidney condition [1]
  Terry Martin.jpg Terry Martin
(b. 1957)
Labor 2 May 2004
2007
Charged in 2009 with having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Did not seek re-election; convicted in 2011
  Independent 2007 –
1 May 2010
  Adriana taylor.jpg Adriana Taylor
(b. 1946)
Independent 1 May 2010
7 May 2016
Former mayor of Glenorchy. Lost re-election
  Australian-Labor-Party-stub.svg Josh Willie
(b. 1984)
Labor 7 May 2016
27 February 2024
Resigned to contest 2024 state election. Currently MHA for Clark
  3x4.svg Bec Thomas Independent 4 May 2024
present
Former mayor of Glenorchy. Incumbent

Election results

2022

2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Elwick [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Josh Willie 9,45052.54+5.90
Independent Rick Cazaly4,75026.41+26.41
Greens Hannah Bellamy3,78821.06+8.86
Total formal votes17,98896.36+1.42
Informal votes6803.64−1.42
Turnout 18,66878.03−2.36
Registered electors 23,925
Labor hold Swing

2016

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2016: Elwick [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Josh Willie 8,91646.64+8.67
Independent Adriana Taylor 7,86841.16−7.73
Greens Penelope Ann2,33212.20−0.95
Total formal votes19,11694.94−0.95
Informal votes1,0195.06+0.95
Turnout 20,13580.39−0.73
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Josh Willie 10,16553.18+9.26
Independent Adriana Taylor 8,95146.82−9.26
Labor gain from Independent Swing +9.26

2010

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2010: Elwick [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Adriana Taylor 9,59848.88+48.88
Labor Tim Jacobson7,45537.97+37.97
Greens Kartika Franks2,58113.15+13.15
Total formal votes19,63495.89
Informal votes8424.11
Turnout 20,47681.19
Two-party-preferred result
Independent Adriana Taylor 11,01156.08+56.08
Labor Tim Jacobson8,62343.92+43.92
Independent hold Swing

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References

  1. "Tasmanian senator quits federal politics". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 July 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. "Legislative Council elections 2022: The candidates". Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
  3. "Division of Elwick". 2016 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  4. "Division of Elwick". 2010 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2010. Archived from the original on 25 March 2007. Retrieved 14 March 2013.