Josh Willie

The Honourable Josh Willie MP
Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 August 2025
Main article: Willie shadow ministry In August 2025, following a failed motion of no confidence in the Rockliff government in the aftermath of the 2025 Tasmanian state election, Willie was elected unanimously to replace Dean Winter as leader of the party. [11] Other reports indicated that Willie initially lost a vote of the Labor caucus 9 to 4 to Winter, before Winter later stood aside before the outcome was to be decided by a ballot of Labor MPs and rank and file members, allowing Willie to be elected unanimously. [12] It was reported that Ella Haddad, Meg Brown & Brian Mitchell were the 3 other votes for Willie besides himself. [13] References "Labor increases Upper House numbers as Josh Willie takes Elwick". Australian Broadcasting Corporation . "Who is Josh Willie, new leader of Tasmanian Labor, tasked with trying to engineer a comeback?". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 21 August 2025. "Labor increases Upper House numbers after Josh Willie wins seat of Elwick". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2025. "Willie's win in Elwick gives Labor renewed energy, says Green". The Mercury . News Corp Australia. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2025. "Elwick results – 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022. Adam Holmes (26 November 2023). "Josh Willie reveals tilt for lower house as ALP makes first move in bid for Clark seats". ABC News. Retrieved 27 February 2024. "Two resignations in the Legislative Council". Tasmanian Electoral Commission . 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2024. "2024 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024. "Results declared in 2024 Legislative Council Elections". Tasmanian Electoral Commission . 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2024. "Clark - TAS Electorate, Candidates, Results". www.abc.net.au. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025. "Josh Willie replaces Dean Winter as Tasmanian Labor leader after election loss". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 20 August 2025. Archived from the original on 20 August 2025. Retrieved 20 August 2025. McGuire, Simon (20 August 2025). "Winter is over as Labor elects new leader". Tasmanian Country. Font Publishing. Retrieved 20 August 2025. Denholm, Matthew (20 August 2025). "Labor Party jumps to the left after rocky election outcome". The Australian. News Corp Australia . Retrieved 20 August 2025. External links "Willie, Josh". Members of the Parliament of Tasmania . Retrieved 24 July 2022. Shadow portfolios Since 2025 Party political offices Preceded by Dean Winter Leader of the Labor Party in Tasmania 2025–present Incumbent Tasmanian Legislative Council Preceded by Adriana Taylor Member for Elwick 2016–2024 Succeeded by Bec Thomas This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.