The Tasmanian Greens are a political party in Australia which developed from numerous environmental campaigns in Tasmania,including the flooding of Lake Pedder and the Franklin Dam campaign. They form a part of the Australian Greens.
Michelle Anne O'Byrne is Australian politician for the Australian Labor Party. She was elected in the 2006 state election to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the division of Bass. Prior to her election to state parliament she was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1998 to 2004,representing the Division of Bass. Until the defeat of the Labor government in the 2014 state election,she served in the Tasmanian cabinet as Minister for Health,Children and Sport &Recreation. She served in cabinet with her brother David O'Byrne,one of a very few pairs of siblings to have served in cabinet together anywhere in the world.
Nicholas James McKim is an Australian politician,currently a member of the Australian Senate representing Tasmania. He was previously a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly elected at the 2002 election,representing the Franklin electorate from 2002 to 2015,and led the party from 2008 until 2014. On 21 April 2010,he became the first member of the Greens in any Australian ministry. From February 2020 until June 2022,he served as co-deputy leader of the Australian Greens.
Paula Catherine Wriedt is an Australian former politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly,representing the outer suburban Hobart seat of Franklin. She was first elected to parliament in the 1996 election. Wriedt is the daughter of former state Labor leader and Whitlam Government Minister for Agriculture Ken Wriedt.
Bryan Alexander Green is a former Australian politician. He was the leader of the parliamentary Labor Party in Tasmania from 2014 to 2017,and a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the electorate of Braddon from 1998 to 2017.
Lin Estelle Thorp is a former Australian politician. She was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 1999 until 2011,representing the electorate of Rumney,and serving as Minister for Human Services (2008–2010) and Minister for Education and Skills,Minister for Children,and Minister for Police and Emergency Management (2010–2011) in the Bartlett and Giddings governments. She was defeated for re-election to her state seat by independent Tony Mulder at the 2011 periodic elections,but was subsequently nominated to a casual vacancy for the Australian Senate in June 2012 caused by the resignation of Nick Sherry. She was defeated from the third position on the Tasmanian Labor Senate ticket at the 2013 federal election,and her term ended on 30 June 2014.
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.
David John Bartlett is an Australian former politician in the state of Tasmania,serving as the 43rd Premier of Tasmania from May 2008 until January 2011. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Denison from 2004 to 2011 when he retired.
Graeme Lindsay Sturges is an Australian politician. He was a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2002 to 2010 and 2011 to 2014,representing the Hobart-based electorate of Denison. He was elected twice before losing his seat in 2010,regained it in a countback following the resignation of David Bartlett in 2011,and retired at the 2014 election. He was the state Minister for Infrastructure from 2008 until 2010.
Jeremy Page Rockliff is an Australian politician and farmer,and the 47th and current premier of Tasmania since 2022. He has been the leader of the Tasmanian division of the Liberal Party of Australia since 2022 and a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the division of Braddon since the 2002. He was previously the 20th deputy premier of Tasmania from 2014 to 2022. Since the electoral defeat of the Coalition government in New South Wales in March 2023,Rockliff is the only incumbent non-Labor leader of an Australian state government.
Cassandra Stanwell O'Connor is an Australian politician,who was a Tasmanian Greens member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2008 to 2023,representing the electorate of Division of Denison which was renamed to Clark in September 2018.
David O'Byrne is an Australian trade unionist and politician. A prominent union leader prior to entering politics and the brother of fellow politician Michelle O'Byrne,he has been a Labor Party member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since 2018 and previously served from 2010 to 2014,representing the electorate of Franklin.
The 2010 Tasmanian state election was held on 20 March 2010 to elect members to the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The 12-year incumbent Labor government,led by Premier of Tasmania David Bartlett,won a fourth consecutive term against the Liberal opposition,led by Will Hodgman,after Labor formed a minority government with the support of the Greens.
The 2014 Tasmanian state election was held on 15 March 2014 to elect all 25 members to the House of Assembly. The 16-year incumbent Labor government,led by the Premier of Tasmania Lara Giddings,sought to win a fifth consecutive term in government,but was defeated by the Liberal opposition,led by Opposition Leader Will Hodgman,in a landslide victory. Also contesting the election was the Greens led by Nick McKim. The Palmer United Party made a significant effort in the election.
The Giddings Ministry was a Cabinet of Tasmania,and was formed on 24 January 2011. Until 17 January 2014,the Cabinet contained two members of the Tasmanian Greens the remainder being from the Labor Party. On 31 March 2014,the ministry was succeeded by the Hodgman Ministry after the Labor Party's defeat at the 2014 state election
The 2018 Tasmanian state election was held on 3 March 2018 to elect all 25 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly.
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 Tasmanian Liberal Party,officially known as the Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) and more simply as the Tasmanian Liberals,is the state division of the Liberal Party of Australia in Tasmania. The party currently governs in Tasmania as the only Liberal government in Australia,either state or territory,or Federal level. The party is part of the federal Liberal Party of Australia,currently in opposition.
The Tasmanian Labor Party,officially known as the Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) and commonly referred to simply 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.
Dean Winter is a Tasmanian Labor politician. He was elected as Mayor of Kingborough Council in 2018,and was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly at the 2021 Tasmanian state election,as an MP for Franklin.
