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Turnout | 84.79% ( 26.09%) | |
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The 2022 Tasmanian local elections were held in October 2022 to elect the councils of the 29 local government areas (LGAs) in Tasmania, Australia. Mayoral and deputy mayoral elections were also held. [1]
For the first time in Tasmanian local elections, voting was compulsory. Polls opened on 3 October and closed at 2pm on Tuesday, 25 October. [2]
Councillor elections are conducted using a slightly modified version of the Hare-Clark electoral system, which is also used for Tasmanian House of Assembly elections. [3] Mayors and deputy mayors are elected using preferential voting, which is used for Tasmanian Legislative Council elections. [3]
The Robson Rotation is used to rotate the order in which candidate names appear on ballot papers. All voting in Tasmanian local elections is conducted by post. [1] [3]
A number of councillors joined or left parties before the 2022 elections.
Council | Councillor | Former party | New party | Date | ||
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Huon Valley | Bec Enders | Independent | Liberal | 28 March 2022 |
A number of local tickets were formed to contest elections. In Hobart, Our Hobart and Your Hobart Independents (YHI) were formed, with councillors Mike Dutta, Anna Reynolds and Zelinda Sherlock joining the YHI ticket. [4] In Kingborough, three independents stood as Kingborough Thrives candidates. [5]
Former Liberal Democrats NSW senator Duncan Spender stood in Hobart as a deputy mayoral and council candidate. [6]
Four mayoral elections, along with one deputy mayoral election, were uncontested, as well as the entire King Island council election. [7]
Mayors in italics did not recontest their positions.
Deputy mayors in italics did not recontest their positions.
Former Nationals senator Steve Martin was elected as a councillor in Devonport, giving the party an elected representative for the first time since he lost re-election at the 2019 federal election. [8]
Mary Duniam, the mother of Liberal senator Jonathon Duniam, became the first female mayor of Waratah-Wynyard. [8]
Launceston mayor Danny Gibson resigned in May 2023, just months after being elected, following "vile attacks, stemming from media reports". [9]
The Tasmanian Electoral Commission has held a number of by-elections and countbacks to fill vacancies on councils since the 2022 elections. [10] [11]
Council | Before | Change | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
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Mayor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Party | Candidate | % | |||||
Launceston | Danny Gibson | Independent | Resignation | 15 May 2023 | 12 July 2023 | Independent | Matthew Garwood | 57.71 | ||||
Independent | Andrea Dawkins | 42.29 |
Council | Before | Change | Result after preference distribution | |||||||||
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Councillor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Party | Candidate | % | |||||
King Island | N/A | N/A | Only eight out of nine vacancies filled at election | 3 October 2022 | 27 October 2022 | Independent | Anna Hely | 64.36 | ||||
Independent | Philip Noble [lower-alpha 2] | 15.86 |
Council | Before | Change | After | ||||||
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Councillor | Party | Cause | Date | Date | Councillor | Party | |||
Huon Valley | Mike Wilson | Independent | Resignation | 1 November 2022 | 14 November 2022 | Andrew Burgess | Independent | ||
Meander Valley | Barry Lee | Independent | Resignation | 31 January 2023 | 14 February 2023 | Rodney Synfield | Independent | ||
Glenorchy | Kelly Sims | Independent | Absent from 3 consecutive council meetings | 26 June 2023 | 10 July 2023 | Shane Alderton | Independent | ||
Glamorgan–Spring Bay | Greg Luck | Independent | Resignation | 11 September 2023 | 25 September 2023 | Richard Parker | Independent | ||
Glamorgan-Spring Bay | Richard Parker | Independent | Resignation | 23 January 2024 | 6 February 2024 | Kenneth Gregson | Independent | ||
Central Highlands | Scott Bowden | Independent | Death | 12 September 2023 | 9 October 2023 | Anthony Archer | Independent | ||
Tasman | David Beard | Independent | Resignation | 5 October 2023 | 23 October 2023 | Jim Sharman | Independent | ||
Hobart | Simon Behrakis | Independent Liberal | Elected to Tasmanian House of Assembly | 24 October 2023 | 13 November 2023 | Will Coats | Independent Liberal | ||
Southern Midlands | Rowena McDougall | Independent | Resignation | 31 October 2023 | 6 November 2023 | Bob Campbell | Independent| |
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