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.
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.
Peter Sid Sidebottom is an Australian former politician. Sidebottom was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives,representing the Division of Braddon in Tasmania between 1998 and 2004 and again from the 2007 federal election until his defeat in 2013. In 2011,Sidebottom was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture,Fisheries and Forestry. He was defeated for a second time at the 2013 election,with a swing of 10% against him.
Raymond John Groom is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician,representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General.
The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania. The current MP is Gavin Pearce of the Liberal Party,who was elected at the 2019 federal election.
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.
The 1996 Tasmanian state election was held on 24 February 1996 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division.
The 1989 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 May 1989 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division.
The 1992 Tasmanian state election was held on 1 February 1992 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division.
The 1986 Tasmanian state election was held on 8 February 1986 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —seven members were elected from each of five electorates. The quota required for election was 12.5% in each division.
The 1972 Tasmanian state election was held on 22 April 1972 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 35 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —seven members were elected from each of five electorates.
The 1956 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 October 1956 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —six members were elected from each of five electorates.
Christopher Gordon Miles is a former Australian politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives from 1984 to 1998,representing the Tasmanian seat of Braddon. He served as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister John Howard and was a prominent social conservative within the Liberal Party,chairing the conservative Lyons Forum ginger group. Prior to entering politics he worked as a schoolteacher.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1900 election and the 1903 election.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 30 April 1909 election and the 30 April 1912 election.
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.
Justine Terri Keay is a former Australian politician. She was the Labor member for Braddon in the House of Representatives,serving from the 2016 federal election held on 2 July 2016 until her resignation on 10 May 2018 as a part of the 2017–18 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis and then since the 2018 Braddon by-election. She replaced the Liberal Party's Brett Whiteley.
Brian Keith Mitchell is an English-born Australian politician. He is the member for Lyons in the Australian House of Representatives after winning the seat at the 2016 federal election.
A by-election for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Braddon took place on Saturday 28 July 2018,following the resignation of incumbent Labor MP Justine Keay.
Gavin Bruce Pearce is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party and represents the Division of Braddon in Tasmania.
