Division of Braddon (state)
Appearance
Braddon Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Map showing the Division of Braddon, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.[1] | |||||||||||||||
State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Shane Broad (Labor) Anita Dow (Labor) Felix Ellis (Liberal) Roger Jaensch (Liberal) Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3) | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sir Edward Braddon | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 81,211 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
Federal electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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The Division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five multi-member electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It is named after Sir Edward Braddon.
It is located in the state's west and includes King Island. The cities of Devonport and Burnie are in Braddon. It shares the same boundaries as the federal Division of Braddon, which only has one member.
Election results
[change | change source]2021 Tasmanian state election: Braddon[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Quota | 11,661 | ||||
Liberal | Jeremy Rockliff (elected 1) | 19,186 | 27.4 | +1.6 | |
Liberal | Felix Ellis | 6,229 | 8.9 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | Adam Brooks (elected 5) | 6,202 | 8.9 | −6.7 | |
Liberal | Roger Jaensch (elected 4) | 4,833 | 6.9 | +0.4 | |
Liberal | Lara Hendriks | 1,856 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Stacey Sheehan | 1,708 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Labor | Shane Broad (elected 3) | 6,034 | 8.6 | +0.3 | |
Labor | Anita Dow (elected 2) | 5,640 | 8.1 | −0.7 | |
Labor | Justine Keay | 4,132 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Labor | Michelle Rippon | 1,454 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Labor | Amanda Diprose | 1,300 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Independent | Craig Garland | 4,236 | 6.1 | +3.0 | |
Greens | Darren Briggs | 1,853 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Greens | Tammy Milne | 670 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Greens | Emily Murray | 584 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Greens | Phill Parsons | 403 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Greens | Maureen Corbett | 372 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Brenton Jones | 1,648 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Kim Swanson | 990 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Independent | Liz Hamer | 337 | 0.5 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Matthew Morgan | 294 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 69,961 | 94.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 3,963 | 5.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 73,924 | 91.0 | −1.5 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Liberal | 40,014 | 57.2 | +1.1 | ||
Labor | 18,560 | 26.5 | −0.8 | ||
Independent | Craig Garland | 4,236 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Greens | 3,882 | 5.5 | +2.0 | ||
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | 2,638 | 3.8 | +3.8 | ||
Independent | Liz Hamer | 337 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Matthew Morgan | 294 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | –6.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | –0.7 |
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Map data: Electoral boundaries from Administrative Boundaries [May 2016] ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).
- ↑ "2021 Results for Braddon". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 11 May 2021.