division of Bass (state)
{{Short description|State electoral division of Tasmania}}
{{about|the state electorate|the federal electorate|Division of Bass|the Victorian state electorate|Electoral district of Bass}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Australian electorate
|name = Bass
|state = tas
|image = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|from=Australian Federal Electorates/Tasmania (2019)/Bass.map|frame-height=300|frame-width=400|overlay=100x100px|overlay-horizontal-alignment=right|overlay-vertical-alignment=bottom}}
|caption = Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
|created = 1909
|abolished =
|mp = Rob Fairs (Liberal)
Michael Ferguson (Liberal)
Janie Finlay (Labor)
Michelle O'Byrne (Labor)
Rebekah Pentland (Independent)
Cecily Rosol (Greens)
Simon Wood (Liberal)
|mp-party = Greens (1), Independent (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3)
|namesake = George Bass
|electors = 78182
|electors_year = 2021
|area = 7976
|class = Mixed
|fedgov = Bass
|stategov = Launceston{{Br}}McIntyre{{Br}}Rosevears{{Br}}Windermere
|near-n = Bass Strait
|near-ne = Bass Strait
|near-nw = Bass Strait
|near-e = Tasman Sea
|near-w = Braddon
|near-s = Lyons
|near-se = Lyons
|near-sw = Lyons
}}
File:Division of Bass TAS 2018.png
The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass.
Bass and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
History and electoral profile
Bass was created in 1909 and includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others.[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Bass.html Bass] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411053641/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Bass.html |date=2013-04-11 }}, Tasmanian Electoral Commission
Representation
=Distribution of seats=
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class="wikitable"
|+ As 6-member seat: |
Election
! colspan=6| Seats won |
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| 1909–1912
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Protectionist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}} | |
| 1912–1913
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | |
| 1913–1916
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | |
| 1916–1919
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} | |
| 1919–1922
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1922–1925
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1925–1928
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal (1922)}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal (1922)}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1928–1931
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1931–1934
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1934–1937
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1937–1941
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1941–1946
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
| 1946–1948
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1948–1950
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1950–1955
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1955–1956
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1956–1959
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
class="wikitable"
|+ As 7-member seat: |
Election
! colspan=7| Seats won |
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| 1959–1964
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1964–1969
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1969–1972
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1972–1976
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1976–1979
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1979–1982
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1982–1986
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1986–1989
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1989–1992
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1992–1996
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 1996–1998
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
class="wikitable"
|+ As 5-member seat: |
Election
! colspan=5| Seats won |
---|
| 1998–2002
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2002–2006
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2006–2010
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2010–2014
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2014–2018
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2018–2021
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
| 2021–2024
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
class="wikitable"
|+ As 7-member seat: |
Election
! colspan=7| Seats won |
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| 2024–2028
| width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Lambie}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | | width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} | |
class="wikitable"
|+ Legend: |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}} |
| Labor |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal}} |
| Liberal |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Greens}} |
| Greens |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}} | |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}} |
| Liberal |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}} | |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Liberal (1922)}} | |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Protectionist}} | |
width=15 {{Australian party style|Independent}} | |
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=Members for Bass=
class=wikitable |
Year
! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party ! colspan=2|Member ! Party |
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1909
| colspan=3 rowspan=32 | {{center|6 seats | {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}}| | rowspan=2|Thomas Bakhap | rowspan=32 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=2|James Guy | rowspan=2|Labor | {{Australian party style|Protectionist}}| | rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=7|Charles Howroyd | rowspan=6|Labor | {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}}| | rowspan=3|Albert Solomon | {{Australian party style|Anti-Socialist}}| | rowspan=2|Richard McKenzie |
1912
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Liberal | rowspan=15 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=15|George Becker | rowspan=15|Labor | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Liberal | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Liberal |
1913
| rowspan=7|Robert Sadler | rowspan=4|Liberal | rowspan=2|Arthur Anderson | rowspan=2|Labor | rowspan=8|John Hayes | rowspan=4|Liberal |
1914
| rowspan=9|Alexander Marshall | rowspan=3|Liberal |
1915
| Labor |
1916
| rowspan=10|Allan Guy | rowspan=10|Labor |
1917
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=3|Nationalist | rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=6|Nationalist | rowspan=18 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=4|Nationalist |
1917
| rowspan=7|James Newton | rowspan=4|Nationalist |
1919 |
1922
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Independent}}| | rowspan=3|Jens Jensen | rowspan=3|Independent Labor |
1923
| rowspan=2|George Shields | rowspan=2|Nationalist |
1925
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal (1922)}}| | rowspan=2|Liberal |
1925
| rowspan=38 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=7|Victor Shaw | rowspan=7|Labor | {{Australian party style|Liberal (1922)}}| | rowspan=8|Claude James | Liberal | rowspan=4|Henry Thomson | rowspan=4|Nationalist |
1928
| rowspan=11 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=7|Nationalist |
1928
| rowspan=11|John Ockerby | rowspan=10|Nationalist |
1929
| rowspan=7|Thomas Davies | rowspan=7|Labor |
1931
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Nationalist}}| | rowspan=2|Robert Murphy | rowspan=2|Nationalist |
1933 |
1934
| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=5|John McDonald | rowspan=5|Labor | rowspan=3|Allen Hollingsworth | rowspan=3|Nationalist |
1936
| rowspan=11|John Madden | rowspan=11|Labor |
1937
| rowspan=7 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=7|Eric Howroyd | rowspan=7|Labor |
1941
| rowspan=4|Frank Marriott | rowspan=3|Nationalist |
1942
| rowspan=3|John Quintal | rowspan=3|Labor |
1945
| rowspan=2|Alan Welsh | rowspan=2|Labor |
1946
| rowspan=37 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| |
1946
| rowspan=8|Reg Turnbull | rowspan=7|Labor | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Bill Beattie | rowspan=2|Liberal | rowspan=8|Fred Marriott | rowspan=8|Liberal | {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor |
1948
| rowspan=22 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|John Orchard | rowspan=2|Liberal |
1950
| rowspan=9 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=4|Claude Barnard | rowspan=4|Labor | rowspan=34 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=6|John Steer | rowspan=6|Liberal |
1954
| rowspan=12|Bill Beattie | rowspan=12|Liberal |
1955 |
1956
| rowspan=7|Alexander Atkins | rowspan=7|Labor |
1957
| rowspan=5|John Madden | rowspan=5|Labor |
1959
| rowspan=14 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=4|Mac Le Fevre | rowspan=4|Labor | {{Australian party style|Independent}}| |
1961
| rowspan=28 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=3|Wallace Fraser | rowspan=3|Labor | Liberal | rowspan=11|Max Bushby | rowspan=11|Liberal |
1964
| Liberal |
1968
| rowspan=2|James Henty | rowspan=2|Liberal |
1969
| rowspan=2|Allan Foster | rowspan=2|Labor | rowspan=7|Michael Barnard | rowspan=7|Labor | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal |
1972
| rowspan=2|David Farquhar | rowspan=2|Labor | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=2|Mac Le Fevre | rowspan=2|Labor | rowspan=2|Neil Pitt | rowspan=2|Liberal |
1974
| rowspan=8|Harry Holgate | rowspan=8|Labor |
1976
| rowspan=6|Gill James | rowspan=6|Labor | {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | Liberal | rowspan=7|Neil Robson | rowspan=7|Liberal |
1979
| {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=2|Mary Willey | Labor | rowspan=8|John Beswick | rowspan=8|Liberal |
1981
| {{Australian party style|Independent}}| |
1982
| rowspan=3 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Brendan Lyons | rowspan=2|Liberal |
1984
| rowspan=7|Peter Patmore | rowspan=7|Labor |
1986
| Liberal | rowspan=5|Frank Madill | rowspan=5|Liberal |
1989
| Jim Cox | Labor | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Greens}}| | rowspan=2|Lance Armstrong | rowspan=2|Greens |
1992
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Tony Benneworth | rowspan=2|Liberal | rowspan=4|Gill James | rowspan=4|Labor | rowspan=6|Sue Napier | rowspan=6|Liberal |
1996
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | rowspan=5|Jim Cox | rowspan=5|Labor |
1998
| colspan=3 rowspan=11 | {{center|5 seats | colspan=3 rowspan=11 | {{center|5 seats |
2000
| Liberal |
2002
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Greens}}| | rowspan=4|Kim Booth | rowspan=4|Greens | Labor | rowspan=7|Peter Gutwein | rowspan=7|Liberal |
2006
| rowspan=10|Michelle O'Byrne | rowspan=10|Labor |
2010
| Labor | rowspan=9|Michael Ferguson | rowspan=9|Liberal |
2014
| rowspan=5 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=4|Sarah Courtney | rowspan=4|Liberal |
2015
| Greens |
2018
| rowspan=6 {{Australian party style|Labor}}| | Labor |
2021
| rowspan=5|Janie Finlay | rowspan=5|Labor |
2022
| rowspan=2|Lara Alexander | Liberal | rowspan=4|Simon Wood | rowspan=4|Liberal |
2023
|{{Australian party style|Independent}}| |
2024
| rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Greens}}| | rowspan=2|Cecily Rosol | rowspan=2|Greens | {{Australian party style|Jacqui Lambie Network}}| | rowspan=2|Rebekah Pentland | rowspan=2 {{Australian party style|Liberal}}| | rowspan=2|Rob Fairs | rowspan=2|Liberal |
2024
|{{Australian party style|Independent}}| |
Election results
{{main|Electoral results for the Division of Bass (state)}}
Vote totals given here are first round vote tallies.https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/house-of-assembly/elections-2024/results/bass/pdf/2024-ha-bass-export-count-80.pdf
{{Excerpt|Results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election|section=Bass}}
Final vote tallies
Liberal Michael Ferguson (elected 1) 8491
Labour O'Byrne (elected 2) 8491
Labour Finlay (elected 3) 8491
Liberal Rob Fairs (elected 4) 8491
Greens Rosol (elected 5) 8491
Lambie Pentland (elected 6) 8491
Liberal Simon Wood (elected 7) 6461https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/house-of-assembly/elections-2024/results/bass/pdf/2024-ha-bass-export-count-80.pdf
See also
{{Portal|Australia|Politics}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/ Parliament of Tasmania]
- [https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/House_of_Assembly_Elections/index.html Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly]
{{Tasmanian electorates}}
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