Electoral division of Nelson (Tasmania)
Appearance
Nelson Tasmania—Legislative Council | |
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Map showing the electoral division of Nelson, as of the 2017 periodic review.[1] | |
State | Tasmania |
Created | 1999 |
MP | Meg Webb |
Party | Independent |
Electors | 24,086 (2019) |
Area | 75 km2 (29.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Outer-metropolitan |
Coordinates | 42°57′14″S 147°17′42″E / 42.954°S 147.295°E |
The electoral division of Nelson is a constituency of the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division includes many of the suburbs to the south of Hobart, including South Hobart, Sandy Bay, Taroona and Kingston. The division was created in 1999 when the electoral division of Queenborough was renamed in a review of electoral boundaries. The member from 1999 until his retirement in 2019 was independent Jim Wilkinson.
The most recent election was in May 2019, when independent candidate Meg Webb was elected.
Members
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
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Jim Wilkinson | Independent | 1999–2019 | |
Meg Webb | Independent | 2019–present |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Nic Street | 4,567 | 23.69 | +23.69 | |
Independent | Vica Bayley | 3,069 | 15.92 | +15.92 | |
Independent | Meg Webb | 2,662 | 13.81 | +13.81 | |
Independent | Madeleine Ogilvie | 2,420 | 12.55 | +12.55 | |
Greens | Deborah Brewer | 2,147 | 11.14 | −14.36 | |
Independent | Blair Brownless | 1,223 | 6.34 | +6.34 | |
Independent | John (Polly) Farmer | 1,168 | 6.06 | +6.06 | |
Independent | Richard Griggs | 960 | 4.98 | +4.98 | |
Independent | Robert Manning | 669 | 3.47 | +3.47 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Lorraine Bennett | 394 | 2.04 | +2.04 | |
Total formal votes | 19,279 | 97.24 | +0.79 | ||
Informal votes | 547 | 2.76 | −0.79 | ||
Turnout | 19,826 | 82.31 | +0.44 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Meg Webb | 10,648 | 59.26 | N/A | |
Liberal | Nic Street | 7,320 | 40.74 | N/A | |
Independent hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Legislative Council Divisions (2016-17 redistribution) from theLIST ©State of Tasmania (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence).
- ^ Legislative Council Elections 2019 Results - Nelson, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 4 May 2019.