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Division of Bass (state)

State electoral division of Tasmania

Summary

State electoral division of Tasmania

Field	Value
name	Bass
state	tas
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
created	1909
mp	Bridget Archer (Liberal)
Rob Fairs (Liberal)
Michael Ferguson (Liberal)
Janie Finlay (Labor)
Jess Greene (Labor)
George Razay (independent)
Cecily Rosol (Greens)

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	LauncestonMcIntyreRosevearsWindermere
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

Rob Fairs (Liberal) Michael Ferguson (Liberal) Janie Finlay (Labor) Jess Greene (Labor) George Razay (independent) Cecily Rosol (Greens)

Division of Bass before the 2021 state election

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.

Representation

Distribution of seats

Election	Seats won
	1909–1912	Labor}}
	1912–1913	Labor}}
	1913–1916	Labor}}
	1916–1919	Labor}}
	1919–1922	Labor}}
	1922–1925	Labor}}
	1925–1928	Labor}}
	1928–1931	Labor}}
	1931–1934	Labor}}
	1934–1937	Labor}}
	1937–1941	Labor}}
	1941–1946	Labor}}
	1946–1948	Labor}}
	1948–1950	Labor}}
	1950–1955	Labor}}
	1955–1956	Labor}}
	1956–1959	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	1959–1964	Labor}}
	1964–1969	Labor}}
	1969–1972	Labor}}
	1972–1976	Labor}}
	1976–1979	Labor}}
	1979–1982	Labor}}
	1982–1986	Labor}}
	1986–1989	Labor}}
	1989–1992	Labor}}
	1992–1996	Labor}}
	1996–1998	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	1998–2002	Labor}}
	2002–2006	Labor}}
	2006–2010	Labor}}
	2010–2014	Labor}}
	2014–2018	Labor}}
	2018–2021	Labor}}
	2021–2024	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	2024–2025	Greens}}
	2025–	Greens}}

Independent}}		Independent

Members for Bass

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party
1909				Thomas Bakhap	Anti-Socialist	Labor}}		James Guy	Labor			Robert Sadler	Liberal Democrat	Labor}}	Charles Howroyd	Labor
1912	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Labor}}		George Becker	Labor	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal
1913	Robert Sadler	Liberal	Arthur Anderson	Labor	John Hayes	Liberal
1914	Alexander Marshall	Liberal
1915	James McDonald	Labor
1916	Allan Guy	Labor
1917	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1917	James Newton	Nationalist
1919
1922	Independent}}		Jens Jensen	Independent Labor
1923	George Shields	Nationalist
1925	Liberal (1922)}}		Liberal
1925	Labor}}		Victor Shaw	Labor			Claude James	Liberal	Henry Thomson	Nationalist
1928	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1928	John Ockerby	Nationalist
1929	Thomas Davies	Labor
1931	Nationalist}}		Robert Murphy	Nationalist	Howard Barber	Nationalist
1933	Herbert Postle	Nationalist
1934	Labor}}		John McDonald	Labor	Allen Hollingsworth	Nationalist
1936	John Madden	Labor
1937	Labor}}		Eric Howroyd	Labor
1941	Frank Marriott	Nationalist
1942	John Quintal	Labor
1945	Alan Welsh	Labor
1946	Liberal}}		Liberal			Independent
1946	Reg Turnbull	Labor	Liberal}}		Bill Beattie	Liberal	Fred Marriott	Liberal			Alexander Atkins	Labor
1948	Liberal}}		John Orchard	Liberal
1950	Labor}}		Claude Barnard	Labor	Liberal}}		John Steer	Liberal
1954	Bill Beattie	Liberal
1955
1956	Alexander Atkins	Labor
1957	John Madden	Labor
1959	Labor}}		Mac Le Fevre	Labor			Independent
1961	Labor}}		Wallace Fraser	Labor	James McGowen	Liberal	Max Bushby	Liberal
1964	John Steer	Liberal
1968	James Henty	Liberal
1969	Allan Foster	Labor	Michael Barnard	Labor			Timothy Barrenger	Liberal
1972	David Farquhar	Labor	Labor}}		Mac Le Fevre	Labor	Neil Pitt	Liberal
1974	Harry Holgate	Labor
1976	Gill James	Labor			Jim Mooney	Liberal	Neil Robson	Liberal
1979			Mary Willey	Labor	John Beswick	Liberal
1981			Independent
1982	Liberal}}		Brendan Lyons	Liberal
1984	Peter Patmore	Labor
1986	Peter Rae	Liberal	Frank Madill	Liberal
1989	Jim Cox	Labor	Greens}}		Lance Armstrong	Greens
1992	Liberal}}		Tony Benneworth	Liberal	Gill James	Labor	Sue Napier	Liberal
1996	Labor}}		Jim Cox	Labor
1998
2000	David Fry	Liberal
2002	Greens}}		Kim Booth	Greens	Kathryn Hay	Labor	Peter Gutwein	Liberal
2006	Michelle O'Byrne	Labor
2010	Brian Wightman	Labor	Michael Ferguson	Liberal
2014	Liberal}}		Sarah Courtney	Liberal
2015	Andrea Dawkins	Greens
2018	Labor}}		Jennifer Houston	Labor
2021	Janie Finlay	Labor
2022	Lara Alexander	Liberal	Simon Wood	Liberal
2023			Independent
2024	Greens}}		Cecily Rosol	Greens			Rebekah Pentland	Jacqui Lambie	Liberal}}		Rob Fairs	Liberal
2024	Independent}}		Independent
2025	Jess Greene	Labor	George Razay	Independent	Bridget Archer	Liberal

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bass (state)

References

[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Bass.html Bass] {{webarchive. link. (2013-04-11 , ''Tasmanian Electoral Commission'')

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