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Division of Braddon (state)

Tasmanian state electoral division

Summary

Tasmanian state electoral division

Field	Value
name	Braddon
state	tas
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
created	1955
mp	Shane Broad (Labor)
Anita Dow (Labor)
Felix Ellis (Liberal)
Craig Garland (independent)
Roger Jaensch (Liberal)
Gavin Pearce (Liberal)
Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
mp-party	Independent (1), Labor (2), Liberal (4)
namesake	Sir Edward Braddon
electors	81211
electors_year	2021
area	21369
class	Mixed
fedgov	Braddon
stategov	MerseyMontgomeryMurchison
near-n	Bass Strait
near-ne	Bass Strait
near-nw	Bass Strait
near-e	Bass
Lyons
near-w	Southern Ocean
near-s	Southern Ocean
near-se	Franklin
near-sw	Southern Ocean

Division of Braddon before the 2021 state election

The electoral division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island. Braddon takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Braddon.

Braddon 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

Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown.

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	Labor}}
	2025–	Labor}}

Independent}}		Independent

Members for Braddon and Darwin

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member
1909	Labor}}		James Belton	Labor	Labor}}		Benjamin Watkins	Labor	Labor}}		James Ogden	Labor	Labor}}	James Long	Labor	Anti-Socialist}}	Joshua Whitsitt
1910	James Hurst	Labor
1912	Commonwealth Liberal}}		George Pullen	Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal
1913
1916	Edward Hobbs	Liberal
1917			Percy Pollard	Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Independent}}		Independent	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1919	Labor}}		James Hurst	Labor
1920	Percy Pollard	Nationalist
1921	Country TAS}}		Country	Country TAS}}		Country
1922	Richard Franks	Country	Frank Marriott	Nationalist
1922	Philip Kelly	Labor
1925	Liberal (1922)}}		Liberal
1925	Nationalist}}		Henry McFie	Nationalist
1926	Henry Lane	Labor
1928	Fergus Medwin	Labor	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1931			Independent
1931	Thomas d'Alton	Labor			Thomas Butler	Nationalist
1934	Labor}}		Joseph McGrath	Labor	Jack Chamberlain	Nationalist	Frank Edwards	Nationalist
1937	Henry Lane	Labor
1940	John Wright	Nationalist
1941	Henry McFie	Nationalist	Labor}}		James Bugg	Labor
1944	Michael Smith	Labor
1946	Charley Aylett	Labor	Eric Reece	Labor	Carrol Bramich	Labor	Liberal}}		Liberal			Liberal	Liberal}}	John Fidler	Liberal
1948			Independent
1948	Liberal}}		Kevin Lyons	Liberal
1950
1951	Jack Breheny	Liberal
1955
1956	Liberal}}		Liberal	Labor}}		Sydney Ward	Labor
1959	Lloyd Costello	Labor			Joseph Britton	Labor
1964	Labor}}		Geoff Chisholm	Labor	Liberal}}		Wilfred Barker	Liberal
1969			Centre
1972	Labor}}		Glen Davies	Labor	Liberal}}		Ray Bonney	Liberal
1975	John Coughlan	Labor	Joseph Britton	Labor
1976	Michael Field	Labor	Liberal}}		Ron Cornish	Liberal	Roger Groom	Liberal
1979	Michael Weldon	Labor
1982			Vince Smith	Liberal
1986	Greg Peart	Labor	Labor}}		Michael Weldon	Labor	Liberal}}		Tony Rundle	Liberal	Bill Bonde	Liberal
1989	Greens}}		Di Hollister	Greens
1992			Carole Cains	Liberal
1996	Labor}}		Brenton Best	Labor
1997	Mike Gard	Labor	Carole Cains	Liberal
1998	Labor}}		Bryan Green	Labor	Steve Kons	Labor
2002	Jeremy Rockliff	Liberal	Brett Whiteley	Liberal
2006
2010			Paul O'Halloran	Greens	Adam Brooks	Liberal
2014	Liberal}}		Joan Rylah	Liberal	Liberal}}		Roger Jaensch	Liberal
2017	Shane Broad	Labor
2018	Labor}}		Anita Dow	Labor
2019	Joan Rylah	Liberal
2020	Felix Ellis	Liberal
2021	Adam Brooks	Liberal
2021	Felix Ellis	Liberal
2024			Miriam Beswick	Jacqui Lambie	Independent}}		Craig Garland	Independent
2024			Independent
2025			National
2025			Gavin Pearce	Liberal

Election results

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

References

[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Braddon.html Braddon] {{Webarchive. link. (2010-02-14 , ''Tasmanian Electoral Commission'')

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