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Division of Franklin (state)

Tasmanian state electoral division

Summary

Tasmanian state electoral division

Field	Value
name	Franklin
state	tas
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
created	1909
mp	Eric Abetz (Liberal)
Meg Brown (Labor)
Peter George (independent)
David O'Byrne (independent)
Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal)
Rosalie Woodruff (Greens)
Dean Winter (Labor)
mp-party	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (1), independent (2)
namesake	Sir John Franklin
electors	79290
electors_year	2018
area	6911
class	Mixed
fedgov	Franklin
stategov	HuonNelsonPembrokeRumney
near-n	Clark
near-ne	Lyons
near-nw	Braddon
near-e	Tasman Sea
near-w	Braddon
near-s	Southern Ocean
near-se	Southern Ocean
near-sw	Southern Ocean

Division of Franklin before the 2021 state election

The electoral division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, located in southern Tasmania and includes Bruny Island, Kingston and the eastern shore of the Derwent River. Franklin is named after Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837–43). The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Franklin.

Franklin 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

Franklin includes most of the suburbs of Hobart, such as Kingston, Seven Mile Beach and Lauderdale as well as the rural towns of Huonville, Franklin, Cygnet, Margate and Bruny Island. The subantarctic Macquarie Island is also part of the electorate. The division measures 6,911 km2.

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 Franklin

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party
1909	Labor}}		David Dicker	Labor			Thomas Hodgman	Anti-Socialist	Labor}}		John Earle	Labor			Norman Ewing	Anti-Socialist	Alexander Hean
1912	Labor}}		George Martin	Labor	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal
1913	Arthur Cotton	Liberal
1915	Daniel Ryan	Liberal
1916	William Shoobridge	Labor	Frederick Burbury	Liberal	Alexander Hean	Liberal
1917	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1917	Arthur Cotton	Nationalist
1919	Albert Ogilvie	Labor	Labor}}		Benjamin Watkins	Labor	William Dixon	Nationalist
1922			Independent	Country TAS}}		Country
1922	Labor}}		William Pearce	Labor	Nationalist}}		Peter Murdoch	Nationalist	John Piggott	Country
1922	William Shoobridge	Labor
1925	Benjamin Watkins	Labor	Independent}}		Independent			Independent			William Sheridan	Labor
1928	Benjamin Pearsall	Independent	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Henry Baker	Nationalist
1931			Independent	Labor}}		John Dwyer	Labor	Alfred Seabrook	Nationalist
1934	Labor}}		Edward Brooker	Labor			Benjamin Pearsall	Independent
1937	Labor}}		Basil Plummer	Labor	George Doyle	Nationalist
1939	Francis McDermott	Labor
1940	Vincent Shoobridge	Nationalist
1941	Henry Hope	Labor	Thomas McKinley	Labor	Sir John McPhee	Nationalist
1946	Bill Neilson	Labor	Independent}}		George Gray	Independent	Liberal}}		Reg Wright	Liberal	Liberal}}		Tim Jackson	Liberal
1948	John Brown	Labor
1948	Charles Hand	Labor
1949	Archibald Park	Liberal
1950	Liberal}}		Thomas Pearsall	Liberal
1955	Mabel Miller	Liberal
1956	Brian Crawford	Labor
1959	Eric Barnard	Labor	Liberal}}		Bill Young	Liberal
1960	Independent}}		Independent
1962	Lynda Heaven	Labor
1964	Terry Martin	Labor	Labor}}		Jack Frost	Labor	Liberal}}		Doug Clark	Liberal
1966	Eric Iles	Liberal
1969	Doug Lowe	Labor	Stanley Gough	Liberal	Geoff Pearsall	Liberal
1972	John Beattie	Liberal
1976	Ray Sherry	Labor	Steve Gilmour	Liberal
1977	Bill McKinnon	Labor
1979	Dick Adams	Labor	Michael Aird	Labor	John Cleary	Liberal
1979	Bill McKinnon	Labor
1981	Independent}}		Independent
1982	Ken Wriedt	Labor
1986	Greens}}		Gerry Bates	Greens	Labor}}		Fran Bladel	Labor	Liberal}}		Peter Hodgman	Liberal	Nick Evers	Liberal
1988	John Cleary	Liberal
1989	Labor}}		Michael Aird	Labor
1990	Paul Lennon	Labor	Brian Davison	Liberal
1992
1995	Mike Foley	Greens	John Sheppard	Labor
1996	Paula Wriedt	Labor			Bruce Goodluck	Independent
1998	Liberal}}		Matt Smith	Liberal
2001	Martin McManus	Liberal
2002	Neville Oliver	Labor
2002	Greens}}		Nick McKim	Greens	Lara Giddings	Labor	Will Hodgman	Liberal
2006
2008	Ross Butler	Labor
2009	Daniel Hulme	Labor
2010	David O'Byrne	Labor	Liberal}}		Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal
2014	Liberal}}		Paul Harriss	Liberal
2015	Rosalie Woodruff	Greens
2016	Nic Street	Liberal
2018	Labor}}		David O'Byrne	Labor	Alison Standen	Labor
2020	Nic Street	Liberal
2021	Dean Winter	Labor
2021	Labor}}		Independent Labor
2022	Dean Young	Liberal
2024	Independent}}		Independent
2024	Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal	Liberal}}		Eric Abetz	Liberal	Labor}}		Meg Brown	Labor
2025			Peter George	Independent

Election results

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

References

[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/01/1023864704939.html Sydney Morning Herald], "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island"

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