- Division of Bass (state)
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This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Bass.
Bass Electorate
The Electoral Division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, or lower house; it 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 includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others.[1] At each state election; five members are elected to the House of Assembly through preference voting. The division is 7,497km2 in area.
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Current members
- Michelle O'Byrne – Labor
- Brian Wightman – Labor
- Peter Gutwein – Liberal
- Michael Ferguson – Liberal
- Kim Booth – Green
Members for Bass
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party 1909 Thomas Bakhap Anti-Socialist Albert Solomon Anti-Socialist Charles Howroyd Labor Robert McKenzie Anti-Socialist Robert Sadler Liberal Democrat James Guy Labor 1912 Liberal Liberal Liberal George Becker Labor 1913 Robert Sadler Liberal John Hayes Liberal Arthur Anderson Labor 1914 Alexander Marshall Liberal 1915 James McDonald Labor 1916 Allan Guy Labor 1917 Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist 1917 James Newton Nationalist 1922 Jens Jensen Independent Labor 1923 George Shields Nationalist 1925 Liberal 1925 Victor Shaw Labor Henry Thomson Nationalist Claude James Liberal 1928 Nationalist Nationalist 1928 John Ockerby Nationalist 1929 Thomas Davies Labor 1931 Robert Murphy Nationalist Howard Barber Nationalist 1933 Herbert Postle Nationalist 1934 Allen Hollingsworth Nationalist John McDonald Labor 1936 John Madden Labor 1937 Eric Howroyd Labor 1941 Francis Marriott Nationalist 1942 John Quintal Labor 1945 Alan Welsh Labor 1946 Liberal Independent 1946 Fred Marriott Liberal Eric Beattie Liberal Reg Turnbull Labor Alexander Atkins Labor 1948 John Orchard Liberal 1950 John Steer Liberal Claude Barnard Labor 1954 Eric Beattie Liberal 1956 Alexander Atkins Labor 1957 John Madden Labor 1959 Independent Mac Le Fevre Labor 1961 James McGowen Liberal Max Bushby Liberal Wallace Fraser Labor 1964 John Steer Liberal 1968 James Henty Liberal 1969 Timothy Barrenger Liberal Michael Barnard Labor Allan Foster Labor 1972 David Farquhar Labor Neil Pitt Liberal Mac Le Fevre Labor 1974 Harry Holgate Labor 1976 Gill James Labor Neil Robson Liberal Jim Mooney Liberal 1979 Mary Willey Labor John Beswick Liberal 1981 Independent 1982 Brendan Lyons Liberal 1984 Peter Patmore Labor 1986 Frank Madill Liberal Peter Rae Liberal 1989 Jim Cox Labor Lance Armstrong Greens 1992 Gill James Labor Sue Napier Liberal Tony Benneworth Liberal 1996 Jim Cox Labor 1998 2000 David Fry Liberal 2002 Kim Booth Greens Peter Gutwein Liberal Kathryn Hay Labor 2006 Michelle O'Byrne Labor 2010 Michael Ferguson Liberal Brian Wightman Labor References
See also
- Current Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- List of Past Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Federal division of Bass
Electoral divisions of Tasmania House of Assembly Legislative Council Apsley · Derwent · Elwick · Hobart · Huon · Launceston · Mersey · Montgomery · Murchison · Nelson · Pembroke · Rosevears · Rumney · Western Tiers · WindermereCategories:- Electoral divisions of Tasmania
- North East Tasmania
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