Division of Bass (state) facts for kids
This page is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Bass. For the Victorian state electorate, see Electoral district of Bass.
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| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Rob Fairs (Liberal) Michael Ferguson (Liberal) Janie Finlay (Labor) Michelle O'Byrne (Labor) Rebekah Pentland (Jacqui Lambie) Cecily Rosol (Greens) Simon Wood (Liberal) |
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| Party | Greens (1), Jacqui Lambie Network (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | George Bass | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 78,182 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 7,976 km2 (3,079.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
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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 five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
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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
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Members for Bass
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||||
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| 1909 |
(1909–1959) |
Thomas Bakhap | Anti-Socialist | James Guy | Labor | Robert Sadler | Liberal Democrat | Charles Howroyd | Labor | Albert Solomon | Anti-Socialist | Richard McKenzie | Anti-Socialist | ||||||||
| 1912 | Liberal | George Becker | Labor | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1917 | James Newton | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922 | Jens Jensen | Independent Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1923 | George Shields | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925 | Victor Shaw | Labor | Claude James | Liberal | Henry Thomson | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Nationalist | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1928 | John Ockerby | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1929 | Thomas Davies | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Robert Murphy | Nationalist | Howard Barber | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||
| 1933 | Herbert Postle | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1934 | John McDonald | Labor | Allen Hollingsworth | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||
| 1936 | John Madden | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1937 | Eric Howroyd | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1941 | Frank Marriott | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1942 | John Quintal | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1945 | Alan Welsh | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Liberal | Independent | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1946 | Reg Turnbull | Labor | Bill Beattie | Liberal | Fred Marriott | Liberal | Alexander Atkins | Labor | |||||||||||||
| 1948 | John Orchard | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1950 | Claude Barnard | Labor | John Steer | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | Bill Beattie | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1955 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956 | Alexander Atkins | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1957 | John Madden | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Mac Le Fevre | Labor | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1961 | 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 | 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 | Brendan Lyons | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 | Peter Patmore | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Peter Rae | Liberal | Frank Madill | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Jim Cox | Labor | Lance Armstrong | Greens | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992 | Tony Benneworth | Liberal | Gill James | Labor | Sue Napier | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Jim Cox | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1998 |
(1998–2024) |
(1998–2024) |
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| 2000 | David Fry | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Kim Booth | Greens | Kathryn Hay | Labor | Peter Gutwein | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 | Michelle O'Byrne | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Brian Wightman | Labor | Michael Ferguson | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Sarah Courtney | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Andrea Dawkins | Greens | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Jennifer Houston | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Janie Finlay | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Lara Alexander | Liberal | Simon Wood | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Independent | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | Cecily Rosol | Greens | Rebekah Pentland | Jacqui Lambie Network | Rob Fairs | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
Election results
Results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election
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