Division of Clark

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Clark (state).

The Division of Clark is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania, first contested at the 2019 federal election.

Clark Australian House of Representatives Division
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2019 federal election
Created	2019
MP	Andrew Wilkie
Party	Independent
Namesake	Andrew Inglis Clark
Electors	74,797 (2022)
Area	292 km2 (112.7 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
State electorate(s)	Clark
Electorates around Clark: Lyons Lyons Lyons Lyons Franklin Clark Storm Bay Franklin Franklin Storm Bay

Geography

Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.^[1]

History

Andrew Inglis Clark, the division's namesake

The division is named in honour of Andrew Inglis Clark, the principal author of the Australian Constitution who was briefly Tasmanian Opposition Leader.

The Division of Clark replaced the seat of Denison during a redistribution process overseen by the Australian Electoral Commission in 2017.^[2] It was renamed because Denison was against the democratisation of Tasmania and supported further convict transportation, whereas Clark both helped write the Australian constitution and helped establish the Tasmanian Hare–Clark electoral system which is named in his honour.^[3] The division is located in central Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent. It incorporates the area covered by the Cities of Hobart and Glenorchy, together with the northern parts of Kingborough Council, including Taroona, generally north of the Huon Highway. kunanyi / Mount Wellington is a prominent physical feature in the division's west.^[4] Clark is geographically identical to Denison, with the exception of a minor change at the electorate's southern border with the neighbouring Division of Franklin.^[2]

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Andrew Wilkie (1961–)	Independent	18 May 2019 – present	Previously held the Division of Denison. Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Clark

2022 Australian federal election: Clark^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	30,005	45.54	−4.51
	Labor	Simon Davis	12,364	18.76	−1.46
	Liberal	Will Coats	10,441	15.85	−1.52
	Greens	Janet Shelley	8,861	13.45	+3.88
	One Nation	Michelle Cameron	1,715	2.60	+2.60
	United Australia	Sandra Galloway	941	1.43	−1.36
	Animal Justice	Casey Davies	828	1.26	+1.26
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Ramsden	739	1.12	+1.12
Total formal votes			65,894	95.75	−1.81
Informal votes			2,924	4.25	+1.81
Turnout			68,818	92.13	−1.51
Notional two-party-preferred count
	Labor	Simon Davis	44,309	67.24	+1.07
	Liberal	Will Coats	21,585	32.76	−1.07
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Andrew Wilkie	46,668	70.82	−1.30
	Labor	Simon Davis	19,226	29.18	+1.30
	Independent hold		Swing	−1.30

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Clark.[edit]

Alluvial diagram for preference flows in the seat of Clark in the 2022 federal election. Y indicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.