Division of Clark (state)

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

"Division of Denison (state)" redirects here. For the former federal electorate, see Division of Denison.

The electoral division of Clark, formerly known as the electoral division of Denison is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.

Clark Tasmania—House of Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
State	Tasmania
Created	2018 (Clark) 1909 (Denison)
MP	Vica Bayley (Greens) Simon Behrakis (Liberal) Helen Burnet (Greens) Ella Haddad (Labor) Kristie Johnston (Independent) Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal) Josh Willie (Labor)
Party	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (2), Independent (1)
Namesake	Andrew Inglis Clark
Electors	74,397 (2018)
Area	292.62 km2 (113.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Federal electorate(s)	Clark
Electorates around Clark: Lyons Lyons Lyons Lyons Franklin Clark Storm Bay Franklin Franklin Storm Bay

Map showing the Division of Denison, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.

The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.

Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).

History and electoral profile

Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018,^[1] aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017.^[2]

The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km² it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 6-member seat: Election Seats won 1909–1912             1912–1913             1913–1916             1916–1919             1919–1922             1922–1925             1925–1928             1928–1931             1931–1934             1934–1937             1937–1941             1941–1946             1946–1948             1948–1950             1950–1955             1955–1956             1956–1959             As 7-member seat: Election Seats won 1959–1964               1964–1969               1969–1972               1972–1976               1976–1979               1979–1982               1982–1986               1986–1989               1989–1992               1992–1996               1996–1998               As 5-member seat: Election Seats won 1998–2002           2002–2006           2006–2010           2010–2014           2014–2018           2018–2021           2021–2024           As 7-member seat: Election Seats won 2024–2028

Legend:   Labor   Liberal   Greens   Nationalist   Liberal   Anti-Socialist   Democrats   Independent

Members for Clark and Denison

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909		Sir John Davies	Anti-Socialist		Walter Woods	Labor		William Sheridan	Labor		Sir Elliott Lewis	Anti-Socialist		Frederick Rattle	Anti-Socialist		Edward Crowther	Anti-Socialist	6 seats (1909–1959)
1912			Liberal									Liberal		Vincent Barker	Labor		Francis Valentine	Liberal
1913								Lyndhurst Giblin	Labor								William Fullerton	Liberal
1914		William Sheridan	Labor
1916								John Cleary	Labor					William Burgess	Liberal
1917					Charles Hoggins	Nationalist						Nationalist		George Foster	Nationalist			Nationalist
1919					Robert Cosgrove	Labor								John McPhee	Nationalist		Robert Snowden	Nationalist
1922					Charles Grant	Nationalist					Charles Culley	Labor
1924																	Leslie Payne	Nationalist
1925		Robert Cosgrove	Labor		Walter Woods	Labor											John Soundy	Nationalist
1928								Charles Grant	Nationalist		Edmund Dwyer-Gray	Labor
1931		Gerald Mahoney	Labor		Ernest Turner	Nationalist
1932								Arndell Lewis	Nationalist
1934		Robert Cosgrove	Labor					Charles Culley	Labor					George Carruthers	Independent
1937					Francis Heerey	Labor								Arndell Lewis	Nationalist
1941														Ernest Turner	Nationalist
1941					Alfred White	Labor								Charles Atkins	Nationalist
1945											Francis Heerey	Labor
1946																	Robert Harvey	Nationalist
1946											Horace Strutt	Liberal			Liberal		Rex Townley	Independent
1948								Henry Hope	Labor					Bill Wedd	Independent
1950								Frank Gaha	Labor									Liberal
1953														Leo McPartlan	Independent
1955														Bill Hodgman	Liberal
1958		Eric Howroyd	Labor
1959					Bert Lacey	Labor
1959		Harry McLoughlin	Labor		Charley Aylett	Labor					Bill Wedd	Independent								Sir Archibald Park	Liberal
1959															Independent					Horace Strutt	Liberal
1964						Independent
1964					Ken Austin	Labor		Merv Everett	Labor		Nigel Abbott	Liberal		Robert Mather	Liberal
1965																	George Brown	Liberal
1969		Neil Batt	Labor														Bob Baker	Liberal		Max Bingham	Liberal
1972											Kevin Corby	Labor
1974								Ian Cole	Labor		John Green	Labor
1976					Julian Amos	Labor		Max Robinson	Liberal
1979								John Devine	Labor
1980		Norm Sanders	Democrats								Bob Graham	Labor					Gabriel Haros	Liberal
1982											Geoff Davis	Liberal		Peter Walker	Liberal
1983		Bob Brown	Independent Greens
1984								Bob Graham	Labor											Carmel Holmes	Liberal
1986																		Independent
1986					Neil Batt	Labor		Judy Jackson	Labor					Ray Groom	Liberal		John White	Labor		John Bennett	Liberal
1987											John Barker	Liberal
1989			Greens		David Crean	Labor
1990																				Chris Gibson	Liberal
1992					Julian Amos	Labor														Michael Hodgman	Liberal
1993		Peg Putt	Greens
1996					Jim Bacon	Labor					Bob Cheek	Liberal
1998																5 seats (1998–2024)
2001														Michael Hodgman	Liberal
2002											Graeme Sturges	Labor
2004					David Bartlett	Labor
2006								Lisa Singh	Labor
2008		Cassy O'Connor	Greens
2010								Scott Bacon	Labor		Matthew Groom	Liberal		Elise Archer	Liberal
2011					Graeme Sturges	Labor
2014					Madeleine Ogilvie	Labor
2018					Ella Haddad	Labor					Sue Hickey	Liberal
2019								Madeleine Ogilvie	Independent
2021									Liberal			Independent
2021											Kristie Johnston	Independent
2023a		Vica Bayley	Greens												Independent
2023b														Simon Behrakis	Liberal
2024																	Josh Willie	Labor		Helen Burnet	Greens

Election results

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

2024 Tasmanian state election: Clark^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,951
	Labor	Ella Haddad (elected 1)	6,944	10.9	−1.6
	Labor	Josh Willie (elected 3)	5,670	8.9	+8.9
	Labor	Stuart Benson	1,929	3.0	+3.0
	Labor	John Kamara	1,689	2.7	+2.7
	Labor	Rebecca Prince	1,441	2.3	+2.3
	Labor	Simon Davis	852	1.3	−1.8
	Labor	Susan Wallace	850	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Simon Behrakis (elected 6)	5,168	8.1	+2.3
	Liberal	Madeleine Ogilvie (elected 7)	4,623	7.3	+1.0
	Liberal	Marcus Vermey	3,513	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Jon Gourlay	1,434	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Mohammad Aldergham	878	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Catherine Searle	828	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Emma Atterbury	800	1.3	+1.3
	Greens	Vica Bayley (elected 2)	6,313	9.9	+7.8
	Greens	Helen Burnet (elected 5)	3,422	5.4	+5.4
	Greens	Janet Shelley	1,076	1.7	+1.7
	Greens	Peter Jones	821	1.3	+1.3
	Greens	Nathan Volf	629	1.0	+0.3
	Greens	Trenton Hoare	545	0.9	+0.9
	Greens	James Zalotockyj	459	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Kristie Johnston (elected 4)	4,925	7.7	−3.2
	Independent	Sue Hickey	3,117	4.9	−4.9
	Independent	Ben Lohberger	1,702	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Louise Elliot	1,160	1.8	+1.8
	Animal Justice	Casey Davies	1,088	1.7	+1.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Adrian Pickin	521	0.8	+0.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Lorraine Bennett	408	0.6	+0.2
	Local Network	David Nunn	147	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Frank Formby	129	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Sam Campbell	112	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Ranae Zollner	88	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Stefan Vogel	162	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Angela Triffitt	90	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Michael Forster	70	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			63,603	94.6	−0.4
Informal votes			3,655	5.4	+0.4
Turnout			67,258	90.6	−0.1
Party total votes
	Labor		19,375	30.5	+8.4
	Liberal		17,244	27.1	−4.7
	Greens		13,265	20.9	+0.8
	Independent	Kristie Johnston	4,925	7.7	−3.2
	Independent	Sue Hickey	3,117	4.9	−4.9
	Independent	Ben Lohberger	1,702	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Louise Elliot	1,160	1.8	+1.8
	Animal Justice		1,088	1.7	+1.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		929	1.5	+0.1
	Local Network		476	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Stefan Vogel	162	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Angela Triffitt	90	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Michael Forster	70	0.1	+0.1

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election § Clark.[edit]

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