Division of Franklin (state)

This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Franklin. For the cadastral division, see Franklin Land District.

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 Tasmania—House of Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
State	Tasmania
Created	1909
MP	Eric Abetz (Liberal) Meg Brown (Labor) David O'Byrne (Independent) Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) Nic Street (Liberal) Rosalie Woodruff (Greens) Dean Winter (Labor)
Party	Labor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Independent (1)
Namesake	Sir John Franklin
Electors	79,290 (2018)
Area	6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed
Federal electorate(s)	Franklin
Electorates around Franklin: Braddon Clark Lyons Braddon Franklin Tasman Sea Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

Division of Franklin before the 2021 state election

Franklin and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five 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.^[1] The division measures 6,911 km².

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   Country   Independent

Members for Franklin

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909		David Dicker	Labor		Thomas Hodgman	Anti-Socialist		John Earle	Labor		Norman Ewing	Anti-Socialist		Alexander Hean	Anti-Socialist		(Sir) John Evans	Anti-Socialist	6 seats (1909–1959)
1912					George Martin	Labor						Liberal			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
1917								Arthur Cotton	Nationalist
1919					Albert Ogilvie	Labor		Benjamin Watkins	Labor		William Dixon	Nationalist
1922			Independent									Country
1922		William Pearce	Labor					Peter Murdoch	Nationalist		John Piggott	Country
1922		William Shoobridge	Labor
1925		Benjamin Watkins	Labor						Independent			Independent		William Sheridan	Labor
1928								Benjamin Pearsall	Independent			Nationalist		Henry Baker	Nationalist
1931			Independent					John Dwyer	Labor		Alfred Seabrook	Nationalist
1934		Edward Brooker	Labor								Benjamin Pearsall	Independent
1937											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					George Gray	Independent		Reg Wright	Liberal		Tim Jackson	Liberal
1948		John Brown	Labor
1948		Charles Hand	Labor
1949														Archibald Park	Liberal
1950											Thomas Pearsall	Liberal
1955														Mabel Miller	Liberal
1956		Brian Crawford	Labor
1959		Eric Barnard	Labor																	Bill Young	Liberal
1960																		Independent
1962								Lynda Heaven	Labor
1964								Terry Martin	Labor					Jack Frost	Labor		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
1982					Ken Wriedt	Labor
1986		Gerry Bates	Greens					Fran Bladel	Labor					Peter Hodgman	Liberal		Nick Evers	Liberal
1988																				John Cleary	Liberal
1989											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		Matt Smith	Liberal													5 seats (1998–2024)
2001														Martin McManus	Liberal
2002								Neville Oliver	Labor
2002		Nick McKim	Greens					Lara Giddings	Labor					Will Hodgman	Liberal
2006
2008					Ross Butler	Labor
2009											Daniel Hulme	Labor
2010					David O'Byrne	Labor					Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal
2014					Paul Harriss	Liberal
2015		Rosalie Woodruff	Greens
2016					Nic Street	Liberal
2018					David O'Byrne	Labor		Alison Standen	Labor
2020														Nic Street	Liberal
2021								Dean Winter	Labor
2021						Independent Labor
2022											Dean Young	Liberal
2024						Independent
2024											Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal					Eric Abetz	Liberal		Meg Brown	Labor

Election results

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

2024 Tasmanian state election: Franklin^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			9,006
	Liberal	Eric Abetz (elected 6)	6,661	9.2	+9.2
	Liberal	Jacquie Petrusma (elected 3)	6,093	8.5	−12.6
	Liberal	Nic Street (elected 7)	4,811	6.7	−1.7
	Liberal	Dean Young	3,078	4.3	−0.3
	Liberal	Jock McGregor	1,463	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Aldo Antolli	1,449	2.0	+2.0
	Liberal	Josh Garvin	972	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Dean Winter (elected 2)	8,055	11.2	−0.2
	Labor	Meg Brown (elected 4)	3,613	5.0	+5.0
	Labor	Toby Thorpe	2,908	4.0	+1.5
	Labor	Kaspar Deane	1,808	2.5	+2.5
	Labor	Ebony Altimira	1,736	2.4	+2.4
	Labor	Simon Bailey	946	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Philip Pregnell	613	0.9	+0.9
	Greens	Rosalie Woodruff (elected 1)	9,879	13.7	−1.0
	Greens	Jade Darko	1,008	1.4	+1.4
	Greens	Christine Campbell	810	1.1	+1.1
	Greens	Gideon Cordover	776	1.1	+0.2
	Greens	Jenny Cambers-Smith	762	1.1	+1.1
	Greens	Owen Fitzgerald	614	0.9	+0.9
	Greens	Lukas Mrosek	412	0.6	+0.6
	Independent	David O'Byrne (elected 5)	6,312	8.8	−2.1
	Lambie	Chris Hannan	1,418	2.0	+2.0
	Lambie	Marshall Callaghan	1,063	1.5	+1.5
	Lambie	Conor Hallahan	1,025	1.4	+1.4
	Independent	Clare Glade-Wright	1,154	1.6	+1.6
	Animal Justice	Jehni Thomas-Wurth	1,122	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Tony Mulder	597	0.8	+0.8
	Local Network	Martine Delaney	552	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Bob Elliston	186	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Tamar Cordover	144	0.2	+0.2
Total formal votes			72,040	94.6	−1.2
Informal votes			4,115	5.4	+1.2
Turnout			76,155	92.4	+0.1
Party total votes
	Liberal		24,527	34.0	−8.2
	Labor		19,679	27.3	−5.9
	Greens		14,261	19.8	+0.8
	Independent	David O'Byrne	6,312	8.8	−2.1
	Lambie		3,506	4.9	+4.9
	Independent	Clare Glade-Wright	1,154	1.6	+1.6
	Animal Justice		1,122	1.6	−0.2
	Independent	Tony Mulder	597	0.8	+0.8
	Local Network		552	0.8	+0.8
	Independent	Bob Elliston	186	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	Tamar Cordover	144	0.2	+0.2

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

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