Division of Franklin (state) facts for kids
This page is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Franklin. For the cadastral division, see Franklin Land District.
Quick facts for kids FranklinTasmania—House of Assembly |
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| State | Tasmania |
| Created | 1909 |
| MP | David O'Byrne (Labor) Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) Alison Standen (Labor) Nic Street (Liberal) Rosalie Woodruff (Greens) |
| Party | Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (1) |
| Namesake | Sir John Franklin |
| Electors | 79,290 (2018) |
| Area | 6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Outer metropolitan |
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 and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
Current members
- Lara Giddings – Labor
- Will Hodgman – Liberal
- Jacquie Petrusma – Liberal
- Nic Street – Liberal
- Rosalie Woodruff – Greens
Members for Franklin
| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||||
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| 1909 | David Dicker | Labor | Alexander Hean | Anti-Socialist | John Earle | Labor | Thomas Hodgman | Anti-Socialist | Norman Ewing | Anti-Socialist | (Sir) John Evans | Anti-Socialist | |||||||||
| 1912 | Liberal | George Martin | Labor | Liberal | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||
| 1913 | Arthur Cotton | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1915 | Daniel Ryan | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1916 | Alexander Hean | Liberal | William Shoobridge | Labor | Frederick Burbury | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
| 1917 | Nationalist | Nationalist | Nationalist | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||
| 1917 | Arthur Cotton | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1919 | Benjamin Watkins | Labor | Albert Ogilvie | 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 | William Sheridan | Labor | Independent | Independent | |||||||||||||||
| 1928 | Henry Baker | Nationalist | Benjamin Pearsall | Independent | Nationalist | ||||||||||||||||
| 1931 | Independent | Alfred Seabrook | Nationalist | John Dwyer | Labor | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | Reg Wright | Liberal | Bill Neilson | Labor | George Gray | Independent | 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 | Geoff Pearsall | Liberal | Stanley Gough | Liberal | Doug Lowe | Labor | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | Peter Hodgman | Liberal | Fran Bladel | Labor | Nick Evers | Liberal | Gerry Bates | Greens | |||||||||||||
| 1988 | John Cleary | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1989 | Michael Aird | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Paul Lennon | Labor | Brian Davison | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||
| 1995 | John Sheppard | Labor | Mike Foley | Greens | |||||||||||||||||
| 1996 | Paula Wriedt | Labor | Bruce Goodluck | Independent | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Matt Smith | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | Martin McManus | Liberal | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Neville Oliver | Labor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Nick McKim | Greens | Will Hodgman | Liberal | Lara Giddings | Labor | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||
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