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Electoral results for the Division of Huon

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This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Huon in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.

Members

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Member Party Period
  Thomas Knight Independent 1856–1857
  Richard Cleburne Independent 1857–1864
  Alexander Kissock Independent 1864–1866
  John Wedge Independent 1866–1868
  John Foster Independent 1868–1874
  James Robertson Independent 1874–1880
  Joseph Solomon Independent 1880
  William Fisher Independent 1881–1882
  John Watchorn Independent 1882–1905
  Thomas Fisher Independent 1905–1909
  Stafford Bird Independent 1909–1924
  David Calvert Independent 1924
  William Calvert Independent 1924–1942
  Rowland Worsley Labor 1942–1948
  Ron Brown Independent 1948–1966
  Michael Hodgman Independent 1966–1974
  Peter Hodgman Independent 1974–1986
  Athol Meyer Independent 1986–1996
  Paul Harriss Independent 1996–2014
  Robert Armstrong Independent 2014–2020
  Bastian Seidel Labor 2020–2022
  Dean Harriss Independent 2022–

Election results

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Elections in the 2020s

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2022

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2022 Huon state by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Toby Thorpe 5,648 25.05 −6.24
Independent Dean Harriss 5,340 23.68 +7.54
Liberal Aldo Antolli 5,111 22.66 +22.66
Greens Gideon Cordover 4,704 20.86 +3.32
Local Pat Caplice 1,748 7.75 +7.75
Total formal votes 22,551 97.35 −0.09
Informal votes 615 2.65 +0.09
Turnout 23,166 86.20 +0.64
Registered electors 26,876
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Dean Harriss 11,840 52.55 +52.55
Labor Toby Thorpe 10,693 47.45 −9.86
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

2020

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2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Huon[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bastian Seidel 6,795 31.29 +31.29
Independent Robert Armstrong 4,071 18.75 −1.65
Greens Pat Caruana 3,808 17.54 +17.54
Independent Dean Harriss 3,506 16.14 +16.14
Independent Debbie Armstrong 1,784 8.22 +8.22
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Garrick Cameron 1,752 8.07 +8.07
Total formal votes 21,716 97.44 +1.67
Informal votes 571 2.56 −1.67
Turnout 22,287 85.56 +0.39
Registered electors 26,048
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Bastian Seidel 12,284 57.31 +57.31
Independent Robert Armstrong 9,152 42.69 −14.19
Labor gain from Independent  

Elections in the 2010s

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2014

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Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2014: Huon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Peter Hodgman 5,387 26.13 +26.13
Independent Robert Armstrong 4,205 20.40 +20.40
Independent Liz Smith 3,974 19.28 +19.28
Independent Jimmy Bell 3,177 15.41 +15.41
Independent Rodney Dillon 1,690 8.20 +8.20
Independent Pavel Ruzicka 1,312 6.36 +6.36
Independent Helen Lane 871 4.22 +4.22
Total formal votes 20,616 95.76 −0.56
Informal votes 912 4.24 +0.56
Turnout 21,528 85.17 +2.32
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Robert Armstrong 10,703 56.88 +56.88
Liberal Peter Hodgman 8,113 43.12 +43.12
Independent hold Swing

Elections in the 2000s

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2008

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Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2008: Huon[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Harriss 12,149 62.04 +12.61
Greens Mark Rickards 7,435 37.96 +37.96
Total formal votes 19,584 96.32 −1.31
Informal votes 748 4.68 +1.31
Turnout 20,332 82.86 −4.75
Independent hold Swing

References

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  1. ^ "Huon results – 2022 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Legislative Council Elections 2020 Results – Huon". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  3. ^ 2014 Legislative Council elections results: Division of Huon Archived 5 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 3 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Division of Huon". 2008 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2008. Retrieved 14 March 2013.[permanent dead link]