Division of Franklin (state)

Franklin
Tasmania—House of Assembly
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); Peter George (independent); David O'Byrne (independent); Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal); Rosalie Woodruff (Greens); Dean Winter (Labor)
Party	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (1), independent (2)
Namesake	Sir John Franklin
Electors	79,290 (2018)
Area	6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed
Federal electorate	Franklin
State electorate(s)	Huon; Nelson; Pembroke; Rumney
	Electorates around Franklin:

Division of Franklin before the 2021 state election

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 River Derwent. 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 seven 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
2024–2025
2025–

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

Members for Franklin

Year		Party		Party		Party		Party		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	Alexander Hean	Liberal			Liberal
1913								Liberal	Arthur Cotton	Liberal
1915							Daniel Ryan	Liberal	Arthur Cotton	Liberal
1916			William Shoobridge	Labor			Frederick Burbury	Liberal	Alexander Hean	Liberal
1917						Nationalist		Nationalist		Nationalist			Nationalist
1917					Arthur Cotton	Nationalist		Nationalist
1919			Albert Ogilvie	Labor	Benjamin Watkins	Labor	William Dixon	Nationalist
1922		Independent			Benjamin Watkins	Labor	William Dixon	Country
1922	William Pearce	Labor			Peter Murdoch	Nationalist	John Piggott	Country
1922	William Shoobridge	Labor				Nationalist		Country
1925	Benjamin Watkins	Labor				Independent		Independent	William Sheridan	Labor
1928		Labor			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								George Doyle	Nationalist
1940			Francis McDermott	Labor								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	Archibald Park	Liberal
1955									Mabel Miller	Liberal
1956	Brian Crawford	Labor
1959	Eric Barnard	Labor													Bill Young	Liberal
1960													Independent
1962					Lynda Heaven	Labor							Independent
1964					Terry Martin	Labor			Jack Frost	Labor		Doug Clark	Liberal
1966					Terry Martin	Labor	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					Ray Sherry	Labor		Steve Gilmour	Liberal
1979			Dick Adams	Labor					Michael Aird	Labor		John Cleary	Liberal
1979	Bill McKinnon	Labor
1981						Independent
1982			Ken Wriedt	Labor		Independent
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	Mike Foley	Greens					Paula Wriedt	Labor				Bruce Goodluck	Independent
1998	Matt Smith	Liberal									5 seats (1998–2024)
2001									Martin McManus	Liberal
2002					Neville Oliver	Labor			Martin McManus	Liberal
2002	Nick McKim	Greens			Lara Giddings	Labor			Will Hodgman	Liberal
2006
2008			Ross Butler	Labor
2009			Ross Butler	Labor			Daniel Hulme	Labor
2010			David O'Byrne	Labor			Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal
2014			Paul Harriss	Liberal
2015	Rosalie Woodruff	Greens	Paul Harriss	Liberal
2016			Nic Street	Liberal
2018			David O'Byrne	Labor	Alison Standen	Labor
2020					Alison Standen	Labor			Nic Street	Liberal
2021					Dean Winter	Labor
2021				Independent Labor
2022				Independent Labor			Dean Young	Liberal
2024				Independent			Dean Young	Liberal
2024							Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal				Eric Abetz	Liberal		Meg Brown	Labor
2025							Jacquie Petrusma	Liberal	Peter George	Independent		Eric Abetz	Liberal		Meg Brown	Labor

Election results

2025 Tasmanian state election: Franklin^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			9,126
	Liberal	Eric Abetz (elected 2)	9,109	12.5	+3.3
	Liberal	Jacquie Petrusma (elected 6)	5,835	8.0	−0.5
	Liberal	Nic Street	3,719	5.1	−1.6
	Liberal	Dean Young	2,241	3.1	−1.2
	Liberal	Josh Garvin	1,611	2.2	+0.9
	Liberal	Michele Howlett	1,293	1.8	+1.8
	Liberal	Natasha Miller	1,282	1.8	+1.8
	Labor	Dean Winter (elected 5)	8,241	11.3	+0.1
	Labor	Meg Brown (elected 7)	3,196	4.4	+0.6
	Labor	Jess Munday	2,169	3.0	+3.0
	Labor	Kaspar Deane	1,416	1.9	−0.6
	Labor	Amelia Meyers	687	0.9	+0.9
	Labor	Chris Hannan	524	0.7	−1.3
	Labor	Traycee di Virgilio	396	0.5	+0.5
	Group C	Peter George (elected 1)	11,499	15.8	+15.8
	Group C	Kirsten Bacon	231	0.3	+0.3
	Group C	Andrew Jenner	191	0.3	+0.3
	Group C	Anthony Houston	179	0.2	+0.2
	Group C	Louise Cherrie	146	0.2	+0.2
	Group C	Rayne Allinson	143	0.2	+0.2
	Group C	Chrissie Materia	110	0.2	+0.2
	Greens	Rosalie Woodruff (elected 3)	7,124	9.8	−3.9
	Greens	Owen Fitzgerald	811	1.1	+0.2
	Greens	Carly Allen	600	0.8	+0.8
	Greens	Gideon Cordover	384	0.5	−0.6
	Greens	Brian Chapman	375	0.5	+0.5
	Greens	Mark Donnellon	333	0.5	+0.5
	Greens	Adi Munshi	257	0.4	+0.4
	Independent	David O'Byrne (elected 4)	8,223	11.3	+2.5
	Independent	Hans Jurriaan Willink	352	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Sarah Gibbens	330	0.5	+0.5
Total formal votes			73,007	95.2	+0.6
Informal votes			3,738	4.8	−0.6
Turnout			76,745	91.4	−1.0
Party total votes
	Liberal		25,090	34.4	+0.4
	Labor		16,629	22.8	-4.5
	Group C		12,499	17.1	+17.1
	Greens		9,884	13.5	-6.3
	Independent	David O'Byrne	8,223	11.3	+2.5
	Independent	Hans Jurriaan Willink	352	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Sarah Gibbens	330	0.5	+0.5
	Independent gain from Liberal

References

^ Sydney Morning Herald, "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island"
^ "2025 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

External links

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[1] Sydney Morning Herald, "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island"

[2] "2025 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 29 July 2024.

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Electoral divisions of Tasmania
House of Assembly	Bass Braddon Clark Franklin Lyons
Legislative Council	Derwent Elwick Hobart Huon Launceston McIntyre Mersey Montgomery Murchison Nelson Pembroke Prosser Rosevears Rumney Windermere