Division of Braddon (state)
The electoral division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island. Braddon takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Braddon.
| Braddon Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Map showing the Division of Braddon, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election. | |||||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Shane Broad (Labor) Anita Dow (Labor) Felix Ellis (Liberal) Roger Jaensch (Liberal) Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Sir Edward Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 81,211 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Braddon and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.