Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 2002–2006

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from 2002 to 2006. Terms of the Legislative Council do not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, with members serving eight-year terms, and two or three members facing re-election every year. The members have been categorised here according to the four-year terms of the Legislative Assembly so as to avoid the need for separate member lists for each year.

Name Party Electorate Term in office Hon Michael Aird 3 Labor Party Derwent 1995–2011 Hon Ray Bailey 1 Independent Rosevears 1990–2002 Hon David Crean 4 Australian Labor Party Elwick 1992–2004 Ivan Dean 1 Independent Windermere 2003–2021 Hon Kerry Finch1 Independent Rosevears 2002–2020 Hon Tony Fletcher 3 Independent Murchison 1981–2005 Hon Ruth Forrest5 Independent Murchison 2005–present Hon Greg Hall Independent Rowallan 2001–2018 Hon Paul Harriss2 Independent Huon 1996–2014 Norma Jamieson 1 Independent Mersey 2003–2009 Hon Terry Martin 5 Australian Labor Party Elwick 2004–2010 Hon Doug Parkinson Australian Labor Party Wellington 1994–2012 Hon Colin Rattray 4 Independent Apsley 1992–2004 Hon Tania Rattray 4 Independent Apsley 2004–present Allison Ritchie Australian Labor Party Pembroke 2001–2009 Silvia Smith 3 Independent Labor Windermere 1997–2003 Hon Sue Smith2 Independent Montgomery 1997–2013 Geoff Squibb 3 Independent Mersey 1997–2003 Lin Thorp 5 Australian Labor Party Rumney 1999–2011 Hon Jim Wilkinson Independent Nelson 1995–2019 Hon Don Wing 5 Independent Paterson 1982–2011

1 Independent Rosevears MLC Ray Bailey retired in 2002 at the conclusion of his term. He was replaced by another independent, Kerry Finch, at the periodic election. 2 The two incumbents facing re-election, Paul Harriss (Huon) and Sue Smith (Montgomery) were both returned. 3 Mersey MLC Geoff Squibb, Windermere MLC Silvia Smith and Derwent MLC Michael Aird faced re-election at the 2003 periodic elections. Squibb, an independent, was defeated by another independent, Norma Jamieson. Smith, an independent Labor member, was defeated by conservative independent Ivan Dean. Aird, a Labor member, was comfortably returned. 4 Aspley MLC Colin Rattray and Elwick MLC David Crean both retired at the 2004 periodic elections. Rattray's daughter Tania Rattray, like her father an independent, was elected in Aspley; another Labor member, Terry Martin, was elected in Elwick. 5 Murchison MLC Tony Fletcher, Rumney MLC Lin Thorp and Paterson MLC Don Wing faced re-election at the 2005 periodic elections. Independent MLC Fletcher retired and was succeeded by another independent, Ruth Forrest, with Wing and Thorp both re-elected.

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