This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 2017 and 2023. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Elections
Date Electorates 6 May 2017 Launceston; Murchison; Rumney 4 November 2017 Pembroke (by-election) 5 May 2018 Hobart; Prosser 4 May 2019 Montgomery; Nelson; Pembroke 2 May 2020 Huon; Rosevears 1 May 2021 Derwent; Mersey; Windermere 7 May 2022 Elwick; McIntyre; Huon (by-election) 10 September 2022 Pembroke (by-election)
Members
Name Party Division Term in office Hon Rosemary Armitage Independent Launceston 2011–present Hon Robert Armstrong Independent Huon 2014–2020 Hon Ivan Dean Independent Windermere 2003–2021 Hon Nick Duigan Liberal Windermere 2021–present Hon Luke Edmunds Labor Pembroke 2022–present Hon Craig Farrell Labor Derwent 2011–present Hon Kerry Finch Independent Rosevears 2002–2020 Hon Ruth Forrest Independent Murchison 2005–present Hon Mike Gaffney Independent Mersey 2009–present Hon Dr Vanessa Goodwin Liberal Pembroke 2009–2017 Hon Greg Hall Independent McIntyre 2001–2018 Hon Dean Harriss Independent Huon 2022–present Hon Leonie Hiscutt Liberal Montgomery 2013–present Hon Jane Howlett Liberal Prosser 2018–2024 Hon Sarah Lovell Labor Rumney 2017–present Hon Jo Palmer Liberal Rosevears 2020–present Hon Tania Rattray Independent McIntyre 2004–present Hon Bastian Seidel Labor/Independent Huon 2020–2022 Hon Jo Siejka Labor Pembroke 2017–2022 Hon Rob Valentine Independent Hobart 2012–2024 Hon Meg Webb Independent Nelson 2019–present Hon Jim Wilkinson Independent Nelson 1995–2019 Hon Josh Willie Labor Elwick 2016–2024
On 5 August 2017, new electoral boundaries came into effect which abolished the seats of Apsley and Western Tiers. The members for those divisions, Tania Rattray and Greg Hall, were both allocated the new seat of McIntyre until the expiry of Hall's term in April 2018. Pembroke Liberal MLC Vanessa Goodwin resigned due to terminal cancer on 2 October 2017. Labor candidate Jo Siejka won the resulting by-election on 4 November. Liberal candidate Jane Howlett won the new seat of Prosser at the 2018 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, while incumbent independent Hobart MLC Rob Valentine was re-elected. Independent candidate Meg Webb won the seat of Nelson at the 2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, while Labor MLC Jo Siejka (Pembroke) and Liberal MLC Leonie Hiscutt (Montgomery) were re-elected. At the 2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Liberal candidate Jo Palmer replaced retiring independent MLC Kerry Finch in Rosevears, while Labor candidate Bastian Seidel defeated incumbent independent MLC Robert Armstrong in Huon. At the 2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election, Liberal candidate Nick Duigan replaced retiring independent MLC Ivan Dean in Windermere, while Labor candidate Craig Farrell (Derwent) was re-elected. On 23 August 2021, Labor MLC Bastian Seidel resigned from the Labor caucus and resigned from the Legislative Council in January 2022. At the by-election held on 7 May 2022, Independent candidate Dean Harriss was elected. On 2 August 2022, Labor MLC for Pembroke Jo Siejka resigned from the Legislative Council. At the by-election held on 10 September 2022, Labor candidate Luke Edmunds was elected.
Sources Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856