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.Sydney Morning Herald, "Pressing the cyber flesh from Macquarie Island" 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 YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1909David DickerLabor Thomas Hodgman Anti-SocialistJohn EarleLaborNorman Ewing Anti-SocialistAlexander Hean Anti-Socialist(Sir) John Evans Anti-Socialist 1912George MartinLaborLiberal LiberalLiberal 1913Arthur CottonLiberal 1915 Daniel Ryan Liberal 1916William ShoobridgeLaborFrederick Burbury LiberalAlexander Hean Liberal 1917 NationalistNationalistNationalistNationalist 1917 Arthur Cotton Nationalist 1919Albert OgilvieLaborBenjamin WatkinsLaborWilliam Dixon Nationalist 1922 Independent Country 1922 William Pearce LaborPeter MurdochNationalistJohn PiggottCountry 1922 William Shoobridge Labor 1925Benjamin WatkinsLabor Independent Independent William Sheridan Labor 1928 Benjamin Pearsall Independent NationalistHenry BakerNationalist 1931 IndependentJohn DwyerLabor Alfred Seabrook Nationalist 1934Edward BrookerLabor Benjamin Pearsall Independent 1937Basil PlummerLaborGeorge DoyleNationalist 1939Francis McDermottLabor 1940 Vincent Shoobridge Nationalist 1941 Henry Hope Labor Thomas McKinley Labor Sir John McPhee Nationalist 1946Bill NeilsonLaborGeorge GrayIndependentReg WrightLiberalTim JacksonLiberal 1948 John Brown Labor 1948Charles HandLabor 1949Archibald ParkLiberal 1950Thomas PearsallLiberal 1955Mabel MillerLiberal 1956 Brian Crawford Labor 1959Eric BarnardLaborBill YoungLiberal 1960Independent 1962 Lynda Heaven Labor 1964Terry MartinLaborJack FrostLaborDoug ClarkLiberal 1966 Eric Iles Liberal 1969Doug LoweLabor Stanley Gough LiberalGeoff PearsallLiberal 1972John BeattieLiberal 1976Ray SherryLaborSteve GilmourLiberal 1977 Bill McKinnon Labor 1979Dick AdamsLaborMichael AirdLaborJohn ClearyLiberal 1979Bill McKinnonLabor 1981Independent 1982Ken WriedtLabor 1986Gerry BatesGreensFran BladelLaborPeter HodgmanLiberalNick EversLiberal 1988John ClearyLiberal 1989Michael AirdLabor 1990Paul LennonLaborBrian DavisonLiberal 1992 1995Mike FoleyGreens John Sheppard Labor 1996Paula WriedtLabor Bruce Goodluck Independent 1998Matt SmithLiberal 2001Martin McManusLiberal 2002 Neville Oliver Labor 2002Nick McKimGreensLara GiddingsLaborWill HodgmanLiberal 2006 2008Ross ButlerLabor 2009 Daniel Hulme Labor 2010 David O'Byrne LaborJacquie PetrusmaLiberal 2014Paul HarrissLiberal 2015Rosalie WoodruffGreens 2016 Nic Street Liberal 2018David O'ByrneLaborAlison StandenLabor 2020Nic StreetLiberal 2021Dean WinterLabor2021Independent Labor2022Dean YoungLiberal2024Independent2024Jacquie PetrusmaLiberalEric AbetzLiberalMeg BrownLabor2025 Peter George Independent

Election results

See also

Tasmanian Legislative Council

References

External links Parliament of Tasmania Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly