2022 Pembroke state by-election
10 September 2022
  First party Second party Third party
 
Candidate Luke Edmunds Gregory Brown Deborah Brewer
Party Labor Liberal Greens
First preference vote 7,176 5,234 3,502
Percentage 39.48% 28.79% 19.27%
Swing Decrease5.77pp Increase3.50pp Increase19.27pp
TPP 63.26% 36.74%
TPP swing Increase4.61pp Decrease4.61pp
MLC before election

Jo Siejka
Labor

 Elected MLC

Luke Edmunds
Labor

A by-election was in the Tasmanian Legislative Council seat of Pembroke on 10 September 2022, triggered by the resignation of Jo Siejka, who did so in order to spend more time with her family.[1]

Background

Jo Siejka, nominated by the Australian Labor Party, was first elected to the seat of Pembroke at a 2017 by-election following the resignation Vanessa Goodwin who had been diagnosed with multiple brain tumours in March of that year, defeating her Liberal opponent by 7.4% in the two-party preferred count.[2][3] Siejka, who was Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council and held the shadow portfolios of disability, ageing and veterans, announced that she would resign before the expiry of her electoral mandate, in order to spend more time with her family.[1]

Candidates

Candidates
(in alphabetical order)[4]
Party Candidate Background Notes
  Greens Deborah Brewer Teacher
  Liberal Gregory Brown Small business owner
  Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Carlo Di Falco Groundsman, previous candidate in 2017
  Labor Luke Edmunds Councillor, City of Clarence
  Independent Hans Willink IT project assurance, previous candidate in 2017

Results

2022 Pembroke state by-election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Luke Edmunds 7,176 39.48 −5.77
Liberal Gregory Brown 5,234 28.79 +3.50
Greens Deborah Brewer 3,502 19.27 +19.27
Independent Hans Willink 1,692 9.31 +9.31
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Carlo Di Falco 574 3.16 −0.51
Total formal votes 18,178 96.94 +0.17
Informal votes 573 3.06 −0.17
Turnout 18,751 80.52 −5.11
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Luke Edmunds 11,467 63.26 +4.61
Liberal Gregory Brown 6,660 36.74 −4.61
Labor hold Swing+4.61

References

  1. 1 2 "Why a Tasmanian MP has to quit politics". The Mercury. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Pembroke by-election next month". The Mercury. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017 Pembroke by-election results". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  4. ↑ "Candidates for the division of Pembroke". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
  5. ↑ "2022 Legislative Council by-election results – Pembroke". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
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