2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
2024
2 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Independent Liberal
Seats before 1 1

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council will held in 2024.[1] The two seats up for election will be Hobart and Prosser. Both were previously contested in 2018.[1]

Hobart

Location of the division of Hobart in Tasmania

The seat of Hobart, based in the Tasmanian capital of Hobart, has been held by independent member Rob Valentine since 2012, he announced he will not recontest.[2][3] Former Tasmanian House of Assembly MP and former state Greens leader Cassy O'Connor announced she will contest Hobart.[3]

Prosser

Location of the division of Prosser in Tasmania

The east coast seat of Prosser has been held by Jane Howlett of the Liberal Party since 2018.[4] Former Deputy Premier of Tasmania and Leader of the Parliamentary Labor Party in Tasmania Bryan Green was endorsed by Labor to run in the seat.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Legislative Council elections". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Division of Hobart Election Chronology". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  3. 1 2 Adam Langenberg (14 July 2023). "Cassy O'Connor's bid for upper house seat could see first Green in Tasmania's Legislative Council". ABC News. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  4. ↑ "Division of Prosser Election Chronology". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Maloney, Matt (8 December 2023). "Bryan Green to stand for election to parliament in 2024". The Examiner. Australian Community Media. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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