2015 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

Legislative election in Tasmania, Australia July 2019 June 2023 Tasmania parliamentary no 2 May 2015 2014 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election 2014 2016 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election 2016 3 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council 8 Independent politician 2 2 Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) 1 1 Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 2 May 2015. The three seats up for election were the electoral division of Derwent, the electoral division of Mersey and the electoral division of Windermere. Mersey and Windermere were previously contested in 2009, with Derwent contested in a by-election in 2011.Smiley Stephen Polls open in three Tasmanian Upper House seats http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-01/voters-go-to-polls--in-three-upper-house-seats-tasmania/6437554 12 May 2015 ABC News 2 May 2015 All three seats were retained by the incumbent members.Tasmanian Upper House MP Ivan Dean retains seat of Windermere http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-04/upper-house-mp-ivan-dean-retains-his-seat/6441622 12 May 2015 ABC News 4 May 2015 Derwent Derwent has been held by Craig Farrell since 2011. At the time of these elections, Farrell was the sole Labor Party member of the Legislative Council. Farrell re-contested the seat against Alan Baker, an IT consultant from New Norfolk. Derwent Results Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2015: DerwentDivision of Derwent 2015 Legislative Council election results Tasmanian Electoral Commission http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/DerwentLC15.html 2015 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100152/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/DerwentLC15.html 18 May 2015 dead Labor TAS Craig Farrell 12,492 64.34 +25.74 Independent Alan Baker 6,923 35.66 +35.66 19,415 93.80 +0.49 1,283 6.20 −0.49 20,698 80.18 −4.49 Labor TAS N/A Mersey Mersey has been held by independent MLC Mike Gaffney since 2009. Gaffney re-contested the seat against Vivienne Gale, a businesswoman from Launceston, who stated she would move to Devonport in the electorate if elected.Launceston businesswoman Vivienne Gale is running for Tasmania's Upper House. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-04-10/vivienne-gale-2jpg/6383866 15 April 2015 ABC News 10 April 2015 Mersey Results Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2015: MerseyDivision of Mersey 2015 Legislative Council election results Tasmanian Electoral Commission http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/MerseyLC15.html 2015 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150505004817/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/MerseyLC15.html 5 May 2015 dead Independent Mike Gaffney 14,690 75.30 +32.37 Independent Vivienne Gale 4,818 24.70 +24.70 19,508 96.36 −0.86 737 3.64 +0.86 20,245 84.86 −1.15 Independent N/A Windermere Windermere has been held by independent MLC Ivan Dean since 2003. Dean re-contested the seat against Vanessa Bleyer (for the Tasmanian Greens), Jennifer Houston (for the Labor Party) and former union official Scott McLean (independent). Windermere Results Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2015: WindermereDivision of Windermere 2015 Legislative Council election results Tasmanian Electoral Commission http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/WindermereLC15.html 2009 12 May 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150504232133/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/LegislativeCouncilElections_2015/Results/WindermereLC15.html 4 May 2015 dead Independent Ivan Dean 7,650 43.96 +4.79 Labor TAS Jennifer Houston 4,964 28.52 +28.52 Independent Scott McLean 2,889 16.60 +16.60 Greens TAS Vanessa Bleyer 1,900 10.92 −5.35 17,403 94.71 −1.71 972 5.29 +1.71 18,375 72.42 −8.04 Independent Ivan Dean 9,693 55.70 +0.70 Labor TAS Jennifer Houston 7,710 44.30 +44.30 Independent N/A References External links Tasmanian Electoral Commission website Category:2015 elections in Australia Category:Elections in Tasmania Category:2010s in Tasmania Category:May 2015 in Australia