Division of Braddon (state)

This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Braddon.

Braddon Tasmania—House of Assembly
File:Braddon electorate 2009.png Map of Braddon
State	Tasmania
MP	Adam Brooks (Liberal) Bryan Green (Labor) Roger Jaensch (Liberal) Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal) Joan Rylah (Liberal)
Party	Labor (1), Liberal (4)
Namesake	Sir Edward Braddon
Electors	72,238 (2014)
Area	20,826 km2 (8,041.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed

The Electoral Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The boundaries and name of the electorate are shared with the federal Division of Braddon. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown. At each state government election; five members are elected to Braddon through the single transferable vote. Braddon measures 20,826 km².

Current members

• Adam Brooks – Liberal
• Bryan Green – Labor
• Roger Jaensch – Liberal
• Jeremy Rockliff – Liberal
• Joan Rylah – Liberal

Members for Braddon and Darwin

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909		James Belton	Labor		Herbert Payne	Anti-Socialist		James Ogden	Labor		James Long	Labor		Joshua Whitsitt	Anti-Socialist		Benjamin Watkins	Labor
1910											James Hurst	Labor
1912						Liberal					George Pullen	Liberal			Liberal
1916											Edward Hobbs	Liberal
1917						Nationalist						Nationalist			Independent		Percy Pollard	Nationalist
1919																	James Hurst	Labor
1920					Percy Pollard	Nationalist
1921												Country			Country
1922					Frank Marriott	Nationalist								Richard Franks	Country
1922								Philip Kelly	Labor
1925												Liberal
1925														Henry McFie	Nationalist
1926																	Henry Lane	Labor
1928												Nationalist					Fergus Medwin	Labor
1931																		Independent
1931		Thomas Butler	Nationalist														Thomas d'Alton	Labor
1934		Frank Edwards	Nationalist								Jack Chamberlain	Nationalist		Joseph McGrath	Labor
1937														Henry Lane	Labor
1940		John Wright	Nationalist
1941		James Bugg	Labor		Henry McFie	Nationalist
1944																	Michael Smith	Labor
1946		Eric Reece	Labor			Liberal		Carrol Bramich	Labor			Liberal		Charley Aylett	Labor		John Fidler	Liberal
1948						Independent
1948					Kevin Lyons	Liberal
1951											Jack Breheny	Liberal
1956									Liberal								Sydney Ward	Labor
1959														Lloyd Costello	Labor					Joseph Britton	Labor
1964								Geoff Chisholm	Labor											Wilfred Barker	Liberal
1969						Centre
1972					Glen Davies	Labor					Ray Bonney	Liberal
1975		Joseph Britton	Labor											John Coughlan	Labor
1976		Michael Field	Labor														Ron Cornish	Liberal		Roger Groom	Liberal
1979								Michael Weldon	Labor
1982								Vince Smith	Liberal
1986					Tony Rundle	Liberal		Michael Weldon	Labor		Bill Bonde	Liberal		Greg Peart	Labor
1989														Di Hollister	Greens
1992								Carole Cains	Liberal
1996								Brenton Best	Labor
1997		Mike Gard	Labor																	Carole Cains	Liberal
1998		Bryan Green	Labor											Steve Kons	Labor
2002					Jeremy Rockliff	Liberal					Brett Whiteley	Liberal
2010											Adam Brooks	Liberal		Paul O'Halloran	Greens
2014								Joan Rylah	Liberal					Roger Jaensch	Liberal

See also

• Current Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
• List of Past Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
• Federal Division of Braddon