Step 4. Proposed report and public objections - Tasmanian federal redistribution

The Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution of federal electoral divisions in the Tasmanian was released on Friday 5 May 2017.

Members of the public were invited to submit written objections to the proposed redistribution between Friday 5 May 2017 and Friday 2 June 2017.

Report of the Tasmanian Redistribution Committee

• The 2017 proposed redistribution of Tasmania into electoral divisions
• Maps and data of the proposed Tasmanian electoral divisions

This material could also be inspected at the AEC offices in Tasmania.

Guidance for those objecting to the proposed redistribution of the Tasmanian

Guidelines were available to help with your submission. Those making submissions were recommended to look at:

• Reasons for the Redistribution Committee's proposed redistribution
• Maps and data of the proposed Tasmanian electoral divisions
• Essential information about the Tasmanian redistribution
• Who makes the final redistribution and what factors do they consider?

Objections may concern one or more proposed electoral divisions and may be about:

• names of proposed electoral divisions,
• boundaries of proposed electoral divisions, or
• the names and boundaries of proposed electoral divisions.

In developing an objection about the names of proposed electoral divisions, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:

• Guidelines for naming divisions
• derivation of the names of existing electoral divisions
• origins of the names for electoral divisions which are no longer in use

In developing an objection about the boundaries of a proposed electoral division, members of the public were advised it may be helpful to consider:

• Current enrolment quota
• Maps and data of the proposed Tasmanian electoral divisions
• Enrolment projections

The 11 objections received by the Electoral Commission are provided in full below.

Objections

No.	Submitted by	Topics referred to	Divisions referred to
OB1	Darren McSweeney [PDF 580 KB]	Division names and division boundaries	Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, Lyons
OB2	Martin Gordon [PDF 391 KB]	Division names and division boundaries	Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, Lyons
OB3	Jeff Waddell [PDF 249 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, Lyons
OB4	Bob Holderness-Roddam [PDF 16.3 MB]	Division names	Denison
OB5	Alex Jago [PDF 105 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass
OB6	Margaret And Henry Reynolds [PDF 110 KB]	Division names	Denison
OB7	Peter Jones [PDF 93 KB]	Division names	Denison
OB8	John Beattie [PDF 102 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons
OB9	Rodney Croome [PDF 99 KB]	Division names	Denison
OB10	Dorset Council [PDF 239 KB]	Division boundaries	Bass and Lyons
OB11	Australian Labor Party Tasmanian Branch [PDF 220 KB]	Division names and division boundaries	Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin, Lyons