This chapter outlines the Redistribution Committee’s proposed redistribution and the reasons for this proposal. Also included is the Redistribution Committee’s approach to formulating the proposed names and proposed boundaries of proposed electoral divisions.
Figure E: Proposed Divisions of Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin and Lyons – enrolment as at Thursday 1 September 2016, current enrolment quota and permissible range of electors
Source: Available from www.aec.gov.au/tas-redistribution
Figure F: Proposed Divisions of Bass, Braddon, Denison, Franklin and Lyons – projected enrolment as at Friday 14 May 2021, projected enrolment quota and permissible range of electors
Source: Available from www.aec.gov.au/tas-redistribution
Current name of electoral division | Name advocated in suggestions or comments on suggestions |
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Denisona |
Clark – in honour of Andrew Inglis Clark (1848–1907), in recognition of:
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Inglis Clark – in honour of Andrew Inglis Clark (1848–1907), in recognition of:
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Franklinb |
Beeton – in honour of Lucy Beeton (1829–86), in recognition of her work as an Aboriginal activist |
Benjamin – in honour of Phyllis Benjamin MBE(C), AO (1907–96), in recognition of being the longest serving women in any State Parliament and the first women leader of an upper house |
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Best – in honour of Amelia Martha ‘Millie’ Best MBE(C) (1900–79), in recognition of being one of the first two women elected to Parliament |
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Guy – in honour of Mary Phyllis Guy (?–2010), in recognition of her work as a councillor and disability campaigner |
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Lanne – in honour of William ‘King Billy’ Lanne (?–1889), in recognition of his work as an Aboriginal activist |
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McIntyre – in honour of Margaret Edgeworth McIntyre OBE(C) (1886–1948), in recognition of being the first woman elected to the Tasmanian Parliament |
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Paredarerme – in recognition of the Tasmanian aboriginal nation who occupied the Oyster Bay area |
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West – in honour of ‘Aunty’ Ida West AM (1919–2003), in recognition of her work as an Aboriginal campaigner |
Number |
Percentage |
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Electors transferred to another electoral division |
21,809 |
5.81% |
Electors remaining in their existing electoral division |
353,263 |
94.19% |
Total |
375,072 |
100.00% |
Proposed electoral division |
Enrolment as at Thursday 1 September 2016 |
Projected enrolment as at Friday 14 May 2021 |
Approximate area |
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Number |
Percentage variation from the current enrolment quota |
Number |
Percentage variation from the projected enrolment quota |
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Bass |
75,458 |
0.59% |
77,019 |
0.05% |
2,783.85 km2 |
Braddon |
77,739 |
3.63% |
77,992 |
1.31% |
21,369.24 km2 |
Denison |
74,054 |
-1.28% |
76,080 |
-1.17% |
292.26 km2 |
Franklin |
73,304 |
-2.28% |
76,877 |
-0.14% |
10,009.23 km2 |
Lyons |
74,517 |
-0.66% |
76,947 |
-0.05% |
40,913.94 km2 |
Total |
375,072 |
384,915 |