Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 6 May 2017 |
Previous Election: | 2016 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Previous Year: | 2016 |
Next Election: | 2018 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 3 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Seats Before1: | 3 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
Seats Before2: | 0 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2017.[1] The three seats up for elections were Launceston, Murchison and Rumney. They were previously contested in 2011.
The seat of Launceston, based in the inland Tasmanian city of Launceston, has been held by independent member Rosemary Armitage since 2011.
The west coast seat of Murchison has been held by independent member Ruth Forrest since 2005.
The south-eastern seat of Rumney had been held by Tony Mulder since 2011. Mulder was defeated by the Labor candidate, Sarah Lovell.