Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 4 May 2019 |
Previous Election: | 2018 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Next Year: | 2020 |
Seats For Election: | 3 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Seats Before1: | 1 |
Seats1: | 1 |
Party2: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Party3: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 4 May 2019.[1] The three seats up for election were Montgomery, Nelson and Pembroke. Montgomery and Nelson were previously contested in 2013. Pembroke was won by the Labor Party in a 2017 by-election, following the resignation of the sitting member, Vanessa Goodwin of the Liberal Party.
Montgomery has been held by Leonie Hiscutt of the Liberal Party since the 2013 election.
Nelson had been held by independent Jim Wilkinson since 1999. Wilkinson retired at this election.
Pembroke has been held by Jo Siejka of the Labor Party since a 2017 by-election.
Swings are calculated from the 2017 by-election.