2022 Hobart City Council election explained
| Country: | Hobart |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2018 Hobart City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2018 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Hobart City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | 3–25 October 2022 |
| Turnout: | 83.02% (lord mayoral election) |
| Module: | | Election Name: | Lord Mayor | | Embed: | yes | | Type: | parliamentary | | Ongoing: | no | | Candidate1: | Anna Reynolds | | Party1: | Your Hobart | | Colour1: | 489CC3 | | Popular Vote1: | 9,015 | | Percentage1: | 28.78% | | Candidate2: | John Kelly | | Party2: | Independent politician | | Popular Vote2: | 6,190 | | Percentage2: | 19.76% | | Image3: | IND | | Candidate3: | Marti Zucco | | Party3: | Independent politician | | Popular Vote3: | 3,676 | | Percentage3: | 11.73% | | 1Blank: | 2CP | | 2Blank: | 2CP swing | | 1Data1: | 53.41% | | 1Data2: | 46.59% | | Lord Mayor | | Posttitle: | Subsequent Lord Mayor | | Before Election: | Anna Reynolds | | Before Party: | Your Hobart Independents | | After Election: | Anna Reynolds | | After Party: | Your Hobart Independents | | Module: | | Election Name: | Deputy Lord Mayor | | Embed: | yes | | Type: | parliamentary | | Ongoing: | no | | Candidate1: | Helen Burnet | | Party1: | Tasmanian Greens | | Popular Vote1: | 8,203 | | Percentage1: | 26.38% | | Candidate2: | Simon Behrakis | | Party2: | Ind. Liberal | | Popular Vote2: | 5,261 | | Percentage2: | 16.92% | | Image3: | YHI | | Candidate3: | Mike Dutta | | Party3: | Your Hobart | | Colour3: | 489CC3 | | Popular Vote3: | 4,557 | | Percentage3: | 14.65% | | 1Blank: | 2CP | | 2Blank: | 2CP swing | | 1Data1: | 61.13% | | 1Data2: | 38.87% | | Deputy | | Posttitle: | Subsequent Deputy | | Before Election: | Helen Burnet | | Before Party: | Greens | | After Election: | Helen Burnet | | After Party: | Greens | | Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Ongoing: | no | | Election Name: | Councillors | | Seats For Election: | All 12 members on the City Council | | Majority Seats: | 7 | | Party1: | Independent politician | | Leader1: | N/A | | Percentage1: | 41.21 | | Seats1: | 4 | | Party2: | Your Hobart Independents | | Leader2: | Anna Reynolds | | Colour2: | - 489CC3
| | Percentage2: | 26.37 | | Seats2: | 3 | | Party3: | Independent Liberal (Australia) | | Leader3: | N/A | | Percentage3: | 12.72 | | Seats3: | 2 | | Party4: | Tasmanian Greens | | Leader4: | Bill Harvey | | Percentage4: | 12.30 | | Seats4: | 2 | | Party5: | Independent Labor (Australia) | | Leader5: | N/A | | Percentage5: | 3.31 | | Seats5: | 1 |
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The 2022 Hobart City Council election was held in October 2022 to elect a lord mayor, deputy lord mayor and 12 councillors to the City of Hobart. The election was held as part of the statewide local elections in Tasmania, Australia.[1]
Anna Reynolds was re-elected lord mayor with 53.41% of the vote after preferences, while Helen Burnet was re-elected deputy lord mayor.
An elector poll was also held with the question of 'Do you support the University of Tasmania’s proposal to relocate the Sandy Bay campus into Hobart’s central business district?' with 7,797 (25.62%) yes votes and 22,631 (74.38%) no votes.[2]
Like all other local government areas in Tasmania, voting was compulsory for the first time.[3]
Candidates
Incumbent lord mayor Anna Reynolds announced in June 2022 that she would seek re-election.[4]
Former Liberal Democrats senator Duncan Spender contested the deputy lord mayoral election.[5]
Results
Councillors
Notes and References
- Web site: Local government elections 2022 . Tasmanian Electoral Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20231228103235/https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/local-government/elections-2022/index.html . 28 December 2023.
- Web site: 2022 election results - Hobart City Council. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2022. 13 June 2024.
- Web site: Voting in Tasmania's local council elections is now compulsory. Here's what you need to know . ABC News.
- Web site: Anna Reynolds wants another term as mayor . The Mercury.
- Web site: Council should stop giving away other people’s money: candidate . The Mercury.
