| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2022 |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 3 of the 15 seats on the Legislative Council |
| Majority Seats: | 8 |
| Party1: | Independent politician |
| Seats Before1: | 1 |
| Seats1: | 2 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Party2: | Australian Labor Party |
| Seats Before2: | 2 |
| Seats2: | 1 |
| Seat Change2: | 1 |
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 7 May 2022. Two seats were up for a regularly scheduled vote; Elwick and McIntyre. Simultaneously a by-election was held in the seat of Huon, following the resignation of the incumbent member Bastian Seidel.[1]
Josh Willie of the Labor Party was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected.[2]
Independent Tania Rattray was the incumbent candidate and was re-elected.[3]
| Election Name: | 2022 Huon state by-election |
| Country: | Tasmania |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2022 |
| Vote Type: | First preference |
| Candidate1: | Toby Thorpe |
| Party1: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
| Popular Vote1: | 5,648 |
| Percentage1: | 25.05% |
| Swing1: | 6.24 |
| Candidate2: | Dean Harriss |
| Party2: | Independent politician |
| Popular Vote2: | 5,340 |
| Percentage2: | 23.68% |
| Swing2: | 7.54 |
| Candidate4: | Aldo Antolli |
| Party4: | Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division) |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,111 |
| Percentage4: | 22.66% |
| Swing4: | 22.66 |
| Candidate5: | Gideon Cordover |
| Party5: | Tasmanian Greens |
| Popular Vote5: | 4,704 |
| Percentage5: | 20.86% |
| Swing5: | 3.32 |
| 1Blank: | TPP |
| 2Blank: | TPP swing |
| 1Data1: | 47.45% |
| 2Data1: | 9.86 |
| 1Data2: | 52.55% |
| 2Data2: | 52.55 |
| MLC | |
| Before Election: | Bastian Seidel |
| Before Party: | Independent |
| After Election: | Dean Harriss |
| After Party: | Independent |
A by-election for the seat of Huon was also held with the periodic elections, following the resignation of incumbent MLC Bastian Seidel.
Willie was elected as a member of the Labor Party in 2020. However, on 23 August 2021 he announced he had resigned from Labor to sit as an independent, and would resign from parliament in 2022.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Background | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toby Thorpe | 2021 Tasmanian Young Australian of the Year[5] | |||
| Dean Harriss | Son of former Huon MLC Paul Harriss[6] | |||
| Aldo Antolli | CEO of Pathways Tasmania[7] | |||
| Gideon Cordover | Kingborough councillor since 2019 | |||
| Pat Caplice | Anti-pokies campaigner[8] | |||