Country: | Tasmania |
Type: | parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Election Date: | 6 May 2023 |
Previous Election: | 2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Previous Year: | 2022 |
Next Election: | 2024 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election |
Next Year: | 2024 |
Seats For Election: | 3 of the 15 seats on the Legislative Council |
Majority Seats: | 8 |
Party1: | Independent politician |
Seats Before1: | 2 |
Seats1: | 2 |
Party2: | Australian Labor Party (Tasmanian Branch) |
Seats Before2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 1 |
Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 6 May 2023. Three seats were up for a regularly scheduled vote; Launceston, Murchison and Rumney.[1] [2]
All three incumbents were reelected.[3] [4]
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 has been held by Labor's Sarah Lovell since 2017.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9"! colspan="6" style="text-align:left;" |After distribution of preferences