Candidates of the 2018 Tasmanian state election explained

This article provides information on candidates who stood at the 2018 Tasmanian state election, which was held on 3 March 2018.

Retiring Members

Labor

Lara Giddings (Franklin) – announced retirement 14 May 2017^[1]
David Llewellyn (Lyons) – announced retirement 15 May 2017^[2]

Liberal

Matthew Groom (Denison) – announced retirement 23 September 2017^[3]

House of Assembly

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Bass

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

Braddon

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending one seat. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Denison

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates	Liberal candidates	Greens candidates	SFF candidates	T4T candidates

valign=top	Scott Bacon Tim Cox Ella Haddad Madeleine Ogilvie Zelinda Sherlock	valign=top	Elise Archer Simon Behrakis Sue Hickey Kristy Johnson Dean Young	valign=top	Aaron Benham Helen Burnet Mel Fitzpatrick Rose Kokkoris Cassy O'Connor	valign=top	Lorraine Bennett	valign=top	Alan Barnett Rob Newitt

Franklin