Division of Bass (state) explained

Bass
State:	tas
Created:	1909
Mp:	Rob Fairs (Liberal) Michael Ferguson (Liberal) Janie Finlay (Labor) Michelle O'Byrne (Labor) Rebekah Pentland (Jacqui Lambie) Cecily Rosol (Greens) Simon Wood (Liberal)
Mp-Party:	Greens (1), Jacqui Lambie Network (1), Labor (2), Liberal (3)
Namesake:	George Bass
Electors:	78182
Electors Year:	2021
Area:	7976
Class:	Mixed
Fedgov:	Bass
Near-N:	Bass Strait
Near-Ne:	Bass Strait
Near-Nw:	Bass Strait
Near-E:	Tasman Sea
Near-W:	Braddon
Near-S:	Lyons
Near-Se:	Lyons
Near-Sw:	Lyons

The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass.

Bass and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.

History and electoral profile

Bass was created in 1909 and includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others.^[1]

Representation

Distribution of seats

As 6-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1909–1912	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1912–1913	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1913–1916	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1916–1919	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1919–1922	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1922–1925	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1925–1928	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1928–1931	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1931–1934	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1934–1937	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1937–1941	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1941–1946	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1946–1948	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1948–1950	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1950–1955	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1955–1956	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1956–1959	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

As 7-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1959–1964	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1964–1969	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1969–1972	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1972–1976	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1976–1979	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1979–1982	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1982–1986	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1986–1989	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1989–1992	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1992–1996	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
1996–1998	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

As 5-member seat:

Election	Seats won
1998–2002	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2002–2006	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2006–2010	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2010–2014	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2014–2018	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2018–2021	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15
2021–2024	width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15		width=15

Legend:

width=15		Labor
width=15		Liberal
width=15		Greens
width=15		Nationalist
width=15		Liberal
width=15		Anti-Socialist
width=15		Liberal (Lee)
width=15		Liberal Democrat
width=15		Independent

Members for Bass

Year	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909				Thomas Bakhap	Anti-Socialist		James Guy	Labor			Robert Sadler	Liberal Democrat		Charles Howroyd	Labor			Albert Solomon	Anti-Socialist			Richard McKenzie	Anti-Socialist
1912		Liberal			George Becker	Labor				Liberal		Liberal
1913	Robert Sadler	Liberal	Arthur Anderson	Labor			John Hayes	Liberal
1914									Alexander Marshall	Liberal
1915			James McDonald	Labor
1916			Allan Guy	Labor
1917								Nationalist			Nationalist		Nationalist			Nationalist
1917		James Newton								Nationalist
1919
1922								Jens Jensen			Independent Labor
1923	George Shields						Nationalist
1925												Liberal
1925							Victor Shaw	Labor			Claude James		Liberal	Henry Thomson	Nationalist
1928									Nationalist			Nationalist
1928	John Ockerby	Nationalist
1929			Thomas Davies	Labor
1931						Robert Murphy			Nationalist	Howard Barber			Nationalist
1933					Herbert Postle					Nationalist
1934						John McDonald			Labor	Allen Hollingsworth			Nationalist
1936					John Madden		Labor
1937												Labor
1941								Frank Marriott		Nationalist
1942			John Quintal	Labor
1945						Alan Welsh			Labor
1946										Liberal					Independent
1946	Reg Turnbull	Labor		Bill Beattie		Liberal		Fred Marriott	Liberal					Alexander Atkins	Labor
1948										John Orchard			Liberal
1950				Claude Barnard		Labor						John Steer		Liberal
1954			Bill Beattie							Liberal
1955
1956					Alexander Atkins		Labor
1957				John Madden		Labor
1959											Mac Le Fevre		Labor				Independent
1961		Wallace Fraser						Labor	James McGowen			Liberal		Max Bushby	Liberal
1964	John Steer								Liberal
1968	James Henty								Liberal
1969		Allan Foster		Labor		Michael Barnard		Labor					Timothy Barrenger			Liberal
1972	David Farquhar				Labor				Mac Le Fevre		Labor	Neil Pitt	Liberal
1974		Harry Holgate		Labor
1976	Gill James				Labor						Jim Mooney	Liberal	Neil Robson			Liberal
1979									Mary Willey	Labor	John Beswick	Liberal
1981										Independent
1982							Brendan Lyons		Liberal
1984			Peter Patmore			Labor
1986							Peter Rae	Liberal	Frank Madill	Liberal
1989	Jim Cox				Labor			Lance Armstrong						Greens
1992		Tony Benneworth		Liberal	Gill James		Labor						Sue Napier		Liberal
1996								Jim Cox						Labor
1998
2000	David Fry	Liberal
2002		Kim Booth	Greens	Kathryn Hay	Labor	Peter Gutwein	Liberal
2006	Michelle O'Byrne			Labor
2010					Brian Wightman			Labor	Michael Ferguson	Liberal
2014								Sarah Courtney			Liberal
2015		Andrea Dawkins	Greens
2018			Jennifer Houston		Labor
2021		Janie Finlay	Labor
2022					Lara Alexander	Liberal	Simon Wood	Liberal
2023												Independent
2024											Cecily Rosol	Greens			Rebekah Pentland	Jacqui Lambie Network			Rob Fairs	Liberal

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Bass (state).

See also

• Tasmanian Legislative Council

External links

• Parliament of Tasmania
• Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly

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Notes and References

1. http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Bass.html Bass