Electoral division of Rumney explained

Upper:	yes
Rumney
State:	tas
Created:	1999
Mp:	Sarah Lovell
Mp-Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Mount Rumney
Electors:	27606
Electors Year:	May 2023
Area:	434
Class:	Outer-metropolitan

The electoral division of Rumney is one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council (upper house). The division is located in Southern Tasmania to the east of the division of Pembroke.

The electorate is named after Mount Rumney in outer Hobart. The division covers an area of 434 km² and includes a number of outer Hobart localities including; Lauderdale, Rokeby, Cambridge, Midway Point and Richmond.^[1] The division is held by Labor member Sarah Lovell.

As of the last election on the 6 May 2023, the division had a total enrolment of 27,606 electors.^[2]

Members

Member		Party	Period
		Lin Thorp	Labor	1999–2011
		Tony Mulder	Independent	2011–2017
		Sarah Lovell	Labor	2017–present

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the Division of Rumney.

See also

• Tasmanian House of Assembly

References

• Tasmanian parliament website
• Tasmanian Electoral Office: Legislative Council
• 2005 Rumney Election Results

External links

• Parliament of Tasmania
• Tasmanian Electoral Commission - Legislative Council

Notes and References

1. Web site: Legislative Council Divisions . Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
2. Web site: 2023 Legislative Council elections results - Rumney . 13 July 2023 . Tasmanian Electoral Commission.