Parliament of Tasmania

Parliament of Tasmania
50th Parliament
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
HousesLegislative Council
House of Assembly
History
Founded2 December 1856; 167 years ago (2 December 1856)
Leadership
Charles III
since 9 September 2022
Barbara Baker
since 16 June 2021
Craig Farrell, Labor
since 21 May 2019
Mark Shelton, Liberal
since 22 June 2021
Jeremy Rockliff, Liberal
since 8 April 2022
Rebecca White, Labor
since 7 July 2021
Structure
Seats40
25 MHAs
15 MLCs
House of Assembly political groups
Government

  Liberal (11)
Opposition
  Labor (8)
Crossbench
  Greens (2)
  Independent Labor (1)[a]

  Independent (3)[b]
Legislative Council political groups
Government
  Liberal (4)
Opposition
  Labor (4)
Crossbench
  Independent (6)[c]
Vacant
  Vacant (1)[d]
Elections
Hare-Clark
Partial Preferential
Last general election
1 May 2021
Next general election
In or before 2025
Meeting place
Tasmanian Parliament House
Parliament House, Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia
Website
www.parliament.tas.gov.au

The Parliament of Tasmania is the legislature of Tasmania. It is bicameral, meaning it has two chambers: a lower house (the House of Assembly) and an upper house (the Legislative Council).

Parliament sits at Parliament House in Hobart.

Notes

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  1. ↑ David O'Byrne (Franklin) resigned from the Labor caucus on 23 August 2021, but remains a member of the Labor Party.
  2. ↑ Current independent MHAs: Lara Alexander (Bass), Kristie Johnston (Clark), John Tucker (Lyons)
  3. ↑ Current independent MLCs: Rosemary Armitage (Launceston), Ruth Forrest (Murchison), Mike Gaffney (Mersey), Tania Rattray (McIntyre), Rob Valentine (Hobart), Meg Webb (Nelson).[1]
  4. ↑ Huon became vacant in January 2022 following the resignation of Bastian Seidel.

References

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  1. ↑ "Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (as of 6 June 2019)" (PDF). Parliament of Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2017.