Braddon Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
Created | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
MP | Miriam Beswick (Independent) Shane Broad (Labor) Anita Dow (Labor) Felix Ellis (Liberal) Craig Garland (Independent) Roger Jaensch (Liberal) Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal) | ||||||||||||||
Party | Independent (2), Labor (2), Liberal (3) | ||||||||||||||
Namesake | Sir Edward Braddon | ||||||||||||||
Electors | 81,211 (2021) | ||||||||||||||
Area | 21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
Federal electorate(s) | Braddon | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral division of Braddon (named Darwin until 1955) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-west and western Tasmania as well as King Island. Braddon takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Braddon.
Braddon and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.