2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election
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3 of the 15 seats in the Legislative Council
8 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independent Liberal Labor
Seats before 2 0 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1 Steady
Results by electoral division

Periodic elections for the Tasmanian Legislative Council were held on 1 May 2021. The three seats that were up for election are Derwent, Mersey and Windermere.[1] They were last contested in 2015.[2] Only two of the three seats were actually contested, as the incumbent candidate for Mersey, Mike Gaffney, was returned unopposed.[3]

The periodic elections coincided with the snap general election for the House of Assembly.[4]

  1. ^ "Legislative Council elections 2021". tec.tas.gov.au.
  2. ^ "Count under way for Tas upper house - 9News". Nine News. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Mike Gaffney to be returned unopposed in Mersey". The Advocate. 1 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Tasmanians to vote on May 1 as Liberals and Labor trade first blows". ABC News. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.