Division of Braddon (state)

Braddon Tasmania—House of Assembly
Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
State	Tasmania
Created	1955
MP	Shane Broad (Labor) Anita Dow (Labor) Felix Ellis (Liberal) Craig Garland (Independent) Roger Jaensch (Liberal) Gavin Pearce (Liberal) Jeremy Rockliff (Liberal)
Party	Independent (1), Labor (2), Liberal (4)
Namesake	Sir Edward Braddon
Electors	81,211 (2021)
Area	21,369 km2 (8,250.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed
Federal electorate(s)	Braddon
State electorate(s)	Mersey Montgomery Murchison
Electorates around Braddon: Bass Strait Bass Strait Bass Strait Southern Ocean Braddon Bass Lyons Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Franklin

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.

Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The electoral constituency includes; King Island, the North-west towns of Devonport, Burnie, Wynyard, Ulverstone, Penguin, and Smithton, as well as the West Coast towns of Strahan, Zeehan and Queenstown.^[1]

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2025 Tasmanian state election § Braddon.[edit]

2025 Tasmanian state election: Braddon^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			8,836
	Liberal	Jeremy Rockliff (elected 1)	22,273	31.5	+3.9
	Liberal	Gavin Pearce (elected 2)	5,175	7.3	+7.3
	Liberal	Felix Ellis (elected 4)	3,129	4.4	−2.9
	Liberal	Roger Jaensch (elected 6)	1,849	2.6	−1.2
	Liberal	Giovanna Simpson	1,155	1.6	−1.0
	Liberal	Stephen Parry	855	1.2	+1.2
	Liberal	Kate Wylie	762	1.1	+1.1
	Labor	Anita Dow (elected 5)	5,770	8.2	+0.0
	Labor	Shane Broad (elected 7)	4,589	5.9	−0.6
	Labor	Kelly 'Hooch' Hunt	1,829	2.6	+2.6
	Labor	Amanda Diprose	1,578	2.2	+0.1
	Labor	Cheryl Fuller	1,319	2.2	+2.2
	Labor	Tara Woodhouse	958	1.4	+1.4
	Labor	Adrian Luke	924	1.3	−0.1
	Independent	Craig Garland (elected 3)	7,227	10.2	+5.1
	Greens	Vanessa Bleyer	1,924	2.7	+2.7
	Greens	Erin Morrow	773	1.1	+0.7
	Greens	Scott Jordan	411	0.9	+0.9
	Greens	Susanne Ward	403	0.8	+0.2
	Greens	Petra Wilden	494	0.7	+0.2
	Greens	Thomas Kingston	429	0.6	+0.6
	Greens	Haru Fergus	392	0.5	+0.5
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Adrian Pickin	2,355	3.3	+3.3
	Group B Independent	Adam Martin	849	1.2	+1.2
	Group B Independent	James Redgrave	195	0.3	−3.7
	Group B Independent	Malcolm Ryan	184	0.3	+0.3
	Group B Independent	Andrea Courtney	140	0.2	+0.0
	Group B Independent	Cristale Harrison	126	0.2	+0.2
	Group B Independent	Claudia Baldock	92	0.1	+0.1
	National	Miriam Beswick	767	1.1	−3.1
	National	Andrew Roberts	357	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Joel Badcock	501	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Matthew Morgan	145	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Jennifer Hamilton	126	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Dami Wells	119	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Gatty Burnett	90	0.1	−0.1
	Independent	Ernst Millet	70	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			70,686	93.4	+0.2
Informal votes			5,012	6.6	−0.2
Turnout			75,698	89.5	−1.4
Party total votes
	Liberal		35,198	49.8	+4.2
	Labor		16,763	23.7	−1.0
	Independent	Craig Garland	7,277	10.2	+5.1
	Greens		5,240	7.4	+0.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		2,355	3.3	+0.4
	Group B Independent		1,586	2.2	+2.2
	National		1,124	1.6	+1.6
	Independent	Joel Badcock	501	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Matthew Morgan	145	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Jennifer Hamilton	126	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Dami Wells	119	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Gatty Burnett	90	0.1	−0.1
	Independent	Ernst Millet	70	0.1	+0.1
	Liberal gain from Lambie Network

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