Image: Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
Pic: Rob Walls
The Tasmanian Electoral Commission has completed the 2014 election count. The final tally is: Liberals 15, Labor 7 and Greens: 3.
See here for a Tasmanian Electoral Commission animation on how the count works.
For progressive results on the count see here
Elected:
• Bass (at 3:29pm Thursday) Count Complete Peter Gutwein, Michael Ferguson, Sarah Courtney, Michelle O’Byrne and Kim Booth.
Note: Booth was elected to the fifth seat with less than a quota but a 1034 vote lead over Brian Wightman.
• Braddon (at 1:37pm Thursday) Adam Brooks, Jeremy Rockliff, Bryan Green, Roger Jaensch and Joan Rylah.
Note: Rylah best Brenton Best to the last seat by 451 votes.
• Denison (at 3:28pm Thursday) Scott Bacon, Matthew Groom, Cassy O’Connor, Elise Archer and Madeleine Ogilvie.
Note: At the final count Labor’s Julian Amos lost to Ogilvie by 331 votes.
• Franklin (at 6:58pm Wednesday: Count Complete: Will Hodgman, Jacqui Petrusma, Lara Giddings, Nick McKim and Paul Harriss.
Note: Harriss was elected 238 votes short of a quota but 1783 votes ahead of O’Byrne. David O’Byrne lost his seat.
• Lyons (at 6:42pm, Count Complete: Wednesday) Rene Hidding, Guy Barnett, Rebecca White, Mark Shelton, David Llwellyen.
Note: Tim Morris lost his seat and was 1712 votes behind Llwellyen.
• ABC: Llewellyn and Harriss elected as votes exhausted in Lyons and Franklin Greens need four seats to be accorded Party status
• Greens Lose in Lyons: Final Statement from Tim Morris “It is clear now that I was out-campaigned, particularly by the Liberals, on just about every aspect, and that even though I was not a part of the last government, I did support it, and I have paid a price for that support.” Mr Morris said.
• T.Slade, in Comments: Congratulations, Kim Booth. And thank you, Tim Morris: you were the first politician who travelled to Pioneer in 2013 to talk with us locals about the lead-contaminated drinking water supply. You even took the walk with us – as did Kim Booth and Amy Tyler later in the year – to the place where, several months and a Right To Information request later, three off-the-chart lead sample results were unearthed – each carefully hidden by TasWater – one of which showed lead (Pb) at over 16oo ug/L, where the health standard is 10 ug/L. Mr Booth and Amy Tyler continue to work on our behalf (thank you).
• Helen Hutchinson, in Comments: In all this thread no one is giving Cassy any credit for the best and most comprehensive climate change policy in Australia. Produced by her department and showing where ,Tasmania’s future lies. Solar power combined with our existing hydro schemes are the key. That and the will of thoughtful people to keep our land cover.
