Will the proposed new Upper House seat of Prosser herald other unexpected changes?

The Northern Midlands sign by the northern streets of Tunbridge, with the historic bridge seen across the highway among the trees.

Will the proposed new Upper House seat of Prosser herald other unexpected changes?

Anyone driving north from Hobart to Launcestion may wonder why the boundary of the Southern Midlands Council ends in the northern streets of Tunbridge.

This boundary appears to make no sense.

Ross is only ten kilometres on from Tunbridge, and Campbell Town another ten kilometres along the Midlands Highway.

North of Campbell Town, there are but a few tiny hamlets, until reaching the northern towns of Perth and Longford.

Faced with the task of drawing lines for a new political terrain in Tasmania, the sense was seen of including Ross and Campbell Town with the Southern Midlands in the proposed seast of Prosser.

Reasons were given such as ~ “endeavoured, where possible, to utilise locality and local government area (LGA) boundaries when altering the boundaries of existing divisions.” ~ and ~ “Consider the creation of a new central/southern Legislative Council division that has a recognisable community of interest link or regional identity.”
https://lcredistribution.tas.gov.au/PDFs/Initial-Proposal-Booklet-2017Redistribution.pdf

Now we can wonder if Ross and Campbell Town have always been in the wrong municipality.

If Prosser is approved, will the northern boundary of the Southern Midlands come to match that of Prosser?

Would such a move improve the economies of the towns of the Southern Midlands?

It cannot help to have such an odd municiplal boundary at Tunbridge, with the interests of the central midlands, comprising Tunbridge, Ross and Campbell Town, divided between two Councils.

Kim Peart, Ross