Division of Clark (state)

Clark
Tasmania—House of Assembly
Clark; Tasmania—House of Assembly
	Location of Clark (dark green) in Tasmania
State	Tasmania
Created	2018 (Clark); 1909 (Denison)
MP	Vica Bayley (Greens); Simon Behrakis (Liberal); Helen Burnet (Greens); Ella Haddad (Labor); Kristie Johnston (Independent); Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal); Josh Willie (Labor)
Party	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (2), Independent (1)
Namesake	Andrew Inglis Clark
Electors	74,397 (2018)
Area	292.62 km2 (113.0 sq mi)
Demographic	Inner metropolitan
Federal electorate(s)	Clark
	Electorates around Clark:

Map showing the Division of Denison, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.

The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.

The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.

Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).

History and electoral profile

Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018,^[1] aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017.^[2]

The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km² it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.

Representation

Distribution of seats

*As 6-member seat:*
Election	Seats won
1909–1912
1912–1913
1913–1916
1916–1919
1919–1922
1922–1925
1925–1928
1928–1931
1931–1934
1934–1937
1937–1941
1941–1946
1946–1948
1948–1950
1950–1955
1955–1956
1956–1959

*As 7-member seat:*
Election	Seats won
1959–1964
1964–1969
1969–1972
1972–1976
1976–1979
1979–1982
1982–1986
1986–1989
1989–1992
1992–1996
1996–1998

*As 5-member seat:*
Election	Seats won
1998–2002
2002–2006
2006–2010
2010–2014
2014–2018
2018–2021
2021–2024

*As 7-member seat:*
Election	Seats won
2024–2028

Legend:
	Labor
	Liberal
	Greens
	Nationalist
	Liberal
	Anti-Socialist
	Democrats
	Independent

Members for Clark and Denison

Year		Party		Party		Party		Party		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1909	Sir John Davies	Anti-Socialist	Walter Woods	Labor	William Sheridan	Labor	Sir Elliott Lewis	Anti-Socialist	Frederick Rattle	Anti-Socialist		Edward Crowther	Anti-Socialist	6 seats (1909–1959)
1912		Liberal			William Sheridan	Labor		Liberal	Vincent Barker	Labor		Francis Valentine	Liberal
1913		Liberal			Lyndhurst Giblin	Labor						William Fullerton	Liberal
1914	William Sheridan	Labor			Lyndhurst Giblin	Labor
1916					John Cleary	Labor			William Burgess	Liberal
1917			Charles Hoggins	Nationalist				Nationalist	George Foster	Nationalist			Nationalist
1919			Robert Cosgrove	Labor				Nationalist	John McPhee	Nationalist		Robert Snowden	Nationalist
1922			Charles Grant	Nationalist			Charles Culley	Labor				Robert Snowden	Nationalist
1924			Charles Grant	Nationalist								Leslie Payne	Nationalist
1925	Robert Cosgrove	Labor	Walter Woods	Labor								John Soundy	Nationalist
1928	Robert Cosgrove	Labor	Walter Woods	Labor	Charles Grant	Nationalist	Edmund Dwyer-Gray	Labor
1931	Gerald Mahoney	Labor	Ernest Turner	Nationalist	Charles Grant	Nationalist
1932	Gerald Mahoney	Labor			Arndell Lewis	Nationalist
1934	Robert Cosgrove	Labor			Charles Culley	Labor			George Carruthers	Independent
1937			Francis Heerey	Labor					Arndell Lewis	Nationalist
1941			Francis Heerey	Labor					Ernest Turner	Nationalist
1941			Alfred White	Labor					Charles Atkins	Nationalist
1945							Francis Heerey	Labor
1946							Francis Heerey	Labor				Robert Harvey	Nationalist
1946							Horace Strutt	Liberal		Liberal		Rex Townley	Independent
1948					Henry Hope	Labor			Bill Wedd	Independent			Independent
1950					Frank Gaha	Labor			Bill Wedd	Independent			Liberal
1953									Leo McPartlan	Independent
1955									Bill Hodgman	Liberal
1958	Eric Howroyd	Labor
1959	Eric Howroyd	Labor	Bert Lacey	Labor
1959	Harry McLoughlin	Labor	Charley Aylett	Labor			Bill Wedd	Independent							Sir Archibald Park	Liberal
1959				Labor						Independent					Horace Strutt	Liberal
1964				Independent						Independent
1964			Ken Austin	Labor	Merv Everett	Labor	Nigel Abbott	Liberal	Robert Mather	Liberal
1965												George Brown	Liberal
1969	Neil Batt	Labor										Bob Baker	Liberal		Max Bingham	Liberal
1972							Kevin Corby	Labor
1974					Ian Cole	Labor	John Green	Labor
1976			Julian Amos	Labor	Max Robinson	Liberal
1979					John Devine	Labor
1980	Norm Sanders	Democrats					Bob Graham	Labor				Gabriel Haros	Liberal
1982	Norm Sanders	Democrats					Geoff Davis	Liberal	Peter Walker	Liberal
1983	Bob Brown	Independent Green
1984					Bob Graham	Labor									Carmel Holmes	Liberal
1986					Bob Graham	Labor							Independent		Carmel Holmes	Liberal
1986			Neil Batt	Labor	Judy Jackson	Labor			Ray Groom	Liberal		John White	Labor		John Bennett	Liberal
1987			Neil Batt	Labor			John Barker	Liberal
1989		Greens	David Crean	Labor
1990			David Crean	Labor											Chris Gibson	Liberal
1992			Julian Amos	Labor											Michael Hodgman	Liberal
1993	Peg Putt	Greens	Julian Amos	Labor
1996			Jim Bacon	Labor			Bob Cheek	Liberal
1998											5 seats (1998–2024)
2001									Michael Hodgman	Liberal
2002							Graeme Sturges	Labor
2004			David Bartlett	Labor
2006					Lisa Singh	Labor
2008	Cassy O'Connor	Greens			Lisa Singh	Labor
2010					Scott Bacon	Labor	Matthew Groom	Liberal	Elise Archer	Liberal
2011			Graeme Sturges	Labor
2014			Madeleine Ogilvie	Labor
2018			Ella Haddad	Labor			Sue Hickey	Liberal
2019					Madeleine Ogilvie	Independent		Liberal
2021						Liberal		Independent
2021							Kristie Johnston	Independent
2023a	Vica Bayley	Greens								Independent
2023b									Simon Behrakis	Liberal
2024									Simon Behrakis	Liberal		Josh Willie	Labor		Helen Burnet	Greens

Election results

2024 Tasmanian state election: Clark^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,951
	Labor	Ella Haddad (elected 1)	6,944	10.9	−1.6
	Labor	Josh Willie (elected 3)	5,670	8.9	+8.9
	Labor	Stuart Benson	1,929	3.0	+3.0
	Labor	John Kamara	1,689	2.7	+2.7
	Labor	Rebecca Prince	1,441	2.3	+2.3
	Labor	Simon Davis	852	1.3	−1.8
	Labor	Susan Wallace	850	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Simon Behrakis (elected 6)	5,168	8.1	+2.3
	Liberal	Madeleine Ogilvie (elected 7)	4,623	7.3	+1.0
	Liberal	Marcus Vermey	3,513	5.5	+5.5
	Liberal	Jon Gourlay	1,434	2.3	+2.3
	Liberal	Mohammad Aldergham	878	1.4	+1.4
	Liberal	Catherine Searle	828	1.3	+1.3
	Liberal	Emma Atterbury	800	1.3	+1.3
	Greens	Vica Bayley (elected 2)	6,313	9.9	+7.8
	Greens	Helen Burnet (elected 5)	3,422	5.4	+5.4
	Greens	Janet Shelley	1,076	1.7	+1.7
	Greens	Peter Jones	821	1.3	+1.3
	Greens	Nathan Volf	629	1.0	+0.3
	Greens	Trenton Hoare	545	0.9	+0.9
	Greens	James Zalotockyj	459	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Kristie Johnston (elected 4)	4,925	7.7	−3.2
	Independent	Sue Hickey	3,117	4.9	−4.9
	Independent	Ben Lohberger	1,702	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Louise Elliot	1,160	1.8	+1.8
	Animal Justice	Casey Davies	1,088	1.7	+1.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Adrian Pickin	521	0.8	+0.8
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Lorraine Bennett	408	0.6	+0.2
	Local Network	David Nunn	147	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Frank Formby	129	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Sam Campbell	112	0.2	+0.2
	Local Network	Ranae Zollner	88	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	Stefan Vogel	162	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Angela Triffitt	90	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Michael Forster	70	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			63,603	94.6	−0.4
Informal votes			3,655	5.4	+0.4
Turnout			67,258	90.6	−0.1
Party total votes
	Labor		19,375	30.5	+8.4
	Liberal		17,244	27.1	−4.7
	Greens		13,265	20.9	+0.8
	Independent	Kristie Johnston	4,925	7.7	−3.2
	Independent	Sue Hickey	3,117	4.9	−4.9
	Independent	Ben Lohberger	1,702	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Louise Elliot	1,160	1.8	+1.8
	Animal Justice		1,088	1.7	+1.7
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers		929	1.5	+0.1
	Local Network		476	0.7	+0.7
	Independent	Stefan Vogel	162	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Angela Triffitt	90	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Michael Forster	70	0.1	+0.1

References

^ "Constitution Amendment (House of Assembly Electoral Boundaries) Act 2018". Tasmanian Legislation. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "Determination of names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Tasmania". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
^ "2024 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

External links

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[legislation-1] "Constitution Amendment (House of Assembly Electoral Boundaries) Act 2018". Tasmanian Legislation. Government of Tasmania. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[aec-redis-2] "Determination of names and boundaries of federal electoral divisions in Tasmania". Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 December 2018.

[3] "2024 Results for Clark". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 3 April 2024.

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