06/03/2024
TASMANIAN voters will vote for 35 MPs in the House of Assembly out of a list of 167 nominations at the March 23 poll.
This compares with 105 candidates in 2021 and represents the largest field of candidates for election to the House of Assembly since its establishment in 1856.
In each division, the number of candidates is as follows:
Lyons: 36 candidates
Franklin: 31 candidates
Bass: 32 candidates
Braddon: 33 candidates
Clark: 35 candidates
A total of 408,197 Tasmanians are enrolled to vote.
The candidates for Lyons are:
Liberal Party – Guy Barnett, MP, Gregory Brown, publican, Stephanie Cameron, farmer, Justin Derksen, builder, Richard Hallett, farmer, Jane Howlett MP, Mark Shelton MP.
Australian Labor Party – Edwin Batt, lawyer, Jen Butler MP, Ben Dudman, councillor, Casey Farrell, CEO, Richard Goss, teacher, Carole McQueeney, councillor, Rebecca
White, MP.
Tasmanian Greens – Alistair Allan, environmental campaigner, Tabatha Badger, contractor, Craig Brown, retired GP, Mitch Houghton, student, Glenn Millar, volunteer coordinator, Hannah Rubenach-Quinn, small business owner, Gary Whisson, environmental consultant.
Animal Justice Party – Anna Megan Gralton, customer care specialist.
Jacqui Lambie Network – Andrew Jenner, retired magistrate, Troy Pfitzner, self-employed, Lesley Pyecroft, registered nurse.
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers TAS – Phillip Bigg, tradesman, Shane Broadby, plant operator, Carlo di Falco, council employee, Wayne Turale, retired, Ray Williams, retailer.
Independents – Angela Offord, veterinarian, John Tucker, MP, Jenny Branch-Allen, CEO, Fraser Miller CFO, Andrew Roberts, property maintenance contractor, Lou Triffitt, mayor.
The candidates for Franklin are: Tasmanian Greens – Jenny Cambers- Smith, councillor, Christine Campbell, business owner, Gideon Cordover, councillor, Jade Darko, software engineer, Owen Fitzgerald, student, Lukas Mrosek, draftperson,
Rosalie Woodruff, MP.
Liberal Party -– Eric Abetz, consultant, Aldo Antolli CEO, Josh Garvin, student, Jock McGregor, self-employed, Jacquie Petrusma, principal adviser, Nic Street, MP, Dean
Young, MP.
Independents - David O’Byrne, MP.
Jacqui Lambie Network – Marshall Callaghan, child safety officer, Conor Hallahan, general manager, Chris Hannan, mental health professional Animal Justice Party – Jehni Thomas- Wurth, retired.
Independent – Tony Mulder, councillor.
Australian Labor Party – Ebony Altimira, project manager, Simon Bailey, education manager, Meg Brown, electorate officer, Kaspar Deane, teacher, Philip Pregnell, correctional supervisor, Toby Thorpe, deputy mayor, Dean Winter, MP. Group H – Clare Glade-Wright, deputy mayor.
Local Network – Martine Delaney, screenwriter.
Ungrouped – Tamar Cordover, community representative, Bob Elliston, retired.
