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Adam Carr's Election Archive
Commonwealth of Australia
Electoral Divisions of the House of Representatives
Division of Bass, Tasmania
The Division of Bass was created in 1903. It is named for Dr George Bass (1771-1803), explorer of the Australian coast and of Tasmania.
REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Fingal, Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale
1922: Launceston, Ringarooma, Scottsdale, St Leonards
1949: Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards
1955: Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards
1969: Georgetown, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards
1977: George Town, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards
1984: Bell Bay, George Town, Launceston, Ringarooma
1993: Bell Bay, George Town, Launceston, Ringarooma
2001: Bell Bay, George Town, Launceston, Ringarooma
2010: George Town, Launceston, Newnham, Scottsdale
2019: George Town, Launceston, Newnham, Scottsdale
TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES
1903: Protectionist 06.7
1906: Protectionist 12.3
1910: Labor 06.8
1913: Labor 02.4
1914: Labor 06.0
1917: Nationalist 09.9
1919: Nationalist 05.8
1922: Nationalist 03.6
1925: Nationalist 08.3
1928: Nationalist 03.1
1929: Labor 10.4
1931: United Australia 14.5
1934: Labor 00.3
1937: Labor 05.7
1940: Labor 04.2
1943: Labor 07.3
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1946: Labor 07.0
1949: Liberal 00.6
1951: Liberal 03.4
1954: Labor 01.0
1955: Labor 07.1
1958: Labor 07.9
1961: Labor 13.6
1963: Labor 09.4
1966: Labor 08.4
1969: Labor 05.0
1972: Labor 09.7
1974: Labor 04.0
1975b: Liberal 10.3
1975: Liberal 14.1
1977: Liberal 10.0
1980: Liberal 04.3
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1983: Liberal 09.4
1984: Liberal 04.4
1987: Liberal 03.7
1990: Liberal 04.3
1993: Labor 00.0
1996: Liberal 04.6
1998: Labor 00.1
2001: Labor 02.1
2004: Liberal 02.6
2007: Labor 01.0
2010: Labor 06.7
2013: Liberal 04.1
2016: Labor 06.1
2019: Liberal 00.4
2022: Liberal 01.9
2025: Labor 08.0
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ENROLMENTS
ELECTION RESULTS 1903-2025
Click here to see full results for Bass at every election since 1903.
MEMBERS FOR BASS
David Storrer (Prot, Ind) 1903-10
Hon Jens Jensen (ALP, Nat) 1910-19
David Jackson (Nat) 1919-29
Allan Guy (ALP, UAP) 1929-34
Hon Claude Barnard (ALP) 1934-49
Bruce Kekwick (Lib) 1949-54
Hon Lance Barnard (ALP) 1954-75
Hon Kevin Newman (Lib) 1975b-84
Warwick Smith (Lib) 1984-93
Silvia Smith (ALP) 1993-96
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Hon Warwick Smith (Lib) 1996-98
Michelle O'Byrne (ALP) 1998-2004
Michael Ferguson (Lib) 2004-07
Jodie Campbell (ALP) 2007-10
Geoff Lyons (ALP) 2010-13
Andrew Nikolic (Lib) 2013-16
Ross Hart (ALP) 2016-19
Bridget Archer (Lib) 2019-25
Jess Teesdale (ALP) 2025-
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| David Storrer (Prot, Ind) 1903-10 |
Hon Jens Jensen (ALP, Nat) 1910-19 |
David Jackson (Nat) 1919-29 |
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| Allan Guy (ALP, UAP) 1929-34 |
Hon Claude Barnard (ALP) 1934-49 |
Bruce Kekwick (Lib) 1949-54 |
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| Hon Lance Barnard (ALP) 1954-75 |
Hon Kevin Newman (Lib) 1975-84 |
Warwick Smith (Lib) 1984-93 |
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| Silvia Smith (ALP) 1993-96 |
Hon Warwick Smith (Lib) 1996-98 |
Michelle O'Byrne (ALP) 1998-2004 |
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| Michael Ferguson (Lib) 2004-07 |
Jodie Campbell (ALP) 2007-10 |
Geoff Lyons (ALP) 2010-13 |
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| Andrew Nikolic (Lib) 2013-16 |
Ross Hart (ALP) 2016-19 |
Bridget Archer (Lib) 2019-25 |
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| Jess Teesdale (ALP) 2025- |
CURRENT BOUNDARIES
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EARLIER BOUNDARIES
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