TASMANIA ======================================================================== HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY ======================================================================== THE FORTY-SECOND PARLIAMENT ELECTED 2 FEBRUARY 1992 ======================================================================== The Forty-Second Parliament was opened on 14 April 1992 and was dissolved on 25 January 1996 Sources ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Voting figures are taken from the "Report on Parliamemtary Elections", 1994, by David Farrell, Chief Electoral Officer. Biographies of elected members are the Tasmanian Parliament website. Scott and Barbara Bennett's "Biographical Register of the Tasmanian Parliament 1851-1960" gives biographical details of members elected before 1960. From 1960 onwards, therefore, I have no biographical information other than date and place of birth, which is given at the Parliament of Tasmania website. Summary ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ray Groom led the Liberals back into office at this election, ending Tasmania's three years of minority Labor-Greens government. The Labor vote fell egain, to below 30%, costing Labor two seats. The Liberals polled a clear majority of the vote and won majority government with 19 seats. The Greens vote fell, but they retained their five seats. Michael Field retained the Labor leadership until the 1996 election. STATE SUMMARY OF VOTES AND SEATS ======================================================================== Enrolled voters: 314,579 Total votes counted: 298,779 95.0 Informal votes: 13,557 04.3 Formal votes: 285,222 95.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Green Independents 37,742 13.2 -04.3 5 Labor Party 82,296 28.9 -05.8 11 -2 Liberal Party 154,337 54.1 +07.2 19 +2 Others 10,847 03.8 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 285,222 35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Liberals won seats from Labor in Bass and Braddon. VOTES AND SEATS BY DIVISION ============================================================================================================================ Division Liberal Party Labor Party Green Independents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Votes % Quotas Seats Votes % Quotas Seats Votes % Quotas Seats ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bass 31,337 56.5 +09.2 4.52 4 +1 16,406 29.6 -07.8 2.36 2 -1 6,333 11.4 -02.7 0.91 1 Braddon 37,468 65.7 +08.2 5.26 5 +1 11,866 20.8 -09.1 1.66 1 -1 5,013 08.8 -02.7 0.70 1 Denison 24,043 43.9 +05.6 3.52 3 18,213 33.3 -03.6 2.66 3 9,816 17.9 -05.6 1.44 1 Franklin 27,361 46.3 +06.2 3.70 3 19,946 33.8 -04.5 2.70 3 9,351 15.8 -03.6 1.27 1 Lyons 34,128 57.9 +06.5 4.64 4 15,865 26.9 -04.1 2.15 2 7,229 12.3 -04.5 0.98 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 154,337 54.1 +07.2 19.31 19 +2 82,296 28.9 -05.8 10.30 11 -2 37,742 13.2 -04.3 4.72 5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the totals for each party I have shown the number of notional statewide quotas they obtained. The notional statewide quota (7,993) is the statewide formal vote (285,222) divided by 36. VOTING BY DIVISION ======================================================================== BASS (seven members to be elected) ======================================================================== Main polling places: George Town, Launceston, Lilydale, St Leonards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrolled voters: 61,505 Total votes cast: 58,655 95.4 Informal votes: 3,148 05.1 Formal votes: 55,507 94.9 Quota for election: 6,939 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Quotas Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian Democrats 611 01.1 -05.4 0.09 - Australian Labor Party 20,189 37.4 00.0 3.00 3 Green independents 7,611 14.1 1.13 1 +1 Liberal Party 25,504 47.3 -07.1 3.78 3 -1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 53,915 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOTING BY CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Charles Barnard Labor Party 703 01.3 Max Brown Labor Party 194 00.4 Jim Cox * Labor Party 2,088 03.9 Peter Daniel Labor Party 1,146 02.1 Terry Field Labor Party 1,892 03.5 Harry Holgate * Labor Party 2,010 03.7 Gill JAMES Labor Party 5,109 09.5 ELECTED 3 Dr Peter PATMORE * Labor Party 3,264 06.1 ELECTED 5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robin McKendrick 714 01.3 Eric Petrusma 310 00.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rod Beaumont Liberal Party 1,477 02.7 Tony BENNEWORTH Liberal Party 1,819 03.4 ELECTED 4 John BESWICK * Liberal Party 5,638 10.5 ELECTED 2 David Fry Liberal Party 2,077 03.9 Frank MADILL * Liberal Party 17,154 31.8 ELECTED 1 Brian Mantach Liberal Party 1,462 02.7 Sue NAPIER Liberal Party 1,710 03.2 ELECTED 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lance ARMSTRONG * Green Independents 4,591 08.5 ELECTED 6 Ross Barwick Green independents 497 00.9 John Chester Green independents 357 00.7 Nye Evans Green independents 206 00.4 Marfion Fry Green independents 223 00.4 Kristina Hesketh Green independents 233 00.4 Kay Thompson Green independents 226 00.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tony Le Fevre 407 00.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 53,915 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Fry, see Bass Vacancies 2000. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lance John Edward Armstrong (1940-2023): Elected 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthony John Benneworth (1950-2018): Elected 1992 Born: 12 December 1950, Launceston ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Richard John Beswick (born 1937): Elected 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Glennister Cox (born 1945): Elected 1989. Defeated 1992 Later career: See Bass 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Harold Norman Holgate (1933-97): Filled vacancy 1974. Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989. Defeated 1992 Died 16 March 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gillian Hilma James (1934-2025): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986. Defeated 1989. Elected 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Francis Leslie Madill (born 1941): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Suzanne Deidre Napier (1948-2010): Elected 1992 Born: 1 January 1948, Latrobe ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter James Patmore (born 1952): Filled vacancy 1984, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BRADDON (seven members to be elected) ======================================================================== Main polling places: Burnie, Devonport, Don, Table Cape ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrolled voters: 62,118 Total votes cast: 59,450 95.7 Informal votes: 2,425 03.9 Formal votes: 57,025 96.1 Quota for election: 7,128 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Quotas Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian Labor Party 11,866 20.8 -09.1 1.66 1 -1 Green Independents 5,013 08.8 -02.7 0.70 1 Liberal Party 37,468 65.7 +08.2 5.26 5 +1 Others 2,678 04.7 0.38 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 57,025 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOTING BY CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gordon Ibbott 706 01.2 Ken Last 631 01.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ James Altamira Labor Party 520 00.9 Volin Berry Labor Party 213 00.4 Michael FIELD * Labor Party 7,128 12.5 ELECTED 5 Neil McConnell Labor Party 260 00.5 Greg Richardson Labor Party 1,077 01.9 Sid Sidebottom Labor Party 1,095 01.9 Michael Weldon * Labor Party 1,573 02.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian Clare Green independents 66 00.1 Richard Donaghey Green independents 71 00.1 Nicole Fletcher Green independents 136 00.2 Dianne HOLLISTER * Green independents 4,314 07.6 ELECTED 7 Jon Paice Green independents 181 00.3 George Sanders Green independents 144 00.3 Peter Walford Green independents 101 00.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bill BONDE * Liberal Party 6,286 11.0 ELECTED 4 Carole CAINS Liberal Party 2,731 04.8 ELECTED 6 Ronald CORNISH * Liberal Party 5,787 10.1 ELECTED 3 Roger GROOM * Liberal Party 12,886 22.6 ELECTED 1 Gerald Heathcote Liberal Party 1,571 02.8 Tony RUNDLE * Liberal Party 7,102 12.5 ELECTED 2 Tony Van Rooyen Liberal Party 1,105 01.9 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guy Coghlan 113 00.2 Peter Rettke 242 00.4 Wayne Smith 986 01.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 57,025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sidebottom was MHR for Braddon 1998-2004 and 2007-13. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wilfred Bert Bonde (born 1934): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Carole Susan Cains (born 1943): Elected 1992 Born: 29 November 1943, England ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ronald Cornish (born 1944): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Walter Field (born 1948): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Premier to 17 February 1992 Leader of the Opposition from 17 February 1992 Leader of the Australian Labor Party ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roger Francis Groom (1936-2024): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dianne Lesley Hollister (born 1947): Elected 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anthony Maxwell Rundle (1939-2025): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael William Weldon (born 1945): Elected 1979. Defeated 1982. Elected 1986, 1989. Defeated 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DENISON (seven members to be elected) ======================================================================== Main polling places: Hobart, Merton, New Town, Taroona ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrolled voters: 61,178 Total votes cast: 57,215 93.5 Informal votes: 2,508 04.1 Formal votes: 54,707 95.9 Quota for election: 6,838 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Quotas Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian Labor Party 18,213 33.3 -03.6 2.66 3 Green Independents 9,816 17.9 -05.6 1.44 1 Liberal Party 24,043 43.9 +05.6 3.52 3 Others 2,635 04.8 0.39 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 54,707 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOTING BY CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gordon Dunsby 155 00.3 Brian Sampson 201 00.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rith Butler 90 00.2 Hank Petrusma 1,928 03.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stuart Bird Green Independents 89 00.2 Dr Bob BROWN * Green Independents 8,255 15.1 ELECTED 2 David Heatley Green Independents 66 00.1 Mary Jenkins Green Independents 101 00.2 Pegg Putt Green Independents 958 01.8 Rob Valentine Green Independents 210 00.4 Karen Weldrick Green Independents 137 00.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr Julian AMOS Labor Party 3,142 05.7 ELECTED 7 Dr David Crean * Labor Party 3,176 05.8 Andrew Daniels Labor Party 640 01.2 Roselind Escott Labor Party 267 00.5 Judy JACKSON * Labor Party 5,310 09.7 ELECTED 4 Charles Touber Labor Party 1,030 01.9 John WHITE * Labor Party 4,648 08.5 ELECTED 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John BARKER * Liberal Party 858 01.6 ELECTED 5 Joy Cairns Liberal Party 822 01.5 Peter Dobromilsky Liberal Party 377 00.7 Chris Gibson Liberal Party 332 00.6 Ray GROOM * Liberal Party 14,654 26.8 ELECTED 1 Michael HODGMAN Liberal Party 6,654 12.2 ELECTED 3 Ingrid Wren Liberal Party 346 00.6 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Doug Fenton 46 00.1 Mary Guy 104 00.2 Kenneth Harvey 111 00.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 54,707 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Amos was MHA for Denison 1976-86. 2. Petrusma was MLC for Hobart 1982-92. 3. For Putt, see Vacancies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Julian John Amos (born 1945): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982. Defeated 1986. Elected 1992. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Scott Barker (born 1947): Filled vacancy 1987. Elected 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert James Brown (born 1944): Filled vacancy 1983. Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 Resigned 12 February 1993: see Vacancies Later career: Senator for Tasmania 1996-2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Mackenzie Crean (born 1950): Elected 1989. Defeated 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Raymond John Groom (born 1944): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Leader of the Opposition to 17 February 1992 Premier from 17 February 1992 Leader of the Liberal Party ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Michael Hodgman (1938-2013): Elected 1992 Born: 16 November 1938, Hobart Career: Educated University of Tasmania. Lawyer. MLC for Huon 1966-74. MHR for Denison 1975-87.Son of William Hodgman MLC. Brother of Peter Hodgman MHA. Father of Will Hodgman MHA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Judith Louise Jackson (born 1947): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Charles White (1942-2020): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FRANKLIN (seven members to be elected) ======================================================================== Main polling places: Bellerive, Clarence, Glenorchy, Lindisfarne ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrolled voters: 64,872 Total votes cast: 61,655 95.0 Informal votes: 2,565 04.0 Formal votes: 59,090 96.0 Quota for election: 7,386 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Quotas Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian Labor Party 19,946 33.8 -04.5 2.70 3 Green independents 9,351 15.8 -03.6 1.27 1 Liberal Party 27,361 46.3 +06.2 3.70 3 Others 2,432 04.1 0.33 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 59,090 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOTING BY CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John CLEARY * Liberal Party 5,902 10.0 ELECTED 2 Claude Conlan Liberal Party 1,684 02.8 Brian DAVIDSON * Liberal Party 1,745 03.0 ELECTED 6 Nikel Grace Liberal Party 1,801 03.0 Peter HODGMAN * Liberal Party 13,987 23.7 ELECTED 1 Tony Shanny Liberal Party 739 01.3 Jane Shoobridge Liberal Party 1,503 02.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gerry BATES * Green Independents 7,042 11.9 ELECTED 3 Charles Ellis Green Independents 154 00.3 Mike Foley Green Independents 1,261 02.1 Penny King Green Independents 295 00.5 Eilean Robinson Green Independents 130 00.2 Eva Ruzicka Green Independents 216 00.4 Lorraine Wiltshire Green Independents 253 00.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike AIRD * Labor Party 6,218 10.5 ELECTED 5 Fran BLADEL * Labor Party 6,580 11.1 ELECTED 4 Paul LENNON * Labor Party 3,907 06.6 ELECTED 7 Andrew MacLeod Labor Party 548 00.9 Darren Purcell Labor Party 828 01.4 John Sheppard Labor Party 1,030 01.7 David Traynor Labor Party 835 01.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nigel Abbott 412 00.7 Jane Flach 61 00.1 Grant Goodwin 41 00.1 Malcolm Muir 72 00.1 Chris Munday 158 00.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 59,090 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Foley and Sheppard, see Vacancies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Anthony Aird (born 1949): Elected 1979, 1982. Defeated 1986. Elected 1989, 1992 Resigned 28 March 1995: see Vacancies Later career: see Legislative Council, Derwent 1995 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Gerard Maxwell Bates (born 1950): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 Resigned 4 May 1995: see Vacancies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Frances Mary Bladel (1933-2023): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thomas John Cleary (born 1947): Elected 1979, 1982. Defeated 1986. Filled vacancy 1988. Elected 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Fettes Davidson (born 1946): Filled vacancy 1990. Elected 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peter Curtis Leigh Hodgman (born 1946): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Paul Anthony Lennon (born 1955): Filled vacancy 1990. Elected 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LYONS (seven members to be elected) ======================================================================== Main polling places: Beaconsfield, Fingal, Latrobe, New Norfolk ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enrolled voters: 64,906 Total votes cast: 61,804 95.2 Informal votes: 2,911 04.5 Formal votes: 58,893 95.5 Quota for election: 7,362 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Party Votes % Quotas Seats ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Australian Democrats 403 00.7 0.06 - Australian Labor Party 15,865 26.9 -04.1 2.15 2 Green independents 7,229 12.3 -04.5 0.98 1 Liberal Party 34,128 57.9 +06.5 4.64 4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 58,893 7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VOTING BY CANDIDATE ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Candidate Party Votes % ------------------------------------------------------------------------ William Chugg 195 00.3 Simon Edmunds 349 00.6 Dudley Parker 500 00.8 Leslie Whittle 152 00.3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eugene Alexander Labor Party 631 01.1 Chris Batt Labor Party 1,421 02.4 Peter Gilmore Labor Party 684 01.2 David LLEWELLYN * Labor Party 5,943 10.1 ELECTED 4 Michael POLLEY * Labor Party 6,123 10.4 ELECTED 5 Brian Smith Labor Party 430 00.7 Patricia Tate Labor Party 633 01.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian BRAID * Liberal Party 4,096 07.0 ELECTED 2 Malcolm Cleland Liberal Party 2,369 04.0 Robin GRAY * Liberal Party 18,751 31.8 ELECTED 1 Robert MAINWARING Liberal Party 2,872 04.9 ELECTED 7 Graeme R PAGE * Liberal Party 2,386 04.1 ELECTED 6 John Rudge * Liberal Party 1,483 02.5 Denise Swan Liberal Party 2,171 03.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phillip Forward Green Independents 84 00.1 Laurie Goldsworthy Green Independents 180 00.3 Noel Harper Green Independents 221 00.4 Diane Masters Green Independents 501 00.9 Christine MILNE * Green Independents 6,025 10.2 ELECTED 3 Jeremy Pearce Green Independents 107 00.2 Teresa Schramm Green Independents 111 00.2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Davidson 176 00.3 Ian Jamieson 299 00.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 58,893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Swan, see Vacancies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ian Maxwell Braid (born 1935): Elected 1969. Defeated 1972. Filled vacancy 1975. Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 Braid retired at the 1996 election. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robin Trevor Gray (born 1940): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 Resigned 1 December 1995: see Vacancies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Edward Llewellyn (born 1942): Elected 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert Geoffrey Mainwaring (1926-2015): Elected 1986. Defeated 1989. Elected 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christine Ann Milne (born 1953): Elected 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Graeme Reginald Page (1943-2023): Elected 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Speaker of the House of Assembly 14 April 1992 to 23 February 1996 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Robert Polley (born 1949): Elected 1972, 1976, 1979, 1982, 1986, 1989, 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Charlton Rudge (born 1944): Elected 1989. Defeated 1992 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ VACANCIES 1992-96 ======================================================================== DENISON ======================================================================== 2 March 1993, following the resignation of Dr Bob Brown ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Peg PUTT Green Independents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Margaret Ann Putt (born 1953): Filled vacancy 1993 Born: 5 June 1953, NSW ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FRANKLIN ======================================================================== 11 April 1995, following the resignation of Michael Aird ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John SHEPPARD Labor Party ------------------------------------------------------------------------ John Charles Sheppard (born 1952): Filled vacancy 1995 Born: 12 July 1952 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ FRANKLIN ======================================================================== 16 May 1995, following the resignation of Gerry Bates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael FOLEY Green Independents ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Bernard Foley (born 1946): Filled vacancy 1995 Born: 3 December 1946, Victoria ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LYONS ======================================================================== 12 December 1995, following the resignation of Robin Gray ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denise SWAN Liberal Party ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Denise Elizabeth Swan (born 1947): Filled vacancy 1995 Born: 19 July 1947, Tasmania ------------------------------------------------------------------------