Brett David Whiteley is an Australian politician. Whiteley was a Member of the House of Representatives representing the federal division of Braddon. He was elected at the 2013 federal election for the Liberal Party,defeating Labor's Sid Sidebottom,but was defeated after one term by Labor's Justine Keay at the 2016 federal election.
Sir Neil Elliott Lewis,Australian politician,was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry,led by Edmund Barton.
Anthony Maxwell Rundle AO was the Premier of the Australian State of Tasmania from 18 March 1996 to 14 September 1998. He succeeded Ray Groom and was succeeded himself by Jim Bacon. He is a Liberal who held the seat of Braddon between 1986 and 2002. A former journalist,he is married to Caroline Watt. He has twin daughters from his first marriage.
Raymond John Groom is an Australian lawyer and former sportsman and politician,representing the Liberal Party in the Federal Parliament 1975–84 and the Tasmanian Parliament 1986–2001. He was a Federal and state minister for a total of 13 years. He was Premier of Tasmania from 1992 to 1996 and also served as Deputy Premier and Attorney-General.
The Division of Braddon is an Australian electoral division in the state of Tasmania. The current MP is Gavin Pearce of the Liberal Party,who was elected at the 2019 federal election.
Eric Elliott Reece,AC was Premier of Tasmania on two occasions:from 26 August 1958 to 26 May 1969,and from 3 May 1972 to 31 March 1975. His 13 years as premier remains the second longest in Tasmania's history,Only Robert Cosgrove has served for a longer period as premier. Reece was the first Premier of Tasmania to have been born in the 20th century.
An election for the House of Assembly was held in the Australian state of Tasmania on 18 March 2006,the same day as the South Australian elections. The Labor Party led by Premier Paul Lennon,won a third successive majority government term in office,despite predictions the election would result in a minority government. Although there was a small swing against Labor,they finished with 14 seats,and there were no changes in the party composition of the assembly. The Liberal Party led by Rene Hidding gained a small swing and finished with seven seats. The Tasmanian Greens led by Peg Putt suffered a small swing and finished with four seats;meaning no change in seat representation since the last election. Had the Greens lost one of their four seats,they would have lost their status as a major party and would lose financial resources,offices and support staff.
Jeremy Page Rockliff is an Australian politician. He has served as premier of Tasmania since 2022,as state leader of the Liberal Party. He previously served as deputy premier from 2014 to 2022.
Kevin Orchard Lyons was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing the seat of Darwin.
The 1956 Tasmanian state election was held on 13 October 1956 in the Australian state of Tasmania to elect 30 members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The election used the Hare-Clark proportional representation system —six members were elected from each of five electorates.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1897 election and the 1900 election.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1900 election and the 1903 election.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 13 October 1956 election and the 2 May 1959 election. The previous Darwin division had been renamed Braddon after former Premier of Tasmania Sir Edward Braddon.
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 22 April 1972 election and the 11 December 1976 election.
Francis Roger Groom is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart,Tasmania. In 1976,he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. He held his seat until his resignation in 1997,when he was replaced in a countback by Carole Cains.
Adam Richard Brooks is a former Liberal Party member for Braddon in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 2010 to 2019. He was an endorsed Liberal Party candidate for the 2021 state election in the division of Braddon,and was re-elected on 1 May,but resigned two weeks after the election following charges being laid against him by Queensland Police for alleged firearms and document offences.
Joan Flora Rylah is an Australian financial adviser,businesswoman and politician from Burnie,Tasmania. She was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for the Liberal Party in the Division of Braddon at the 2014 state election. She was defeated at the 2018 state election,but returned to her seat following a recount following the resignation of fellow Liberal Party MP Adam Brooks in February 2019. She resigned on 27 July 2020,saying it was the right time for her to depart at the time of her choosing,and to give her presumptive successor,Felix Ellis,the chance to "establish his credentials".
The Tasmanian Nationals are a political party in the Australian state of Tasmania,aligned with the National Party of Australia. The party is not currently registered with the Tasmanian Electoral Commission,and is not separately registered with the Australian Electoral Commission,unlike the other state branches of the Nationals.
Gavin Bruce Pearce is an Australian politician who has been a member of the House of Representatives since the 2019 federal election. He is a member of the Liberal Party and represents the Division of Braddon in Tasmania.
Felix Ashton Ellis is an Australian politician,who was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 17 August 2020 in a recount to fill a vacancy for the division of Braddon. A member of the Liberal Party,Ellis is a member of the Second Rockliff ministry serving as Minister for Police,Fire and Emergency Management,Skills andTraining and Housing and Planning.
