- History and electoral profile
- Members for Bass
- See also
- References
- External links
{{about|the state electorate|the federal electorate|Division of Bass}}{{Infobox Australian Electorate
|name = Bass
|state = tas
|image = {{Division of BassTAS InteractiveMap}}
|caption =
|created = 1909
|abolished =
|mp = Sarah Courtney (Liberal)
Michael Ferguson (Liberal)
Peter Gutwein (Liberal)
Jennifer Houston (Labor)
Michelle O'Byrne (Labor)
|mp-party = Labor (2), Liberal (3)
|namesake = George Bass
|electors = 74624
|electors_year = 2018
|area = 7497
|class = Mixed
}}The electoral division of Bass is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it includes north-east Tasmania and Flinders Island. Bass takes its name from the British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass. Bass and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system. History and electoral profileBass was created in 1909 and includes the city of Launceston and towns in the states north east including: Scottsdale, Lilydale, St Helens, George Town and others.[1] Members for Bass| Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party |
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| 1909 | Anti-Socialist}}| | Thomas Bakhap | Anti-Socialist | Anti-Socialist}}| | Albert Solomon | Anti-Socialist | Labor}}| | Charles Howroyd | Labor | Anti-Socialist}}| | Richard McKenzie | Anti-Socialist | Protectionist}}| | Robert Sadler | Liberal Democrat | Labor}}| | James Guy | Labor | | | 1912 | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Liberal | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Liberal | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Liberal | Labor}}| | George Becker | Labor | | 1913 | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Robert Sadler | Liberal | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | John Hayes | Liberal | Labor}}| | Arthur Anderson | Labor | | 1914 | Commonwealth Liberal}}| | Alexander Marshall | Liberal | | 1915 | Labor}}| | James McDonald | Labor | | 1916 | Labor}}| | Allan Guy | Labor | | 1917 | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | | 1917 | Nationalist}}| | James Newton | Nationalist | | 1922 | Independent}}| | Jens Jensen | Independent Labor | | 1923 | Nationalist}}| | George Shields | Nationalist | | 1925 | Liberal (1922)}}| | Liberal | | 1925 | Labor}}| | Victor Shaw | Labor | Nationalist}}| | Henry Thomson | Nationalist | Liberal (1922)}}| | Claude James | Liberal | | 1928 | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | Nationalist}}| | Nationalist | | 1928 | Nationalist}}| | John Ockerby | Nationalist | | 1929 | Labor}}| | Thomas Davies | Labor | | 1931 | Nationalist}}| | Robert Murphy | Nationalist | Nationalist}}| | Howard Barber | Nationalist | | 1933 | Nationalist}}| | Herbert Postle | Nationalist | | 1934 | Nationalist}}| | Allen Hollingsworth | Nationalist | Labor}}| | John McDonald | Labor | | 1936 | Labor}}| | John Madden | Labor | | 1937 | Labor}}| | Eric Howroyd | Labor | | 1941 | Nationalist}}| | Frank Marriott | Nationalist | | 1942 | Labor}}| | John Quintal | Labor | | 1945 | Labor}}| | Alan Welsh | Labor | | 1946 | Liberal}}| | Liberal | Independent}}| | Independent | | 1946 | Liberal}}| | Fred Marriott | Liberal | Liberal}}| | Bill Beattie | Liberal | Labor}}| | Reg Turnbull | Labor | Labor}}| | Alexander Atkins | Labor | | 1948 | Liberal}}| | John Orchard | Liberal | | 1950 | Liberal}}| | John Steer | Liberal | Labor}}| | Claude Barnard | Labor | | 1954 | Liberal}}| | Bill Beattie | Liberal | | 1956 | Labor}}| | Alexander Atkins | Labor | | 1957 | Labor}}| | John Madden | Labor | | 1959 | Independent}}| | Independent | Labor}}| | Mac Le Fevre | Labor | | 1961 | Liberal}}| | James McGowen | Liberal | Liberal}}| | Max Bushby | Liberal | Labor}}| | Wallace Fraser | Labor | | 1964 | Liberal}}| | John Steer | Liberal | | 1968 | Liberal}}| | James Henty | Liberal | | 1969 | Liberal}}| | Timothy Barrenger | Liberal | Labor}}| | Michael Barnard | Labor | Labor}}| | Allan Foster | Labor | | 1972 | Labor}}| | David Farquhar | Labor | Liberal}}| | Neil Pitt | Liberal | Labor}}| | Mac Le Fevre | Labor | | 1974 | Labor}}| | Harry Holgate | Labor | | 1976 | Labor}}| | Gill James | Labor | Liberal}}| | Neil Robson | Liberal | Liberal}}| | Jim Mooney | Liberal | | 1979 | Labor}}| | Mary Willey | Labor | Liberal}}| | John Beswick | Liberal | | 1981 | Independent}}| | Independent | | 1982 | Liberal}}| | Brendan Lyons | Liberal | | 1984 | Labor}}| | Peter Patmore | Labor | | 1986 | Liberal}}| | Frank Madill | Liberal | Liberal}}| | Peter Rae | Liberal | | 1989 | Labor}}| | Jim Cox | Labor | Greens}}| | Lance Armstrong | Greens | | 1992 | Labor}}| | Gill James | Labor | Liberal}}| | Sue Napier | Liberal | Liberal}}| | Tony Benneworth | Liberal | | 1996 | Labor}}| | Jim Cox | Labor | | 1998 | | 2000 | Liberal}}| | David Fry | Liberal | | 2002 | Greens}}| | Kim Booth | Greens | Liberal}}| | Peter Gutwein | Liberal | Labor}}| | Kathryn Hay | Labor | | 2006 | Labor}}| | Michelle O'Byrne | Labor | | 2010 | Liberal}}| | Michael Ferguson | Liberal | Labor}}| | Brian Wightman | Labor | | 2014 | Liberal}}| | Sarah Courtney | Liberal | | 2015 | Greens}}| | Andrea Dawkins | Greens | | 2018 | Labor}}| | Jennifer Houston | Labor |
See also{{Portal|Tasmania|Politics}}- Tasmanian Legislative Council
References1. ^Bass {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411053641/http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Bass.html |date=2013-04-11 }}, Tasmanian Electoral Commission
External links- Parliament of Tasmania
- [https://www.tec.tas.gov.au/House_of_Assembly_Elections/index.html Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly]
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