Electoral results for the Division of Nelson (Tasmania)

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Nelson in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.

Members

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Member Party Period
  Jim Wilkinson Independent 1999–2019
  Meg Webb Independent 2019–present

Election results

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Elections in the 2010s

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2019

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2019 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Nelson[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Nic Street 4,567 23.69 +23.69
Independent Vica Bayley 3,069 15.92 +15.92
Independent Meg Webb 2,662 13.81 +13.81
Independent Madeleine Ogilvie 2,420 12.55 +12.55
Greens Deborah Brewer 2,147 11.14 −14.36
Independent Blair Brownless 1,223 6.34 +6.34
Independent John (Polly) Farmer 1,168 6.06 +6.06
Independent Richard Griggs 960 4.98 +4.98
Independent Robert Manning 669 3.47 +3.47
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Lorraine Bennett 394 2.04 +2.04
Total formal votes 19,279 97.24 +0.79
Informal votes 547 2.76 −0.79
Turnout 19,826 82.31 +0.44
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Meg Webb 10,648 59.26 N/A
Liberal Nic Street 7,320 40.74 N/A
Independent hold Swing N/A

2013

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Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2013: Nelson[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Wilkinson 8,847 48.7 −12.9
Greens Tom Baxter 4,627 25.5 −12.9
Independent Helen Richardson 3,204 17.7 +17.7
Independent Hans Willink 1,472 8.1 +8.1
Total formal votes 18,150 96.5 −0.9
Informal votes 668 3.5 +0.9
Turnout 18,818 81.9 −4.9
After transfer of Willink's votes
Independent Jim Wilkinson 9,494 52.31 N/A
Greens Tom Baxter 4,859 26.8 N/A
Independent Helen Richardson 3,797 20.9 N/A
Independent hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 2000s

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2007

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Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2007: Nelson[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jim Wilkinson 11,232 61.60 +12.61
Greens Tom Nilsson 7,003 38.40 +38.40
Total formal votes 18,235 97.36 +0.83
Informal votes 494 2.64 −0.83
Turnout 18,729 81.01 −1.06
Independent hold Swing +3.03

References

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  1. ^ Legislative Council Elections 2019 Results - Nelson, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 4 May 2019.
  2. ^ 2013 Legislative Council elections results: Division of Nelson, Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 14 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Division of Nelson". 2007 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 14 March 2013.