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

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

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

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

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

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