Results of the 2022 Tasmanian local elections

This is a list of local government area results for the 2022 Tasmanian local elections.[1]

Break O'Day

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Break O'Day[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mick Tucker (elected) 1,267 26.63
Independent Janet Drummond (elected) 711 14.95
Independent Gary Barnes (elected) 376 7.90
Greens Liz Johnstone (elected) 329 6.92
Independent Kristi Chapple (elected) 289 6.08
Independent Ian Carter (elected) 271 5.70
Independent Vaughan Oldham (elected) 227 4.77
Independent Labor Kylie Wright (elected) 209 4.39
Independent Barry LeFevre (elected) 202 4.25
Independent Stephen Walley 187 3.93
Independent Lesa Whittaker 160 3.36
Independent Tim Gowans 141 2.96
Independent Cindy Kurtukoff 120 2.52
Independent John LeFevre 85 1.79
Independent Russell Montgomery 76 1.60
Independent Rosina Gallace 45 0.95
Independent Bob Hoogland 31 0.65
Independent Randy James Wilson 31 0.65
Total formal votes 4,757 97.14
Informal votes 140 2.86
Turnout 4,897 84.50

Brighton

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Brighton[4][5][6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Leigh Gray (elected) 3,053 29.41
Independent Barbara Curran (elected) 1,561 15.04
Independent Phil Owen (elected) 1,471 14.17
Independent Greg Irons (elected) 885 8.53
Independent One Nation Tennille Murtagh (elected) 864 8.32
Independent Labor Aaron De La Torre (elected) 701 6.75
Independent Michael Whelan (elected) 458 4.41
Independent Peter Geard (elected) 380 3.66
Independent Kellyanne Williams 363 3.50
Independent Vincent McMaster (elected) 330 3.18
Greens Jack Cavanagh 315 3.03
Total formal votes 10,381 96.86
Informal votes 336 3.14
Turnout 10,717 78.41

Burnie

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Burnie[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Teeny Brumby (elected) 2,201 18.55
Independent Labor Steve Kons (elected) 1,573 13.26
Independent Giovanna Simpson (elected) 1,318 11.11
Independent Trent Aitkin (elected) 1,061 8.94
Independent Labor Chris Lynch (elected) 1,000 8.43
Independent David Pease (elected) 917 7.73
Independent Labor Amina Keygan (elected) 749 6.31
Independent Ken Dorsey (elected) 699 5.89
Independent Alvwyn Boyd 608 5.12
Independent Justin Grave (elected) 565 4.76
Independent Craig Hensley 395 3.33
Independent Ryan Gilmour 286 2.41
Greens Ceilidh Newbury 255 2.15
Independent Jarrod Boys 240 2.02
Total formal votes 11,867 97.06
Informal votes 359 2.94
Turnout 12,226 80.84
Party total votes
Independent 8,290 69.87
Independent Labor 3,322 27.99
Greens 255 2.15

Central Coast

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Central Coast[11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cheryl Fuller (elected) 2,611 17.97
Independent Liberal Garry Carpenter (elected) 2,386 16.42
Independent Casey Hiscutt (elected) 822 5.66
Independent Labor Amanda Diprose (elected) 716 4.93
Independent Michael Smith (elected) 706 4.86
Independent John Beswick (elected) 647 4.45
Independent Philip Viney (elected) 606 4.17
Greens Darren Briggs 602 4.14
Independent Kate Wylie (elected) 536 3.69
Independent JLN Sophie Lehmann (elected) 521 3.59
Independent Patrick Fabian 517 3.56
Independent Greg Wing 471 3.24
Independent Ariele Ackland 429 2.95
Independent Andrew van Rooyen 424 2.92
Independent Damien McCulloch 387 2.66
Independent Micheline Andrews 352 2.42
Independent Stephen Jackson 300 2.06
Independent Bill Hutcheson 257 1.77
Independent Lyndon O'Neil 207 1.42
Independent Dianne Kurrle 206 1.42
Independent Matt Kelly 150 1.03
Independent Gaye Bryan 139 0.96
Independent Justine Brooks 137 0.94
Independent Darrell Jeffrey 129 0.89
Independent Garth Johnston 115 0.79
Independent Adam Moller 83 0.57
Independent David Robinson 73 0.50
Total formal votes 14,529 95.75
Informal votes 645 4.25
Turnout 15,174 85.25

Central Highlands

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Central Highlands[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Loueen Triffitt (elected) 728 36.18
Independent Jim Allwright (elected) 298 14.81
Independent Tony Bailey (elected) 159 7.90
Independent John Hall (elected) 143 7.11
Independent Robert Cassidy (elected) 134 6.66
Independent David Meacheam (elected) 112 5.57
Independent Julie Honner (elected) 109 5.42
Independent Rob Wilkinson 106 5.27
Independent Scott Bowden (elected) 104 5.17
Independent Yvonne Miller (elected) 75 3.73
Independent Anthony Archer 44 2.19
Total formal votes 2,012 96.27
Informal votes 78 3.73
Turnout 2,090 83.63

Circular Head

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Circular Head[14][15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gerard Blizzard (elected) 828 18.12
Independent Anette Dawes (elected) 800 17.51
Independent Liberal John Oldaker (elected) 550 12.04
Independent Sally Collins (elected) 376 8.23
Independent Ashley Popowski (elected) 361 7.90
Independent Steve Pilkington (elected) 313 6.85
Independent JLN Rodney Flowers (elected) 271 5.93
Independent Mark Dabner (elected) 227 4.97
Independent Tony Hine (elected) 225 4.92
Independent Melissa Wells 225 4.92
Independent John McNab 219 4.79
Independent Isaac Long 128 2.80
Independent Ian Heres 47 1.03
Total formal votes 4,570 97.58
Informal votes 113 2.41
Turnout 4,683 82.24

Clarence

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Clarence[16][17][18][19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tony Mulder (elected) 4,114 11.57
Better Clarence Brendan Blomeley (elected) 4,078 11.47
Independent Labor Heather Chong (elected) 3,015 8.48
Better Clarence Allison Ritchie (elected) 2,698 7.59
Greens Beth Warren (elected) 2,332 6.56
Independent Wendy Kennedy (elected) 2,257 6.35
Independent Bree Hunter (elected) 1,813 5.10
Greens Jade Darko (elected) 1,738 4.89
Independent Labor Daniel Hulme (elected) 1,376 3.87
Independent Richard James (elected) 1,254 3.53
Independent One Nation Emma Goyne (elected) 1,201 3.38
Independent John Peers 1,094 3.08
Independent Liberal James Walker (elected) 997 2.80
Independent Labor Kate Rainbird 977 2.75
Independent Local Anna Bateman 930 2.61
Independent Matt Combey 871 2.45
Independent Simon Walker 663 1.86
Independent Dave Tilley 609 1.71
Independent Andrew Jenner 583 1.64
Independent Sharyn von Bertouch 566 1.59
Independent Hans Willink 547 1.54
Independent BJ Walker 520 1.46
Independent Jimmy Collins 450 1.27
Better Clarence Kaye McPherson 295 0.83
Better Clarence Anthony James 271 0.76
Independent Mike Figg 208 0.58
Better Clarence Noelle Harb 110 0.31
Total formal votes 35,567 95,27
Informal votes 1,765 4.73
Turnout 37,332 83.51
Party total votes
Independent 15,549 43.72
Better Clarence 7,452 20.95
Independent Labor 5,368 15.09
Greens 4,070 11.45
Independent One Nation 1,201 3.38
Independent Liberal 997 2.80
Independent Local 930 2.61

Derwent Valley

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Derwent Valley[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Michelle Dracoulis (elected) 1,508 23.51
Independent Luke Browning (elected) 780 12.16
Independent Jessica Cosgrove (elected) 462 7.20
Independent Liberal Peter Binny (elected) 456 7.11
Independent Phillip Bingley (elected) 401 6.25
Independent Liberal Justin Derksen (elected) 397 6.19
Independent Matt Hill (elected) 334 5.21
Independent James Graham 302 4.71
Independent Phillip Bigg 295 4.60
Independent Sara Lowe (elected) 293 4.57
Greens Heather Chaplin 250 3.90
Independent Wayne Shoobridge 209 3.26
Independent Brody Wiggins 169 2.63
Independent Natasha Woods 138 2.15
Independent Labor Deb Carnes 122 1.90
Independent Labor Liz Virtue 121 1.89
Independent Labor Brett Maryniak 117 1.82
Independent Eve Nelson 60 0.94
Total formal votes 6,414 95.92
Informal votes 273 4.08
Turnout 6,687 80.10
Party total votes
Independent 3,443 53.68
Independent Labor 1,868 29.12
Independent Liberal 853 13.30
Greens 250 3.90

Devonport

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Devonport[22][23][24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent National Steve Martin (elected) 3,093 20.42
Independent Alison Jarman (elected) 2,461 16.25
Independent Liberal Leigh Murphy (elected) 1,548 10.22
Independent Gerard Enniss (elected) 1,503 9.92
Independent Damien Viney (elected) 1,203 7.94
Independent Liberal Stacey Sheehan (elected) 1,024 6.76
Independent Alison Moore (elected) 932 6.15
Independent Peter Hollister (elected) 885 5.84
Independent Janene Wilczynski (elected) 848 5.60
Greens Tammy Milne 673 4.44
Greens Petra Wildren 532 3.51
Independent Kent Townsend 446 2.94
Total formal votes 15,148 95.95
Informal votes 640 4.05
Turnout 15,788 79.62
Party total votes
Independent 8,278 54.65
Independent National 3,093 20.42
Independent Liberal 2,572 16.98
Greens 1,205 7.95

Dorset

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Dorset[25][26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Greg Howard (elected) 1,159 25.25
Independent Beth Donoghue (elected) 653 14.23
Independent Kahlia Simmons (elected) 400 8.71
Independent Anna Coxen (elected) 317 6.91
Independent Edwina Powell (elected) 300 6.54
Independent Jerrod Nichols (elected) 293 6.38
Independent Dale Jessup (elected) 289 6.30
Independent Leonie Stein (elected) 261 5.69
Independent Nick Bicanic 208 4.53
Independent Mervyn Chilcott (elected) 159 3.46
Independent Wendy McLennan 157 3.42
Independent Karlene Cuthbertson 140 3.05
Independent Jan Hughes 105 2.29
Independent James Cashion 93 2.03
Independent Vincent Teichmann 56 1.22
Total formal votes 4,590 97.56
Informal votes 115 2.44
Turnout 4,705 84.97

Flinders

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Flinders[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rachel Summers (elected) 251 35.75
Independent Carol Denise Cox (elected) 100 14.25
Independent Peter Rhodes (elected) 94 13.39
Independent Vanessa Grace (elected) 79 11.25
Independent Aaron Burke (elected) 50 7.12
Independent Garry Blenkhorn (elected) 48 6.84
Independent Ken Stockton (elected) 41 5.84
Independent Linda Nicol 22 3.13
Independent Chris Rhodes 17 2.42
Total formal votes 702 99.29
Informal votes 5 0.71
Turnout 707 84.77

George Town

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: George Town[28][29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Greg Kieser (elected) 794 17.36
Independent Simone Lowe (elected) 693 15.15
Independent Greg Dawson (elected) 507 11.09
Independent Tim Harris (elected) 391 8.55
Independent Winston Mason (elected) 346 7.57
Independent Heather Barwick (elected) 342 7.48
Independent Jason Orr (elected) 293 6.41
Independent Winston Archer (elected) 213 4.66
Independent Heather Ashley (elected) 199 4.35
Independent Brent Daire 176 3.85
Independent Dean Gibbons 151 3.30
Independent Peter Parkes 137 3.00
Independent Ann Williams-Fitzgerald 86 1.88
Independent Quade Geale 82 1.79
Independent Bec Sarah Jane Stuttard 60 1.31
Independent Peter Schultz 45 0.98
Independent David Griffiths 43 0.94
Independent Ven Grollmus 15 0.33
Total formal votes 4,573 96.35
Informal votes 173 3.65
Turnout 4,879 85.45

Glamorgan–Spring Bay

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Glamorgan–Spring Bay[30][31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Cheryl Arnol (elected) 729 19.27 +6.34
Independent Michael Symons (elected) 546 14.43 +2.39
Independent Jenny Woods (elected) 516 13.64 +9.57
Independent Robert Forbes-Young (elected) 498 13.16
Independent Neil (Teddy) Edwards (elected) 349 9.22
Independent Greg Luck (elected) 301 7.95
Independent Rob Churchill (elected) 193 5.10 +3.36
Independent Carole McQueeney (elected) 190 5.02
Independent Annie Browning 151 3.99 −0.44
Independent Kenneth Gregson 128 3.38 +1.84
Independent Richard Parker 112 2.96 +1.53
Independent Pat Gadd 71 1.88
Total formal votes 3,784 97.28
Informal votes 106 2.72
Turnout 3,890 88.88

Glenorchy

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Hobart

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Hobart[32][33][34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Your Hobart Independents Anna Reynolds (elected) 4,266 13.89
Independent John Kelly (elected) 4,067 13.24
Independent Marti Zucco (elected) 2,150 7.00
Independent Louise Elliot (elected) 1,824 5.94
Greens Helen Burnet (elected) 1,529 4.98
Independent Liberal Louise Bloomfield (elected) 1,473 4.80
Independent Liberal Simon Behrakis (elected) 1,448 4.72
Your Hobart Independents Mike Dutta (elected) 1,230 4.01
Greens Bill Harvey (elected) 1,219 3.97
Independent Labor Ryan Posselt (elected) 1,016 3.31
Independent Ben Lohberger (elected) 936 3.05
Independent Jax Fox 838 2.73
Your Hobart Independents Zelinda Sherlock (elected) 656 2.14
Your Hobart Independents Kate Kelly 646 2.10
Independent Jeff Briscoe 605 1.97
Our Hobart Marcus Bai 572 1.86
Your Hobart Independents Brian Corr 500 1.63
Independent Liberal Will Coats 486 1.58
Independent Damon Thomas 459 1.49
Greens Gemma Kitsos 428 1.39
Your Hobart Independents Matt Etherington 373 1.21
Independent Steven Phipps 350 1.14
Greens Bec Taylor 321 1.05
Greens Nathan Volf 281 0.92
Independent Debra Thurley 270 0.88
Independent Edwin Johnstone 268 0.87
Your Hobart Independents Juniper Shaw 258 0.84
Independent Liberal James McKee 256 0.83
Our Hobart Ron Christie 241 0.78
Independent Yang Liu 225 0.73
Independent Sam Campbell 213 0.69
Your Hobart Independents Raj Chopra 169 0.55
Ind. Liberal Democrat Duncan Spender 157 0.51
Independent Tiina Sexton 137 0.45
Our Hobart Lili Christie 131 0.43
Independent Liberal Daniel Geng 127 0.41
Independent Liberal Stefan Vogel 115 0.37
Independent Jono Stagg 108 0.35
Independent Michael Jackson 99 0.32
Our Hobart Ling Ling Gao 76 0.25
Independent Joe Grech 72 0.23
Our Hobart Owen Davies 42 0.14
Our Hobart Karen Rothery 39 0.13
Independent Cadence Mitchell 32 0.10
Total formal votes 30,708 96.70
Informal votes 1,047 3.30
Turnout 31,755 82.38
Party total votes
Independent 12,653 41.21
Your Hobart Independents 8,098 26.37
Independent Liberal 3,905 12.72
Greens 3,778 12.30
Our Hobart 1,101 3.59
Independent Labor 1,016 3.31
Independent Liberal Democrat 157 0.51
Party total seats Seats ±
Independent 4
Your Hobart Independents 3
Greens 2
Independent Liberal 2
Independent Labor 1

Huon Valley

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Huon Valley[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Toby Thorpe (elected) 1,534 13.47
Independent Sally Doyle (elected) 1,453 12.76
Greens Paul Gibson (elected) 1,250 10.98
Independent Debbie Armstrong (elected) 709 6.23
Independent Mike Wilson (elected) 648 5.69
Independent Mark Jessop (elected) 614 5.39
Independent Marshall Callaghan 570 5.01
Independent David O'Neill 508 4.46
Greens Jenny Chambers-Smith (elected) 460 4.04
Independent Cathy Temby (elected) 450 3.95
Independent Malcolm Thomas 412 3.62
Independent Denny Bryan 401 3.52
Independent Geoffrey Swan 398 3.50
Independent Amy Robertson 285 2.50
Independent Joshua Bowling 277 2.47
Independent Andrew Burgess 263 2.31
Independent Shane Johnson 232 2.04
Greens Lukas Mrosek 179 1.57
Independent John Ryan 178 1.56
Independent Cameron Smith 134 1.34
Independent Carol Hurst 111 0.97
Ind. Animal Justice Mary Coulson 98 0.86
Independent Sarah Horner 95 0.83
Independent Amanda Richter 69 0.61
Independent Janine Koefoed 58 0.58
Total formal votes 11,386 95.42
Informal votes 547 4.58
Turnout 12,209 86.14

Kentish

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King Island

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One vacancy was not filled and a by-election was held on 27 October 2022.

2022 Tasmanian local elections: King Island[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Allan (elected) unopposed
Independent Marcus Blackie (elected) unopposed
Independent David Bowden (elected) unopposed
Independent Ira Cooke (elected) unopposed
Independent Gina Green (elected) unopposed
Independent Sarina Laidler (elected) unopposed
Independent Duncan McFie (elected) unopposed
Independent Vernon Philbey (elected) unopposed
Registered electors 1,179

Kingborough

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Latrobe

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Launceston

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Meander Valley

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Northern Midlands

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Sorell

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Southern Midlands

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Southern Midlands[38][39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Karen Dudgeon (elected) 901 22.34
Independent Labor Edwin Batt (elected) 876 21.72
Independent Donna Blackwell (elected) 445 11.03
Independent Tony Bisdee (elected) 392 9.72
Independent Donald Frank Fish (elected) 365 9.05
Independent Rowena McDougall (elected) 354 8.78
Independent Bob Campbell 351 8.70
Independent Fraser Miller (elected) 349 8.65
Total formal votes 4,033 97.13
Informal votes 119 2.87
Turnout 4,152 85.67

Tasman

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2022 Tasmanian local elections: Tasman[40][41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Rod Macdonald (elected) 573 26.19
Independent Kelly Spaulding (elected) 460 21.02
Independent Maria Stacey (elected) 313 14.31
Greens Angela Knott (elected) 220 10.05
Independent Hannah Fielder (elected) 170 7.77
Independent David Beard (elected) 163 7.45
Independent Daniel Kelleher (elected) 121 5.53
Independent Alan John Hull 103 4.71
Independent Jim Sharman 65 2.97
Total formal votes 2188 97.85
Informal votes 48 2.15
Turnout 2,236 82.66

Waratah-Wynard

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West Coast

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West Tamar

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