Division of Franklin

The Division of Franklin is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania.

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Franklin (state). For other political divisions, see Franklin (disambiguation).

Franklin
Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Franklin in Tasmania, as of the 2019 federal election
Created1903
MPJulie Collins
PartyLabor
NamesakeSir John Franklin
Electors80,331 (2022)
Area10,009 km2 (3,864.5 sq mi)
DemographicOuter metropolitan
State electorate(s)Franklin

The division is the southernmost in Australia, located in southern Tasmania around the state capital, Hobart. It is non-contiguous, with the two parts of the division separated by the Division of Clark, based around central Hobart. As at the 2016 election, slightly more than half its electors are located on the eastern shore of the River Derwent, incorporating the entire City of Clarence and the suburb of Old Beach from Brighton Council. The remaining electors in the division are drawn from the southern parts of the Kingborough Council, generally south of the Huon Highway and including Bruny Island, and the entire Huon Valley Council. The division also includes the southern parts of the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area and Macquarie Island, neither of which have permanent populations.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commission. Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.[1]

History
Sir John Franklin, the division's namesake

The division was one of the five established when the former Division of Tasmania was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for Sir John Franklin, the polar explorer who was Lt Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46.

The Division of Franklin has always been a reasonably marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party and its predecessors. However, after 14 years of representation by former Labor and independent member Harry Quick, the seat of Franklin was considered safe Labor with Franklin one of very few electorates to record a swing to Labor at the 2010 election. Franklin also has a strong history of voting for strong candidates rather than for a particular party.

In 2005, sitting Labor member Harry Quick announced that he would retire at the 2007 election. When Labor preselected union official Kevin Harkins as a replacement, Quick, seeing him as unsuitable, appeared to endorse the Liberal candidate, Vanessa Goodwin, which was partly responsible for his expulsion from the Labor party. Harkins was eventually dropped as a candidate, and the Labor Party state secretary Julie Collins was installed as the ALP candidate.

Collins won the seat of Franklin at the 2007 election despite Labor suffering a 3.11% swing against on two party preferred results and 5.03% swing against in general results. Liberal candidate Vanessa Goodwin recorded a swing towards the party while the Australian Greens a swing towards the party similar to that of the Liberals.

Members
Image Member Party Term Notes
  William McWilliams
(1856–1929)		 Revenue Tariff 16 December 1903 –
1906		 Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Ringarooma. Served as leader of the Country Party from 1920 to 1921. Lost seat
  Anti-Socialist 1906 –
26 May 1909
  Liberal 26 May 1909 –
17 February 1917
  Nationalist 17 February 1917 –
22 January 1920
  Country 22 January 1920 –
16 December 1922
  Alfred Seabrook
(1867–1939)		 Nationalist 16 December 1922 –
17 November 1928		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1931
  William McWilliams
(1856–1929)		 Independent 17 November 1928 –
22 October 1929		 Died in office
  Charles Frost
(1882–1964)		 Labor 14 December 1929 –
19 December 1931		 Lost seat
  Archibald Blacklow
(1879–1965)		 United Australia 19 December 1931 –
15 September 1934		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council in 1936
  Charles Frost
(1882–1964)		 Labor 15 September 1934 –
28 September 1946		 Served as minister under Curtin, Forde and Chifley. Lost seat
  Bill Falkinder
(1921–1993)		 Liberal 28 September 1946 –
31 October 1966		 Retired
  Thomas Pearsall
(1920–2003)		 Liberal 26 November 1966 –
25 October 1969		 Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin. Lost seat
  Ray Sherry
(1924–1989)		 Labor 25 October 1969 –
13 December 1975		 Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1976
  Bruce Goodluck
(1933–2016)		 Liberal 13 December 1975 –
8 February 1993		 Retired. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin in 1996
  Harry Quick
(1941–)		 Labor 13 March 1993 –
20 August 2007		 Retired
  Independent 20 August 2007 –
17 October 2007
  Julie Collins
(1971–)		 Labor 24 November 2007 –
present		 Served as minister under Gillard and Rudd. Incumbent. Currently a minister under Albanese

Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Franklin
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2022 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Franklin.[edit]
2022 Australian federal election: Franklin[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Julie Collins 26,147 36.69 −7.30
Liberal Kristy Johnson 19,048 26.73 −4.54
Greens Jade Darko 12,370 17.36 +1.11
Lambie Chris Hannan 4,215 5.92 +5.92
Local Anna Bateman 3,535 4.96 +4.96
One Nation Steve Hindley 2,033 2.85 +2.85
Liberal Democrats Duane Pitt 1,434 2.01 +2.01
United Australia Lisa Matthews 1,380 1.94 −4.76
Animal Justice Katrina Love 1,097 1.54 +1.54
Total formal votes 71,259 95.07 −1.78
Informal votes 3,696 4.93 +1.78
Turnout 74,955 93.41 −1.27
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Julie Collins 45,392 63.70 +1.49
Liberal Kristy Johnson 25,867 36.30 −1.49
Labor hold Swing+1.49

References
  1. Muller, Damon (14 November 2017). "The process of federal redistributions: a quick guide". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  2. Franklin, TAS, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.

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