Candidates of the 1998 Tasmanian state election

The 1998 Tasmanian state election was held on 29 August 1998.

## Retiring Members

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### Labor

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* John White (Denison)

### Liberal

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* John Beswick (Bass)
* John Cleary (Franklin)
* Ron Cornish (Braddon)

### Independent

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* Bruce Goodluck (Franklin)

## House of Assembly

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Sitting members are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

### Bass

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Five seats were up for election, down from seven in 1996. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats.

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates  | TFP candidates  | Ungrouped candidates

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Jim Cox*
Noel Hodgetts
Gill James*
Peter Kearney
Steven Neville
Peter Patmore*
Helen Polley

Tony Benneworth
David Fry
Frank Madill*
Sue Napier*
John Temple

Kim Booth
Louise Fairfax
Garth Faulkner
Karan Jurs
Samantha Kerr-Smiley

Bob Bensemann
Debbie Butler
Roberta Harkness
Duncan Mills
Philip Tattersall

Tony Bagshaw
Robert Blake
Merilyn Crack
Louise Leslie
Harvey Smith
Robert Wallace

Roy Slater
Tim Woolnough

### Braddon

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Five seats were up for election, down from seven in 1996. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending four seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | TFP candidates  | Group B candidates  | Group E candidates  | Ungrouped candidates

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Brenton Best*
Ella Bramich
Mike Gard
Bryan Green*
Peter Hollister
Steve Kons*
Stuart Mackey

Bill Bonde*
Carole Cains
Tony Rundle*
Brett Whiteley
Michael Wickham

Oliver Field
Di Hollister
Paul O'Halloran
Karin Packer
Clare Thompson

Petita Abblitt
Gary Lane
Peter Rettke
Gavin Thompson
Wally Weaver

Laurie Heathorn
John Mackenzie

Peter Stokes
Andrew Vanderfeen

Rodney Blenkhorn

### Denison

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Five seats were up for election, down from seven in 1996. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates  | TFP candidates  | Group B candidates  | Ungrouped candidates

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Jim Bacon*
Andy Bennett
Luigi Bini
Deb Carnes
Judy Jackson*
Gwynn Mac Carrick
Stuart Slade

Bob Cheek*
Ray Groom*
Michael Hodgman
Steven Mavrigiannakis
John Remess

Simon Baptist
Dick Friend
Mat Hines
Trish Moran
Peg Putt*

Brent Blackburn
Chris Ivory

Geoff Churchill
Frank Hesman
Inez McCarthy
John Presser
Barbara Woods

Jenny Forward
Mathew Munro

Gregory Broszczyk
Bob Campbell
Bob Elliston
Informal
Matthew Piscioneri

### Franklin

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Five seats were up for election, down from seven in 1996. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat. One seat had been held by Independent MHA Bruce Goodluck.

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | Democrats candidates  | TFP candidates  | Group D candidates  | Ungrouped candidates

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Fran Bladel*
Trevor Cordwell
Ken Langston
Paul Lennon*
Neville Oliver
Lin Thorp
Paula Wriedt*

Mark Ashton
Peter Hodgman*
Martin McManus
Jane Shoobridge
Matt Smith*

Louise Crossley
Mike Foley
Marie Giblin
Penny King
Rachel Leary

Robert Bell
Peter Kreet

Don Burgess
Dallas Hoggett
Wendy Hyde
David Jackson
Carol Reynolds

Rhonda Cains
Theresa Hunniford
Graeme Norris

Sue Clark
Flora Fox

### Lyons

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Five seats were up for election, down from seven in 1996. The Labor Party was defending three seats. The Liberal Party was defending three seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

Labor candidates  | Liberal candidates  | Greens candidates  | TFP candidates

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Ken Bacon*
Lara Giddings
David Llewellyn*
Michael Polley*
Danial Rochford
Scott Wiggins

John Gee
Rene Hidding*
Bob Mainwaring
Denise Swan*
Carmel Torenius

Sonia Chirgwin
John Collins
Ted Field
Christine Milne
Neil Smith

Will Frank
Darryl Gerrity
Jack Kelly
Dave Pickford
M. Turner

## See also

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* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1996–1998
* Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1998–2002

## References

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* Tasmanian Parliamentary Library