Electoral division of Windermere

Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral division

This article is about the electoral division in Tasmania. For the electoral division in Cumbria, see Westmorland and Furness Council.

Australian electorate

Windermere
Tasmania—Legislative Council

Map showing the electoral division of Windermere, as of the 2017 periodic review.[1]

State| Tasmania
Created| 1999
MP| Nick Duigan
Party| Liberal
Electors| 27,342 (2021)
Area| 2,047 km2 (790.4 sq mi)
Demographic| Rural
Federal electorate(s)| Bass
Coordinates| 41°16′30″S 147°12′58″E﻿ / ﻿41.275°S 147.216°E﻿ / -41.275; 147.216
| Electorates around Windermere:

Bass Strait | Bass Strait | Bass Strait
Rosevears | Windermere | McIntyre
Launceston | McIntyre | McIntyre

The electoral division of Windermere is one of the 15 electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. The division is located on the East side of the Tamar River. It is named after the town of Windermere which is located along the banks of the river between Launceston and George Town.

Within the electorate are the towns of George Town, Low Head, Windermere, Dilston, Relbia, Hillwood and Bell Bay. The Launceston suburbs of Rocherlea, Newnham, Mowbray, Mayfield, Ravenswood, St Leonards, Elphin and Waverley.

The voting population in keeping with other divisional boundaries is approximately 26,000 voters. The current sitting member is Liberal Nick Duigan. The boundaries of Windermere were determined by a redistribution which occurred in 2017.

## Members

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Further information: Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Member  | Party  | Period

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| Silvia Smith | Independent | 1999–2003
| Ivan Dean | Independent | 2003–2021
| Nick Duigan | Liberal | 2021–present

## Election results

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Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Windermere

This section is an excerpt from 2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Windermere Results.[edit]

2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Windermere[2] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal | Nick Duigan | 8,048  | 37.83  | +37.83
| Labor | Geoff Lyons | 5,746  | 27.01  | −1.52
| Independent | Will Smith  | 4,521  | 21.25  | +21.25
| Independent | Rob Soward  | 2,071  | 9.73  | +9.73
| Independent | Vivienne Gale  | 890  | 4.18  | +4.18
Total formal votes  | 21,276  | 95.15  | +0.44
Informal votes  | 1,084  | 4.85  | −0.44
Turnout | 22,360  | 81.78  | +3.17
Registered electors | 27,342  |  |
Two-party-preferred result
| Liberal | Nick Duigan | 11,400  | 54.14  | +54.14
| Labor | Geoff Lyons | 9,658  | 45.86  | +1.56
| Liberal gain from Independent |

## See also

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* Australia portal
* Politics portal

* Tasmanian House of Assembly

## References

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1. ^ Legislative Council Divisions (2016-17 redistribution) from theLIST ©State of Tasmania (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence).
2. ^ "Windermere results - 2021 Legislative Council elections Tasmania". www.tec.tas.gov.au. Retrieved 5 May 2021..

## External links

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* Parliament of Tasmania
* Tasmanian Electoral Commission - Legislative Council

## External links

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* Maps of Tasmanian Divisions in the Legislative Council since the 1999 redistribution.
* Tasmanian parliament website

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