Electoral results for the Division of Rumney
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Rumney in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.
Members
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lin Thorp | Labor | 1999–2011 | |
| Tony Mulder | Independent | 2011–2017 | |
| Sarah Lovell | Labor | 2017–present | |
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Sarah Lovell | 11,003 | 49.97 | +16.20 | |
| Liberal | Gregory Brown | 5,838 | 26.51 | +26.51 | |
| Independent | Tony Mulder | 3,760 | 17.08 | −9.77 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Adrian Pickin | 1,417 | 6.44 | −0.70 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,018 | 96.81 | +0.71 | ||
| Informal votes | 726 | 3.19 | −0.71 | ||
| Turnout | 22,744 | 82.39 | |||
| Registered electors | 27,606 | ||||
| After distribution of preferences | |||||
| Labor | Sarah Lovell | 11,453 | 52.02 | −0.24 | |
| Liberal | Gregory Brown | 6,221 | 28.25 | +28.25 | |
| Independent | Tony Mulder | 4,344 | 19.73 | −8.01 | |
| Labor hold | |||||
Elections in the 2010s
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Sarah Lovell | 7,643 | 33.77 | +14.04 | |
| Independent Liberal | Tony Mulder | 6,077 | 26.85 | −4.88 | |
| Independent | Steve Mav | 4,179 | 18.46 | +18.46 | |
| Independent | Shelley Shay | 1,839 | 8.12 | +8.12 | |
| Shooters and Fishers | Cheryl Arnol | 1,616 | 7.14 | +7.14 | |
| Independent | Debra Thurley | 1,281 | 5.66 | +5.66 | |
| Total formal votes | 22,635 | 96.10 | −0.54 | ||
| Informal votes | 919 | 3.90 | +0.54 | ||
| Turnout | 23,554 | 84.45 | −0.88 | ||
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Sarah Lovell | 11,626 | 52.26 | +5.41 | |
| Independent Liberal | Tony Mulder | 10,622 | 47.74 | −5.41 | |
| Labor gain from Independent Liberal | Swing | +5.41 | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lin Thorp | 6,754 | 32.77 | −18.18 | |
| Independent | Tony Mulder | 5,839 | 28.33 | +28.33 | |
| Independent | Paul Mason | 3,114 | 15.11 | +15.11 | |
| Greens | Penelope Ann | 2,762 | 13.40 | +1.15 | |
| Independent | Cate Clark | 1,356 | 6.58 | +6.58 | |
| Independent | John Forster | 785 | 3.81 | +3.81 | |
| Total formal votes | 20,610 | 95.51 | −0.78 | ||
| Informal votes | 968 | 4.49 | +0.78 | ||
| Turnout | 21,578 | 85.33 | −0.49 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Tony Mulder | 10,785 | 53.15 | N/A | |
| Labor | Lin Thorp | 9,507 | 46.85 | N/A | |
| Independent gain from Labor | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 2000s
2005
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Lin Thorp | 9,513 | 50.96 | +5.25 | |
| Independent | Carmel Torenius | 4,600 | 24.64 | +24.64 | |
| Greens | Glenn Millar | 2,286 | 12.25 | +12.25 | |
| Independent | David Traynor | 2,269 | 12.15 | +12.15 | |
| Total formal votes | 18,668 | 96.29 | −0.35 | ||
| Informal votes | 720 | 3.71 | +0.35 | ||
| Turnout | 19,388 | 85.85 | −1.37 | ||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- ^ "2023 Legislative Council elections results – Rumney". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
- ^ "Division of Rumney". 2011 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ "Division of Rumney". 2005 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
