Crucial to the Liberal’s chances of attaining a majority government is that they can deliver one new seat in each of Tasmania’s five electorates, plus one other somewhere else in the state. Despite their confidence and enthusiasm, the electorate of Bass in Northern Tasmania looks likely to strangle the party’s electoral chances.
Bass includes the city of Launceston council area, George Town and Dorset, it also includes Riverside, Trevallyn, Prospect, Legana and Hadspen. (Source; Tasmanian Electoral Commission)
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Posted by iKoz on March 14, 2010 at 2:56 pm under Politics, Tasmania.
Tags: Australian Labor Party, Bass, Hare-Clark, Liberal Party, Tasmanian Greens, Tasmanian state election 2010
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Regrettably it has been months since I last posted a blog, and I’ve been meaning to get back into the swing of it, since blogging is fun! Nothing could be a better motivational topic to inspire a post than enthusiasm about the Tasmanian State Election due one week from now.
On March 20th Tasmanians will go to poll to decide the composition of the next House of Assembly, under our states weird but wonderful Hare Clark Proportional Representation System anything can happen and that makes it very exciting for politics enthusiasts like me.
The current Tasmanian parliament is composed of
- AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY - 14 in government
- LIBERAL PARTY AUSTRALIA - 7 Opposition
- TASMANIAN GREENS - 4 Opposition
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Posted by iKoz on March 14, 2010 at 3:31 am under Politics, Tasmania.
Tags: ALP, Australian Labor Party, Bass, Bradden, Denison, Election, Election 2010, Franklin, Green, Hare-Clark, House of Assembly, Labor, Liberal, Liberal Party, Lyons, Premier, Proportional Representation, Single Transferable Vote, Tasmania, Tasmanian Greens, Tasmanian politics, Tasmanian State election, Voting
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