Division of Bass

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Bass (state).
Bass
Australian House of Representatives Division

Division Bass (green) in Tasmania
Created 1903
MP Andrew Nikolic
Party Liberal
Namesake George Bass
Electors 72,195 (2013)
Area 7,378 km2 (2,848.7 sq mi)
Demographic Provincial

The Division of Bass is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. The division was one of the five established when the former Division of Tasmania was redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named for the explorer George Bass. It has always been based on the city of Launceston and surrounding rural areas, and its boundaries have changed very little in the century since its creation. For most of its history it has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties—since 1949 the Liberal Party. Its most notable member has been Lance Barnard, who was Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam Government. His resignation in 1975 was followed by Labor's heavy defeat in the Bass by-election, which is seen as the beginning of the end of the Whitlam government.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  David Storrer Protectionist 1903–1909
  Independent 1909–1910
  Jens Jensen Labor 1910–1916
  National Labor 1916–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1919
  Independent 1919–1919
  David Jackson Nationalist 1919–1929
  Allan Guy Labor 1929–1931
  United Australia 1931–1934
  Claude Barnard Labor 1934–1949
  Bruce Kekwick Liberal 1949–1954
  Lance Barnard Labor 1954–1975
  Kevin Newman Liberal 1975–1984
  Warwick Smith Liberal 1984–1993
  Silvia Smith Labor 1993–1996
  Warwick Smith Liberal 1996–1998
  Michelle O'Byrne Labor 1998–2004
  Michael Ferguson Liberal 2004–2007
  Jodie Campbell Labor 2007–2010
  Geoff Lyons Labor 2010–2013
  Andrew Nikolic Liberal 2013–present

Election results

Australian federal election, 2013: Bass[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Andrew Nikolic 31,267 47.85 +8.14
Labor Geoff Lyons 22,643 34.65 −8.78
Greens Lucy Landon-Lane 5,160 7.90 −7.68
Palmer United Chris Dobson 3,520 5.39 +5.39
Family First Christine Bergman 1,407 2.15 +2.15
Christians Ray Kroeze 963 1.47 +1.47
Secular Jin-oh Choi 384 0.59 +0.59
Total formal votes 65,344 95.82 −0.20
Informal votes 2,850 4.18 +0.20
Turnout 68,194 94.46 −0.70
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Andrew Nikolic 35,310 54.04 +10.78
Labor Geoff Lyons 30,034 45.96 −10.78
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +10.78

References

  1. ↑ 2013 results for Bass, AEC.

External links

Coordinates: 41°07′48″S 147°36′58″E / 41.130°S 147.616°E / -41.130; 147.616

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