Division of Franklin

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, seeDivision of Franklin (state).For other political divisions, seeFranklin (disambiguation).

TheDivision of Franklinis anAustralian electoral divisioninTasmania.

Franklin AustralianHouse of RepresentativesDivision
Interactive map of boundaries
Created	1903
MP	Julie Collins
Party	Labor
Namesake	Sir John Franklin
Electors	80,331 (2022)
Area	10,009 km2(3,864.5 sq mi)
Demographic	Outer metropolitan
State electorate(s)	Franklin

The division is the southernmost in Australia, located in southern Tasmania around the state capital,Hobart.It is non-contiguous, with the two parts of the division separated by theDivision of Clark,based around centralHobart.As at the2016 election,slightly more than half its electors are located on the eastern shore of theRiver Derwent,incorporating the entireCity of Clarenceand the suburb ofOld BeachfromBrighton Council.The remaining electors in the division are drawn from the southern parts of theKingborough Council,generally south of theHuon Highwayand includingBruny Island,and the entireHuon Valley Council.The division also includes the southern parts of theTasmanian Wilderness World Heritage AreaandMacquarie Island,neither of which have permanent populations.

Geography

Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by theAustralian Electoral Commission.Redistributions occur for the boundaries of divisions in a particular state, and they occur every seven years, or sooner if a state's representation entitlement changes or when divisions of a state are malapportioned.

History

Sir John Franklin,the division's namesake

The division was one of the five established when the formerDivision of Tasmaniawas redistributed on 2 October 1903 and is named forSir John Franklin,the polar explorer who wasLt Governor of Van Diemen's Land1843-46.

The Division of Franklin has always been a reasonably marginal seat, changing hands between theAustralian Labor Partyand theLiberal Partyand its predecessors. However, after 14 years of representation by former Labor and independent memberHarry Quick,the seat of Franklin was considered safe Labor with Franklin one of very few electorates to record a swing to Labor at the2010 election.Franklin also has a strong history of voting for strong candidates rather than for a particular party.

In 2005, sitting Labor memberHarry Quickannounced that he would retire at the2007 election.When Labor preselected union official Kevin Harkins as a replacement, Quick, seeing him as unsuitable, appeared to endorse the Liberal candidate,Vanessa Goodwin,which was partly responsible for his expulsion from the Labor party. Harkins was eventually dropped as a candidate, and the Labor Party state secretaryJulie Collinswas installed as the ALP candidate.

Collins won the seat of Franklin at the 2007 election despite Labor suffering a 3.11% swing against on two party preferred results and 5.03% swing against in general results. Liberal candidate Vanessa Goodwin recorded a swing towards the party while the Australian Greens a swing towards the party similar to that of the Liberals.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		William McWilliams (1856–1929)	Revenue Tariff	16 December 1903– 1906	Previously held theTasmanian House of Assemblyseat ofRingarooma.Served asleader of the Country Partyfrom1920 to 1921.Lost seat
			Anti-Socialist	1906 – 26 May 1909
			Liberal	26 May 1909 – 17 February 1917
			Nationalist	17 February 1917 – 22 January 1920
			Country	22 January 1920 – 16 December 1922
		Alfred Seabrook (1867–1939)	Nationalist	16 December 1922– 17 November 1928	Lost seat. Later elected to theTasmanian House of Assemblyseat ofFranklinin1931
		William McWilliams (1856–1929)	Independent	17 November 1928– 22 October 1929	Died in office
		Charles Frost (1882–1964)	Labor	14 December 1929– 19 December 1931	Lost seat
		Archibald Blacklow (1879–1965)	United Australia	19 December 1931– 15 September 1934	Lost seat. Later elected to theTasmanian Legislative Councilin 1936
		Charles Frost (1882–1964)	Labor	15 September 1934– 28 September 1946	Served as minister underCurtin,FordeandChifley.Lost seat
		Bill Falkinder (1921–1993)	Liberal	28 September 1946– 31 October 1966	Retired
		Thomas Pearsall (1920–2003)		26 November 1966– 25 October 1969	Previously held theTasmanian House of Assemblyseat ofFranklin.Lost seat
		Ray Sherry (1924–1989)	Labor	25 October 1969– 13 December 1975	Lost seat. Later elected to theTasmanian House of Assemblyseat ofFranklinin1976
		Bruce Goodluck (1933–2016)	Liberal	13 December 1975– 8 February 1993	Retired. Later elected to theTasmanian House of Assemblyseat ofFranklinin1996
		Harry Quick (1941–2024)	Labor	13 March 1993– 20 August 2007	Retired
			Independent	20 August 2007 – 17 October 2007
		Julie Collins (1971–)	Labor	24 November 2007– present	Served as minister underGillardandRudd.Incumbent. Currently a minister underAlbanese

Election results

Main article:Electoral results for the Division of Franklin

This section is an excerpt fromResults of the 2022 Australian federal election in Tasmania § Franklin.[edit]

2022 Australian federal election:Franklin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Julie Collins	26,147	36.69	−7.30
	Liberal	Kristy Johnson	19,048	26.73	−4.54
	Greens	Jade Darko	12,370	17.36	+1.11
	Lambie	Chris Hannan	4,215	5.92	+5.92
	Local	Anna Bateman	3,535	4.96	+4.96
	One Nation	Steve Hindley	2,033	2.85	+2.85
	Liberal Democrats	Duane Pitt	1,434	2.01	+2.01
	United Australia	Lisa Matthews	1,380	1.94	−4.76
	Animal Justice	Katrina Love	1,097	1.54	+1.54
Total formal votes			71,259	95.07	−1.78
Informal votes			3,696	4.93	+1.78
Turnout			74,955	93.41	−1.27
Two-party-preferredresult
	Labor	Julie Collins	45,392	63.70	+1.49
	Liberal	Kristy Johnson	25,867	36.30	−1.49
	Laborhold		Swing	+1.49

Alluvial diagramfor preference flows in the seat of Franklin in the2022 federal election.Yindicates at what stage the winning candidate had over 50% of the votes and was declared the winner.

External links

• Division of Franklin - Australian Electoral Commission