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Australian federal election, 2019
Division of Franklin, Tasmania
Eastern and southern Hobart: Huonville, Kingston, Lindisfarne, Margate, Warrane
State seats: All of
Franklin
Local government areas: All of Huon Valley, parts of Clarence and Kingborough
Enrolment at close of rolls: 76,673
1999 republic referendum: No 53.8
2018 same-sex marriage survey: Yes 68.8
Sitting member: Hon Julie Collins (Labor):
Elected 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016
2007 Labor majority over Liberal: 4.5%
2010 Labor majority over Liberal: 10.8%
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.1%
2016 Labor majority over Liberal: 10.7%
2019 notional Labor majority over Liberal: 10.7%
Status: Fairly safe Labor
2016 results
Statistics and history
Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Kit Darko
Australian Greens |
2. Dean Young
Liberal Party |
3. Darren Hawes
Fraser Anning's Conservative
National Party |
4. Hon Julie Collins
Australian Labor Party |
5. Darren Winter
United Australia Party |
Candidate websites:
Hon Julie Collins
Kit Darko
Dean Young
Division of Franklin
Franklin has existed since Tasmania was first divided into electorates in 1903, initially taking in much of
southern and central Tasmania. In recent times it has been cut back to become a Hobart suburban seat, covering
the suburbs on the eastern shore of the Derwent River, but also taking in some outer suburban territory to the
south-west of Hobart, plus the thinly inhabited south-west corner of the state. Like all the Tasmanian seats it has
a relatively low median family income level, and a very low proportion of non English speaking
households. As a suburban seat it has a fairly high proportion of families with dependent children and dwellings
being purchased.
Over the decades Franklin has been held by both sides of politics for extended periods, but it's now 28
years since it was won by the Liberals. Even in 2013 Labor won nearly all of the eastern shore booths, some by
wide margins, while the Liberals were confined to a few high-income areas like Tranmere.
Harry Quick won Franklin for Labor in 1993. Quick and his Liberal predecessor Bruce Goodluck were both colourful
personalities who held the seat largely on their personal standing in the rather parochial atmosphere of
Tasmanian politics. Quick retired in 2007 and the seat was retained by Labor's Julie Collins. Labor retained it
fairly easily even in 2013, when the Liberals swept away Labor members in Bass, Braddon and Lyons.
Julie Collins, Labor MP for Franklin since 2007, was a public servant, ministerial adviser (including to Tasmanian
Premier Jim Bacon) and state secretary of the Tasmanian Labor Party before her election. She became a parliamentary
secretary in 2010 and Minister for Community Services in 2011. She is now Shadow Minister for Ageing and Mental
Health.
The Liberal candidate in 2019 will be Dean Young, a a small business owner and accountant. The Greens
candidate is Kit Darko, a software developer.
Demographics:
Median weekly household income: $1,265 (Australia $1,438)
People over 65: 19.3% (Australia 15.8%)
Indigenous: 4.5% (Australia 2.8%)
Australian born: 81.7% (Australia 66.7%)
Non-English-speaking households: 6.3% (Australia 22.2%)
Catholics 17.0% (Australia 22.6%)
No religion 39.4% (Australia 29.6%)
University graduates: 19.5% (Australia 22.0%)
Professional and managerial employment: 33.5% (Australia 35.2%)
Employed in manufacturing and construction: 23.3% (Australia 22.9%)
Employed in agriculture: 5.8% (Australia 3.3%)
Paying a mortgage: 38.2% (Australia 34.5%)
Renting: 21.4% (Australia 30.9%)
Traditional families: 29.2% (Australia 32.8%)
Members:
William McWilliams (Ind, AS, Lib, Nat, CP, Nat) 1903-22
Alfred Seabrook (Nat) 1922-28
William McWilliams (Ind) 1928-29
Charles Frost (ALP) 1929b-31
Archibald Blacklow (UAP) 1931-34
Hon Charles Frost (ALP) 1934-46
Charles Falkinder (Lib) 1946-66
Thomas Pearsall (Lib) 1966-69
Ray Sherry (ALP) 1969-75
Bruce Goodluck (Lib) 1975-93
Harry Quick (ALP) 1993-2007
Hon Susan Collins (ALP) 2007-
Boundaries following 2018 redistribution:
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