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FRANKLIN
TAS House of Assembly
The information on this page was provided by the Tasmanian Electoral Office, the Tasmanian Parliamentary Library and the Australian Bureau of Statistics and was correct at September 2002.
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Electoral Commission) 2001 The Data (Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries 2004) has been used in the electoral map with the permission of the Australian Electoral Commission. The Australian Electoral Commission has not evaluated the Data as altered and incorporated within the electoral map, and therefore gives no warranty regarding its accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose. Limited End-user licence provided by the Australian Electoral Commission: You may use the electoral map to load, display, print and reproduce views obtained from the Data, retaining this notice, for your personal use, or use within your organisation only.
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| Current Members
| Ross BUTLER (Australian Labor Party)
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| Paula Catherine WRIEDT (Australian Labor Party)
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| Will HODGMAN (Liberal Party)
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| Lara GIDDINGS (Australian Labor Party)
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| Nick MCKIM (Tasmanian Greens)
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| Description
| Outer metropolitan |
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| Location
| Southern Tasmania; it includes the centres of Bridgewater, Cygnet, Geeveston, Hastings, Huonville, Kingston, Lauderdale and Lunawanna |
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| Origin
| The Division was named after Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), Lt. Governor of Tasmania 1837 to 1843. He accompanied Matthew Flinders on a voyage to chart the South coast of Australia in 1801. He died on an expedition to the Arctic. Franklin was first proclaimed in 1903 - the first election was held for the Division in 1906 |
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| Products/Industries
| Apples, pears, small fruits, fishing, beef cattle, sheep, forestry, cottage industries, tourism. |
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| State
| TAS |
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| State Electorates
| Franklin is co-extensive with the Tasmanian Federal electorate of the same name |
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| Area
| 7,933 sq kms (approx) |
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| Population
| 95,339 as at 2002 |
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| Enrolled Electors
| 66,625 as at 15/10/01 |
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