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| Australian federal election, 2016
Division of Franklin, Tasmania
Eastern and southern Hobart: Cygnet, Kingston, Lauderdale, Lindisfarne
Sitting member: Hon Julie Collins (Labor), elected 2007
Enrolment at close of rolls: 76,797
2013 Labor majority over Liberal: 5.1%
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Candidates in ballot-paper order:
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1. Tim Sanderson
The Arts Party |
2. Martine Delaney
Australian Greens |
3. Amanda-Sue Markham
Liberal Party |
4. Hon Julie Collins
Australian Labor Party |
5. George Muskett
Christian Democrats |
2013 results
Statistics and history
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 people born in non English speaking countries.
As a suburban seat it has a fairly high proportion of families with dependent children and dwellings being purchased.
Over the years Franklin has been held by both sides of politics for extended periods. 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 regional development, local government and employment services. The Liberal candidate in 2016 is Amanda-Sue
Markham, a nurse and staffer for a Liberal state MP. If the Liberals could not win Franklin when Labor was at its lowest ebb in 2013, it's hard
to see them doing so in 2016.
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