Parliament of Tasmania

Parliament of Tasmania
Parliament of Tasmania
50th Parliament
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Legislative Council; House of Assembly
History
Founded	2 December 1856
Leadership
Monarch	Charles III ; since 9 September 2022
Governor	Barbara Baker ; since 16 June 2021
President of the Legislative Council	Craig Farrell, Labor ; since 21 May 2019
Speaker of the House of Assembly	Mark Shelton, Liberal ; since 22 June 2021
Premier	Jeremy Rockliff, Liberal ; since 8 April 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Rebecca White, Labor ; since 7 July 2021
Structure
Seats	40; 25 MHAs; 15 MLCs
House of Assembly political groups	Government ; Liberal (11) ; Opposition ; Labor (8) ; Crossbench ; Greens (2) ; Independent Labor (1)[lower-alpha 1] Independent (3)[lower-alpha 2]
Legislative Council political groups	Government ; Liberal (4) ; Opposition ; Labor (4) ; Crossbench ; Independent (6)[lower-alpha 3] ; Vacant ; Vacant (1)[lower-alpha 4]
Elections
House of Assembly voting system	Hare-Clark
Legislative Council voting system	Partial Preferential
Last general election	1 May 2021
Next general election	In or before 2025
Meeting place
	Parliament House, Hobart, ; Tasmania, Australia
Website
	www.parliament.tas.gov.au

The Parliament of Tasmania is the legislature of Tasmania. It is bicameral, meaning it has two chambers: a lower house (the House of Assembly) and an upper house (the Legislative Council).

Parliament sits at Parliament House in Hobart.

Notes

David O'Byrne (Franklin) resigned from the Labor caucus on 23 August 2021, but remains a member of the Labor Party.
Current independent MHAs: Lara Alexander (Bass), Kristie Johnston (Clark), John Tucker (Lyons)
Current independent MLCs: Rosemary Armitage (Launceston), Ruth Forrest (Murchison), Mike Gaffney (Mersey), Tania Rattray (McIntyre), Rob Valentine (Hobart), Meg Webb (Nelson).[1]
Huon became vacant in January 2022 following the resignation of Bastian Seidel.

"Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council (as of 6 June 2019)" (PDF). Parliament of Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

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