title: Electoral results for the Division of Huon
text: # Electoral results for the Division of Huon
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Huon in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Member | Party | Period |
  | - | - | - |
  | Thomas Knight | Independent | 1856–1857 |
  | Richard Cleburne | Independent | 1857–1864 |
  | Alexander Kissock | Independent | 1864–1866 |
  | John Wedge | Independent | 1866–1868 |
  | John Foster | Independent | 1868–1874 |
  | James Robertson | Independent | 1874–1880 |
  | Joseph Solomon | Independent | 1880 |
  | William Fisher | Independent | 1881–1882 |
  | John Watchorn | Independent | 1882–1905 |
  | Thomas Fisher | Independent | 1905–1909 |
  | Stafford Bird | Independent | 1909–1924 |
  | David Calvert | Independent | 1924 |
  | William Calvert | Independent | 1924–1942 |
  | Rowland Worsley | Labor | 1942–1948 |
  | Ron Brown | Independent | 1948–1966 |
  | Michael Hodgman | Independent | 1966–1974 |
  | Peter Hodgman | Independent | 1974–1986 |
  | Athol Meyer | Independent | 1986–1996 |
  | Paul Harriss | Independent | 1996–2014 |
  | Robert Armstrong | Independent | 2014–2020 |
  | Bastian Seidel | Labor | 2020–2022 |
  | Dean Harriss | Independent | 2022– |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  **2022**
  
  2022 Legislative Council by-election: Huon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Toby Thorpe | 5,648 | 25.05 | +25.05 |
  | | Independent | Dean Harriss | 5,340 | 23.68 | +7.54 |
  | | Liberal | Aldo Antolli | 5,111 | 22.66 | +22.66 |
  | | Greens | Gideon Cordover | 4,704 | 20.86 | +20.86 |
  | | Local | Pat Caplice | 1,748 | 7.75 | +7.75 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 22,551 | 97.35 | −0.09 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 615 | 2.65 | +0.09 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 23,166 | 86.20 | +0.64 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,876 | | |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Dean Harriss | 11,840 | 52.55 | +36.41 |
  | | Labor | Toby Thorpe | 10,693 | 47.45 | +47.45 |
  | | Independent gain from Labor | Independent gain from Labor | Swing | | |
  
  **2020**
  
  2020 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Huon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labor | Bastian Seidel | 6,795 | 31.29 | +31.29 |
  | | Independent | Robert Armstrong | 4,071 | 18.75 | −1.65 |
  | | Greens | Pat Caruana | 3,808 | 17.54 | +17.54 |
  | | Independent | Dean Harriss | 3,506 | 16.14 | +16.14 |
  | | Independent | Debbie Armstrong | 1,784 | 8.22 | +8.22 |
  | | Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Garrick Cameron | 1,752 | 8.07 | +8.07 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,716 | 97.44 | +1.67 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 571 | 2.56 | −1.67 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,287 | 85.56 | +0.39 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 26,048 | | |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Labor | Bastian Seidel | 12,284 | 57.31 | +57.31 |
  | | Independent | Robert Armstrong | 9,152 | 42.69 | −14.19 |
  | | Labor gain from Independent | Labor gain from Independent | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2014**
  
  Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2014: Huon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Peter Hodgman | 5,387 | 26.13 | +26.13 |
  | | Independent | Robert Armstrong | 4,205 | 20.40 | +20.40 |
  | | Independent | Liz Smith | 3,974 | 19.28 | +19.28 |
  | | Independent | Jimmy Bell | 3,177 | 15.41 | +15.41 |
  | | Independent | Rodney Dillon | 1,690 | 8.20 | +8.20 |
  | | Independent | Pavel Ruzicka | 1,312 | 6.36 | +6.36 |
  | | Independent | Helen Lane | 871 | 4.22 | +4.22 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 20,616 | 95.76 | −0.56 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 912 | 4.24 | +0.56 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 21,528 | 85.17 | +2.32 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Robert Armstrong | 10,703 | 56.88 | +56.88 |
  | | Liberal | Peter Hodgman | 8,113 | 43.12 | +43.12 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2008**
  
  Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2008: Huon :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Paul Harriss | 12,149 | 62.04 | +12.61 |
  | | Greens | Mark Rickards | 7,435 | 37.96 | +37.96 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 19,584 | 96.32 | -1.31 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 748 | 4.68 | +1.31 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 20,332 | 82.86 | -4.75 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
  