title: Electoral results for the Division of Windermere
text: # Electoral results for the Division of Windermere
  
  This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Windermere in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.
  
  ## Members
  
  | Member | Party | Period |
  | - | - | - |
  | Silvia Smith | Independent | 1999–2003 |
  | Ivan Dean | Independent | 2003–2021 |
  | Nick Duigan | Liberal | 2021–present |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 2020s
  
  **2021**
  
  2021 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Windermere :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Nick Duigan | 8,048 | 37.83 | +37.83 |
  | | Labor | Geoff Lyons | 5,746 | 27.01 | −1.52 |
  | | Independent | Will Smith | 4,521 | 21.25 | +21.25 |
  | | Independent | Rob Soward | 2,071 | 9.73 | +9.73 |
  | | Independent | Vivienne Gale | 890 | 4.18 | +4.18 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 21,276 | 95.15 | +0.44 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 1,084 | 4.85 | −0.44 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 22,360 | 81.78 | +3.17 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 27,342 | | |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Liberal | Nick Duigan | 11,400 | 54.14 | +54.14 |
  | | Labor | Geoff Lyons | 9,658 | 45.86 | +1.56 |
  | | Liberal gain from Independent | Liberal gain from Independent | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2010s
  
  **2015**
  
  Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2015: Windermere :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Ivan Dean | 7,650 | 43.96 | +4.79 |
  | | Labor | Jennifer Houston | 4,964 | 28.52 | +28.52 |
  | | Independent | Scott McLean | 2,889 | 16.60 | +16.60 |
  | | Greens | Vanessa Bleyer | 1,900 | 10.92 | −5.35 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 17,403 | 94.71 | −1.71 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 972 | 5.29 | +1.71 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,375 | 72.42 | −8.04 |
  | Two-candidate-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Ivan Dean | 9,693 | 55.70 | +0.70 |
  | | Labor | Jennifer Houston | 7,710 | 44.30 | +44.30 |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | N/A | |
  
  ### Elections in the 2000s
  
  **2009**
  
  Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2009: Windermere :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Ivan Dean | 7,084 | 39.17 | -10.96 |
  | | Independent | Kathryn Hay | 4,839 | 26.76 | +26.76 |
  | | Greens | Peter Whish-Wilson | 2,941 | 16.26 | +16.26 |
  | | Independent | Peter Kaye | 1,769 | 9.78 | +9.78 |
  | | Independent | Ted Sands | 1,451 | 8.02 | +8.02 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 18,084 | 96.42 | -0.38 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 672 | 3.58 | +0.38 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 18,756 | 80.46 | -5.66 |
  | Two-party-preferred result ||||||
  | | Independent | Ivan Dean | 9,839 | 55.00 | N/A |
  | | Independent | Kathryn Hay | 8,051 | 45.00 | N/A |
  | | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
  