Electoral results for the Division of Rumney

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Rumney in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since 2005, when candidate political affiliations were first recorded in the official record.

Members

This section is an excerpt from Electoral division of Rumney § Members.[edit]

Member		Party	Period
	Lin Thorp	Labor	1999–2011
	Tony Mulder	Independent	2011–2017
	Sarah Lovell	Labor	2017–present

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

This section is an excerpt from 2023 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Rumney Results.[edit]

2023 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections: Rumney^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sarah Lovell	11,003	49.97	+16.20
	Liberal	Gregory Brown	5,838	26.51	+26.51
	Independent Liberal	Tony Mulder	3,760	17.08	−9.77
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Adrian Pickin	1,417	6.44	−0.70
Total formal votes			22,018	96.81	+0.71
Informal votes			726	3.19	−0.71
Turnout			22,744	82.39
Registered electors			27,606
After distribution of preferences
	Labor	Sarah Lovell	11,453	52.02	−0.24
	Liberal	Gregory Brown	6,221	28.25	+28.25
	Independent Liberal	Tony Mulder	4,344	19.73	−8.01
	Labor hold

Elections in the 2010s

2017

This section is an excerpt from 2017 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Rumney Results.[edit]

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2017: Rumney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Sarah Lovell	7,643	33.77	+14.04
	Independent Liberal	Tony Mulder	6,077	26.85	−4.88
	Independent	Steve Mav	4,179	18.46	+18.46
	Independent	Shelley Shay	1,839	8.12	+8.12
	Shooters and Fishers	Cheryl Arnol	1,616	7.14	+7.14
	Independent	Debra Thurley	1,281	5.66	+5.66
Total formal votes			22,635	96.10	−0.54
Informal votes			919	3.90	+0.54
Turnout			23,554	84.45	−0.88
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Sarah Lovell	11,626	52.26	+5.41
	Independent Liberal	Tony Mulder	10,622	47.74	−5.41
	Labor gain from Independent Liberal		Swing	+5.41

2011

This section is an excerpt from 2011 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Rumney Results.[edit]

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2011: Rumney^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lin Thorp	6,754	32.77	−18.18
	Independent	Tony Mulder	5,839	28.33	+28.33
	Independent	Paul Mason	3,114	15.11	+15.11
	Greens	Penelope Ann	2,762	13.40	+1.15
	Independent	Cate Clark	1,356	6.58	+6.58
	Independent	John Forster	785	3.81	+3.81
Total formal votes			20,610	95.51	−0.78
Informal votes			968	4.49	+0.78
Turnout			21,578	85.33	−0.49
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Tony Mulder	10,785	53.15	N/A
	Labor	Lin Thorp	9,507	46.85	N/A
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 2000s

2005

This section is an excerpt from 2005 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Rumney Results.[edit]

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2005: Rumney^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lin Thorp	9,513	50.96	+5.25
	Independent	Carmel Torenius	4,600	24.64	+24.64
	Greens	Glenn Millar	2,286	12.25	+12.25
	Independent	David Traynor	2,269	12.15	+12.15
Total formal votes			18,668	96.29	-0.35
Informal votes			720	3.71	+0.35
Turnout			19,388	85.85	-1.37
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "2023 Legislative Council elections results – Rumney". Tasmanian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
2. . 2011 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2011. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
3. . 2005 Legislative Council election results. Tasmanian Electoral Commission. 2005. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.