Final Seat to Be Decided in Tasmanian Election

Final Tasmanian parliament revealed as Bass count goes down to the wire

Liberal MP Simon Wood and independent Rebekah Pentland have lost their seats in the Tasmanian parliament. Here's who will take their place.

Final seat to be decided in Tasmanian election

Two weeks after polling day, vote counting will today decide the final make-up of the Tasmanian parliament — with Labor still very much a chance at snatching power from the Liberals.

Simon Behrakis concedes defeat after narrow loss in Tasmanian seat of Clark

Simon Behrakis has lost his seat in Tasmania’s electorate of Clark by a razor-thin margin, as fellow Liberal and sitting MP Madeleine Ogilvie surged ahead in the final count to claim the last available seat. The Tasmanian Electoral Commission confirmed the result on Thursday, July 31, revealing that Ogilvie had overtaken Behrakis by just 180 votes, despite trailing in first preferences. Behrakis led initially with 5,122 first-preference votes to…