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Penelope Ann was selected by the
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preselection candidate Paul
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Legislative Council periodic elections, 2012: Western Tiers
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as the only remaining Labor MLC. As his replacement Labor preselected
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was an MLC from 1983 to 1995) and serial candidate John
Forster.
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Tasmanian
Legislative Council periodic elections, 2012: Hobart
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were held on 5 May 2012. The two seats up for election were
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840:2012 Legislative Council election results
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69:8 seats needed for a majority
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1513:2012 elections in Australia
836:"Division of Western Tiers"
223:. His main competition was
163:Periodic elections for the
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547:Western Tiers Results
736:"Division of Hobart"
229:Lord Mayor of Hobart
620:Total formal votes
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450:Two-party-preferred
406:Total formal votes
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579:Independent
504:Independent
460:Independent
388:Independent
367:Independent
346:Independent
328:Dean Winter
279:Independent
217:Dean Winter
205:Labor Party
102:Independent
1507:Categories
689:References
560:Candidate
260:Candidate
197:Wellington
47:5 May 2012
584:Greg Hall
541:Greg Hall
185:Greg Hall
872:(2012).
805:(2012).
772:(2012).
707:"Hobart"
705:(2012).
537:Rowallan
203:for the
653:19,136
649:Turnout
623:18,056
588:13,233
469:10,617
452:result
439:17,949
435:Turnout
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237:Liberal
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887:17 May
854:17 May
820:17 May
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720:17 May
637:1,080
615:+26.7
609:4,823
563:Votes
557:Party
490:6,376
483:Greens
475:+62.5
359:+13.5
353:2,356
338:−18.2
332:3,347
309:3,935
302:Greens
294:+37.0
288:6,646
263:Votes
257:Party
233:Greens
191:Hobart
179:, and
169:Hobart
98:Party
675:Swing
656:81.5
643:+0.2
629:−0.2
626:94.4
612:26.7
594:-8.6
591:73.3
517:Swing
511:Labor
509:from
496:+0.2
493:37.5
472:62.5
442:75.8
429:–0.2
415:+0.2
412:96.9
401:+3.1
380:–2.8
356:13.5
335:19.2
323:Labor
315:–7.4
312:22.6
291:37.0
173:Labor
107:Labor
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507:gain
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374:768
241:Hugh
211:MLC
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