The AEC has declared the Senate result in Tasmania. The ALP has won 3 places, the Liberals 2 and the Greens 1.
AEC State Manager for Tasmania, Marie Neilson, said that the Senate count had involved the keying of votes into a computerised system, and today an automated process was used to distribute preferences and determine the six elected candidates. “As with all aspects of the count, the final process undertaken today was able to be observed by scrutineers representing candidates.”
The successful candidates for the 6 Tasmanian Senate vacancies, in order of their election are:
- Nick Sherry (ALP)
- Richard Colbeck (Lib)
- Bob Brown (Greens)
- Carol Brown (ALP)
- David Bushby (Lib)
- Catryna Bilyk (ALP)
