Division of Franklin (state)

Franklin Tasmania—House of Assembly
Map showing the Division of Franklin, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.[1] Map showing the Division of Franklin, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.
State	Tasmania
Created	1909
MP	David O'Byrne (Labor) Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) Alison Standen (Labor) Nic Street (Liberal) Rosalie Woodruff (Greens)
Party	Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (1)
Namesake	Sir John Franklin
Electors	79,290 (2018)
Area	6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi)
Demographic	Mixed
Federal electorate(s)	Franklin
Electorates around Franklin: Braddon Lyons Lyons Braddon Franklin Tasman Sea Southern Ocean Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

The Division of Franklin is one of the five multi-member electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It is named after Sir John Franklin.

It is located in the state's south and includes Bruny Island. It includes some outer suburbs of Hobart. It shares the same boundaries as the federal Division of Franklin, which only has one member.

1. ↑ Map data: Electoral boundaries from Administrative Boundaries [May 2016] ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).