Electoral division of Murchison

Murchison Tasmania—Legislative Council

State	Tasmania
MP	Ruth Forrest
Party	Independent
Namesake	Mount Murchison
Electors	23,820 (January 2015)
Area	19,675 km² (7,596.6 sq mi)

The electoral division of Murchison is one of the fifteen electorates in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It is the largest electorate in size, covering an area of 19,675 km².

It is located on the western coast of Tasmania and includes the municipalities of Waratah-Wynyard, West Coast and Circular Head.

The electorate is named after Mount Murchison near Rosebery and the Murchison River (Tasmania) which also flows through the region.

Within the boundaries of Murchison are the towns of; Queenstown, Zeehan, Rosebery, Wynyard, Smithton, Stanley, Somerset, Strahan and Waratah.

The number of enrolled voters is 23,820. The sitting member is Ruth Forrest, who was re-elected unopposed in 2011.

Members

Member		Party	Period
	Tony Fletcher	Independent	1999–2005
	Ruth Forrest	Independent	2005–present

References

Electoral divisions of Tasmania

House of Assembly	Bass Braddon Denison Franklin Lyons

Legislative Council	Apsley Derwent Elwick Hobart Huon Launceston Mersey Montgomery Murchison Nelson Pembroke Rosevears Rumney Western Tiers Windermere

Western region of Tasmania, Australia

Cities
and other settlements

Queenstown

Crotty

Darwin

Dundas

Gormanston

Guildford

Linda

Pillinger

Regatta Point

Rosebery

Strahan

Tullah

Waratah

Williamsford

Zeehan

Governance

Mountains

West
Coast
Range

Tyndall	Geikie Tyndall

Eldon	Eldon Peak

Engineer	unnamed peak

Raglan	unnamed peak

Sticht	unnamed peak

National parks

Rivers

Lakes

Dams

Power stations

Transport

Railways	Emu Bay Macquarie Heads breakwater Melba Mount Dundas – Zeehan North East Dundas North Mount Lyell Strahan–Zeehan Wee Georgie Wood West Coast Wilderness

Locomotives and rolling stock	TGR G class (1896) TGR K class

Railway stations and former railway stations	Queenstown Regatta Point Zeehan

Landmarks

Natural	Birchs Inlet Cape Sorell Darwin Crater Granville Harbour Hells Gates Iron Blow Kelly Basin Linda Valley Macquarie Harbour Montezuma Falls Nelson Falls Ocean Beach Trial Harbour

Man-made	Cape Sorell Lighthouse Galley Museum Queenstown Oval

People of note

Mining

Books and newspapers

other

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