Divisions · Tasmania · 83,693 enrolled
Franklin
Julie Collins (Labor) won Franklin in 2025 with 57.78% of the final two-candidate vote against Peter George (Independent), a fairly safe margin of 7.78 points.
Member now Julie Collins Labor · in Parliament since 24 November 2007
- Turnout
- 94.16%
- Informal
- 2.97%
- Labor TPP
- 69.44%
- TPP swing to Labor
- +5.74
- Formal votes
- 76,462
- 2022 winner
- Julie Collins (Labor)
2025 · first preferences
6 candidates
- Julie CollinsLabor · sitting member · elected 29,842 39.03% +2.34
- Peter GeorgeIndependent 16,586 21.69% +21.69
- Josh GarvinLiberal 14,403 18.84% −7.89
- Owen FitzgeraldGreens 8,016 10.48% −6.88
- Brendan BlomeleyIndependent 3,822 5.00% +5.00
- Stefan PopescuOne Nation 3,793 4.96% +2.11
Votes, share of formal votes and swing on 2022 (AEC, notional for redrawn boundaries).
After preferences
The final two
Julie Collins · Labor 57.78% 44,179
Peter George · Independent 42.22% 32,283
Lead: 11,896 of 76,462 votes. The final two were not Labor and the Coalition; the AEC's separate Labor–Coalition count gives Labor 69.44%.
Distribution of preferences · 5 counts
| Candidate | First | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Garvin · Liberal | 14,403 | 15,836 | 17,475 | 17,810 | excl. |
| Peter George · Independent | 16,586 | 17,269 | 19,208 | 23,564 | 32,283 |
| Brendan Blomeley · Independent | 3,822 | 4,814 | excl. | ||
| Stefan Popescu · One Nation | 3,793 | excl. | |||
| Owen Fitzgerald · Greens | 8,016 | 8,235 | 8,422 | excl. | |
| Julie Collins · Labor | 29,842 | 30,308 | 31,357 | 35,088 | 44,179 |
Each count excludes the candidate with the fewest votes and passes their papers on. Step through it on /au/seats.
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