Candidates of the 2014 Tasmanian state election
# Candidates of the 2014 Tasmanian state election

This article provides information on candidates who stood at the 2014 Tasmanian state election, held on 15 March 2014.

## Retiring Members

### Labor

* Michael Polley MP (Lyons)
* Graeme Sturges MP (Denison)

## House of Assembly

Sitting members at the time of the election are shown in bold text. Tickets that elected at least one MHA are highlighted in the relevant colour. Successful candidates are indicated by an asterisk (*).

### Bass

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Palmer candidates | Christians candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andrew Connor Adam Gore Senka Mujkic Michelle O'Byrne* Brian Wightman | Sarah Courtney* Michael Ferguson* Peter Gutwein* Barry Jarvis Leonie McNair | Kim Booth* Andrea Dawkins Anna Povey Anne Layton-Bennett Amy Tyler | Chris Dobson Brian Gunst Mark Hines Tim Parish | Ray Kroeze | Brett Lucas Andrew Roberts |

### Braddon

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Palmer candidates | National candidates | Christians candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darryl Bessell Brenton Best Shane Broad Bryan Green* Justine Keay | Adam Brooks* Kyron Howell Roger Jaensch* Jeremy Rockliff* Joan Rylah* | Chris Cornell Melissa Houghton Philip Nicholas Paul O'Halloran Sally O'Wheel | Scott Alexander Julian Brown Kevin Deakin Steven Green Kevin Morgan | Emmanuel Benjamin Ken Dorsey Liz van der Linde-Keep | Kevin Swarts | Mick Anderson Tony W. Brown |

### Denison

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Palmer candidates | National candidates | Socialist Alliance candidates | Independent candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Julian Amos Scott Bacon* Sharon Carnes Alphonse Mulumba Madeleine Ogilvie* | Elise Archer* Deborah De Williams Matthew Groom* René Kling Robert Mallett | Penelope Ann Philip Cocker Bill Harvey Cassy O'Connor* Alan Whykes | Barbara Etter Charles Forrest Mark Grube Rob Newitt Justin Stringer | Domenic Allocca Julian Edwards Vlad Gala | Shaine Stephen | Leo Foley Michael Swanton Marti Zucco Freddy Hill Lucas Noyes Hans Willink |

Note: Foley, Swanton and Zucco have each qualified for their own group. Hill, Noyes and Willink are all ungrouped Independents.

### Franklin

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens was defending one seat.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Palmer candidates | National candidates | Socialist Alliance candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Heather Chong Julie Dick Lara Giddings* Russell Mitchell David O'Byrne | Sue Bastone Paul Harriss* Will Hodgman* Jacquie Petrusma* Nic Street | Richard Atkinson Simon Burnett Zoe Kean Nick McKim* Rosalie Woodruff | Michael Figg John Peers Luke Rutherford Con Spiliopoulos Debra Thurley | Matt Holloway Penny Lane Myrtle Wakeling | Jenny Forward |

### Lyons

Five seats were up for election. The Labor Party was defending two seats. The Liberal Party was defending two seats. The Tasmanian Greens were defending one seat.

| Labor candidates | Liberal candidates | Greens candidates | Palmer candidates | National candidates | Ungrouped candidates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darren Clark Jessey Dillon Bob Gordon David Llewellyn* Rebecca White* | Guy Barnett* Bertrand Cadart Martyn Evans Rene Hidding* Mark Shelton* | Pip Brinklow Tim Morris Hannah Rudenach Glenn Millar Stephanie Taylor | Mark Grewar Wayne Shoobridge Quentin von Stieglitz | Craig Davey Brett Hall Leo Perotti Anne Salt | Paul Belcher Murray Stewart |
