Size of the Tasmanian Parliament (House of Assembly)

Eligibility - Electors in the Division of Tasmanian Citizens

Principal Petitioner:

Peter Chapman
46 Delta Avenue
Taroona
Tasmania 7053

Sponsor: Nick McKim MP

Posting Date: 28/1/2014

Closing Date: 22/7/2014

Tabled Date: 19/8/2014

Referred To Minister: Premier on 19/8/2014

Response Due: 28/10/2014

19 Signatures
TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly (Tasmania)
Tasmanian Citizens draw to the attention of the House that your petitioners were distressed by the sudden reduction of the House of Assembly from 35 to 25 members on July 23, 1998, immediately before an election and that the said petitioners have suffered a decline in the quality of Government as a consequence of the said reduction of the House of Assembly. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to restore forthwith the size of the House of Assembly to 35 members, so as to restore both the quality of the Government and the confidence of the petitioners in the said Government of the State of Tasmania.