Size of the House of Assembly, Tasmanian Parliament

Eligibility - Tasmania citizens

Principal Petitioner:

The Tasmanian Constitution Society
PO Box 526
South Hobart 7004

Sponsor: Ms Cassandra O'Connor

Posting Date: 23/7/2021

Closing Date: 23/1/2022

Tabled Date: 25/5/2022

Responded Minister: Premier on 16/8/2022

401 Signatures

TO: The Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly (Tasmania)

The petition of the undersigned citizens of Tasmania draws to the attention of the House that your petitioners were distressed by the sudden reduction of the size of the House of Assembly from 35 to 25 members on July 23 1998 immediately before an election and that the petitioners have suffered a decline in the quality of governance as a consequence of the reduction of the House of Assembly.

Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to restore forthwith the size of the membership of the House of Assembly to 35 members so as to restore both the quality of Government and the confidence of the petitioners in the Government of Tasmania.