2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election

Unlike other Australian state parliaments, the Tasmanian House of Assembly is elected from multi-member districts, while the Legislative Council is elected from single-member districts.^[8] The reverse is the case in most of the rest of Australia; that is, the lower house is elected from single-member districts while the upper house is elected from multi-member districts.^[8]

The Legislative Council has 15 seats, with members elected to a six-year term.^[9] Elections are staggered, alternating between three seats in one year and in two seats the next year, taking place on the first Saturday in May.^[8][9]

Tasmanian's upper house is unique in Australian politics, in that historically it is the only chamber in any state parliament to be significantly non-partisan.^[10][11] Prior to the election, the chamber had a plurality of independents, although it had previously had an outright independent majority.^[12][4]

Legislative Council elections use partial preferential voting and the Robson Rotation.^[13] In elections with four or less candidates, full preferential voting is effectively used, but for seats with five or more candidates, voters only have to number at least three boxes.^[14][15]

• Where there are more than 3 candidates, at least number 1, 2 and 3
• Where there are 3 candidates, at least number 1 and 2
• Where there are 2 candidates, at least number 1

2025 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election (Montgomery)

← 2019 24 May 2025 2031 →
Electoral division of Montgomery in the Tasmanian Legislative Council
Registered	29,824
First party Second party   IND Candidate Casey Hiscutt Stephen Parry Party Independent Liberal Primary vote 7,564 6,911 Percentage 32.0 29.2 Swing 32.0 15.2 TCP 61.7% 38.3% TCP swing 61.7 21.9   Third party Fourth party   SFF Candidate Darren Briggs Adrian Pickin Party Greens Shooters Primary vote 5,111 3,048 Percentage 21.6 12.9 Swing 21.6 2.1
MLC before election Leonie Hiscutt Liberal Elected MLC Casey Hiscutt Independent

Montgomery is located on Tasmania's north-west coast, covering the Central Coast Council and the south-eastern suburbs of Burnie.^[16][17] The seat has been held by Liberal Party member Leonie Hiscutt since 2013, when she succeeded retiring independent incumbent Sue Smith, and she was re-elected in 2019 with 60.17% of the two-party-preferred vote.^[18][5]

On 16 May 2024, Hiscutt announced that she would not seek re-election in 2025.^[19][20] Her son, Central Coast councillor Casey Hiscutt, announced on the same day that he would contest Montgomery as an independent with her endorsement.^[21][22] Former senator Stephen Parry, who served as the President of the Senate from 2014 until 2017, was announced on 15 June 2024 as the Liberal candidate.^[23][24]