Electoral results for the Division of Hobart

This is a list of electoral results for the electoral division of Hobart in Tasmanian Legislative Council elections since it was reconstituted in 2008.

Members

Second incarnation (2008–present)
Member		Party	Period
	Doug Parkinson	Labor	2008–2012
	Rob Valentine	Independent	2012–present

Election results

Elections in the 2010s

2018

This section is an excerpt from 2018 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Hobart Results.[edit]

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2018: Hobart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Valentine	8,034	43.91	N/A
	Independent	Richard Griggs	4,691	25.64	N/A
	Liberal	Simon Behrakis	3,485	19.05	N/A
	Animal Justice	Chris Simcox	1,319	7.21	N/A
	Tasmanians 4 Tasmania	Alan Barnett	413	2.26	N/A
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Brendon Hext	353	1.93	N/A
Total formal votes			18,295	97.07	N/A
Informal votes			553	2.93	N/A
Turnout			18,848	76.42	N/A
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Rob Valentine	11,032	61.01	N/A
	Independent	Richard Griggs	7,051	38.99	N/A
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

2012

This section is an excerpt from 2012 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election § Hobart Results.[edit]

Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic elections, 2012: Hobart

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Rob Valentine	6,646	37.0	+37.0
	Greens	Penelope Ann	3,935	22.6	–7.4
	Labor	Dean Winter	3,347	19.2	−18.2
	Independent	James Sugden	2,356	13.5	+13.5
	Independent	Paul Hiscutt	768	4.4	–2.8
	Independent	John Forster	547	3.1	+3.1
Total formal votes			17,399	96.9	+0.2
Informal votes			550	3.1	–0.2
Turnout			17,949	75.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Independent	Rob Valentine	10,617	62.5	+62.5
	Greens	Penelope Ann	6,376	37.5	+0.2
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	N/A