Montgomery – Tasmania LC 2025

Incumbent MLC
Leonie Hiscutt (Liberal), since 2013.

• Geography
• History
• Candidates
• Assessment
• 2022 results
• Booth breakdown
• Results maps

Geography
North-western Tasmania. Montgomery covers most of Burnie and Kentish council areas and all of the Central Coast council area, running along the coast from Burnie to Ulverstone.

History
Montgomery was created in the 1999 redistribution. The seat was held by Sue Smith, who had previously held the seat of Leven since the 1997 by-election.

Smith was re-elected in Montgomery in 2002 with 51.7% of the vote in a four-candidate race. She was re-elected in 2007 unopposed.

Smith was elected President of the Legislative Council in 2008. She served as President for the next five years, and retired at the 2013 election.

Smith was succeeded by Liberal candidate Leonie Hiscutt at the 2013 election. Hiscutt was re-elected in 2019.

Candidates
Sitting Liberal MLC Leonie Hiscutt is not running for re-election.

• Casey Hiscutt (Independent)
• Stephen Parry (Liberal)

Assessment
Montgomery is a relatively conservative seat, and has two prominent conservatives contesting the seat. It is likely to be a race amongst conservatives.

2019 result

2019 two-candidate-preferred result

Booth breakdown

Polling places in Montgomery have been split into three parts. Polling places in the Burnie and Ulverstone areas have been grouped together, with the remaining rural booths also grouped together.

Liberal candidate Leonie Hiscutt won the highest primary vote in all three areas, ranging from 37.7% in Burnie to 45.8% in the rural parts.

Labor came second, with a primary vote ranging from 21.5% in rural parts to 34.7% in Burnie. Third-placed Cheryl Fuller’s vote ranged from 15.1% in Burnie to 21.5% in Ulverstone.

Election results in Montgomery at the 2019 Legislative Council election
Toggle between primary votes for the Liberal Party, Labor, independent candidate Cheryl Fuller and the Shooters, Fishers and Farmers.

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