Division of Franklin (state)
| Franklin Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election | |||||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 1909 | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Eric Abetz (Liberal) Meg Brown (Labor) David O'Byrne (Independent) Jacquie Petrusma (Liberal) Nic Street (Liberal) Rosalie Woodruff (Greens) Dean Winter (Labor) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Independent (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Sir John Franklin | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 79,290 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 6,911 km2 (2,668.4 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Mixed | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Franklin | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | Huon Nelson Pembroke Rumney | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, located in southern Tasmania and includes Bruny Island, Kingston and the eastern shore of the Derwent River. Franklin is named after Sir John Franklin, the Arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1837–43). The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Franklin.
Franklin and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.