--- title: "Craig Farrell: political ads and spending | Politics Computer" description: "What Craig Farrell has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://politics.computer/mp/craig-farrell" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Derwent](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/derwent) Labor Tasmanian Legislative Council # Craig Farrell Member for [Derwent](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/derwent), [Labor](https://politics.computer/party/labor) About ## About Craig Farrell Craig Farrell is a Labor member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the seat of Derwent. He was first elected at a by-election in May 2011 and was elected president of the Council in 2019\. Before entering parliament, he was a councillor and Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council. Born 28 January 1964 First elected 7 May 2011, at a by-election Re-elected 2021, for a further six-year term Council presidency Elected president of the Legislative Council on 21 May 2019 Previous role Deputy Mayor of Derwent Valley Council until October 2011 Son Casey Farrell, elected to the House of Assembly in 2024 Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%5FFarrell%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. Ads ## What Craig Farrell spends on ads Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library. We follow Craig Farrell's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=174691605908890) ## Other Labor members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council [Labor spending](https://politics.computer/party/labor) - [ **Luke Edmunds** Labor, Pembroke ](https://politics.computer/mp/luke-edmunds) - [ **Sarah Lovell** Labor, Rumney ](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-lovell) Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council on 15 November 2026\. --- [Politics Computer](https://politics.computer/) A free reference for Australian politics. Seats and members from the parliaments, votes from Hansard, ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 15 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. Explore [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats) [Federal divisions](https://politics.computer/seats/federal) [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) [Senators](https://politics.computer/mps/senate) [Parties](https://politics.computer/parties) Victoria 2026 [The race](https://politics.computer/victoria) [Promises](https://politics.computer/promises) [Which party matches you?](https://politics.computer/quiz) Data [Every ad](https://politics.computer/ads) [Who's spending](https://politics.computer/who) [How MPs voted](https://politics.computer/votes) [Search](https://politics.computer/search) [How this works](https://politics.computer/about) [API and MCP](https://politics.computer/developers) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://politics.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://politics.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://politics.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.