--- title: "Peter George, Member for Franklin | Politics Computer" description: "Peter George is the independent member for Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was elected on 19 July 2025 and received the highest primary vote…" url: "https://politics.computer/mp/peter-george" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Politicians](https://politics.computer/mps) / [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/tas/franklin) Independent Tasmanian House of Assembly # Peter George Member for [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/tas/franklin) About ## About Peter George Peter George is the independent member for Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was elected on 19 July 2025 and received the highest primary vote of all Franklin candidates at that state election. He lives in Cygnet, Tasmania, and is president of Neighbours of Fish Farming (NOFF). Born 1951 First elected 19 July 2025, Tasmanian House of Assembly Highest primary vote Franklin candidates, 2025 Tasmanian state election Federal candidacy Franklin, 2025 federal election, independent, 42.2% two-candidate-preferred Career Journalist; Foreign Correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%5FGeorge%5F%28politician%29), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. We don't follow a Facebook page for Peter George yet, so there are no ads of theirs here. See who is advertising in [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/tas/franklin). ## Other Independent members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly - [ **Craig Garland** Independent, Braddon ](https://politics.computer/mp/craig-garland) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DAVID_O'BYRNE.jpg?width=96)**David O'Byrne** Independent, Franklin ](https://politics.computer/mp/david-obyrne) - [ **George Razay** Independent, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/george-razay) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen_Burnet_1_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Helen Burnet** Independent, Clark ](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-burnet) - [ **Kristie Johnston** Independent, Clark ](https://politics.computer/mp/kristie-johnston) Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 11 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 11 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.