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title: "Bass: members and political ads | Politics Computer"
description: "Bass: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads."
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Federal division, provincial

# Bass

In Tasmania.

## Sitting member

- [ **Jess Teesdale** Labor, Bass ](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-teesdale)

About

## About Bass

Bass is a federal electorate in Tasmania, in the House of Representatives, covering most of the city of Launceston and its surrounds. It is held by Jess Teesdale of the Australian Labor Party. Bass is classified as provincial.

Created

Redistributed on 2 October 1903

Named after

Explorer George Bass

Classification

Provincial

Areas included

Launceston, Furneaux Group, George Town, West Tamar, Dorset

Notable member

Lance Barnard, Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam government

Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%5Fof%5FBass), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

## Who's advertising

MPs and candidates for Bass whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent.

We don't follow any candidate's page for Bass yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Bass are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page.

## Other divisions in Tasmania

- [Braddon](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/braddon)
- [Clark](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/clark)
- [Franklin](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/franklin)
- [Lyons](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/lyons)

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