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Federal division, rural

# Braddon

In Tasmania.

## Sitting member

- [ **Anne Urquhart** Labor, Braddon ](https://politics.computer/mp/anne-urquhart)

About

## About Braddon

Braddon is a federal electoral division in north-west and west Tasmania, including King Island, covering about 21,369 square kilometres. It is held by Anne Urquhart of the Australian Labor Party, who was elected at the 2025 federal election. The division is classified as rural and includes the cities of Burnie and Devonport.

Created

30 August 1955, at the Tasmanian redistribution

Named after

Sir Edward Braddon, Premier of Tasmania

Area

Approximately 21,369 square kilometres

First elected

2025 federal election

Previous members

Ray Groom was its most prominent member

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

## Who's advertising

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

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

## Other divisions in Tasmania

- [Bass](https://politics.computer/seats/federal/bass)
- [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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