--- title: "Mersey: members and political ads | Politics Computer" description: "Mersey: who holds the seat and what they're spending on Facebook and Instagram ads." url: "https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/mersey" --- [Home](https://politics.computer/) / [Seats](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council) Tasmanian upper house division # Mersey In Tasmania. ## Sitting member - [ **Mike Gaffney** Independent, Mersey ](https://politics.computer/mp/mike-gaffney) About ## About Mersey Mersey is one of the fifteen constituencies in the Tasmanian Legislative Council, covering an area of 732 km2 that includes part of Latrobe and the city of Devonport. It is held by independent Mike Gaffney. Area 732 km2 Named after Mersey River, which flows through Devonport Enrolled voters 27,668 in January 2019 Localities Spreyton, Turners Beach and Forth Sitting member Mike Gaffney, Independent First elected 2009 Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electoral%5Fdivision%5Fof%5FMersey), plus our own records. Sources last checked 12 November 2026. ## Who's advertising MPs and candidates for Mersey whose Facebook pages we follow, by what they've spent. We don't follow any candidate's page for Mersey yet, so there are no ads here. Statewide and party ads that reach Mersey are on the [spending](https://politics.computer/who) page. ## Other divisions in Tasmania - [Apsley/McIntyre](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/apsley-mcintyre) - [Derwent](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/derwent) - [Elwick](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/elwick) - [Hobart](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/hobart) - [Huon](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/huon) - [Launceston](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/launceston) - [Montgomery](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/montgomery) - [Murchison](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/murchison) - [Nelson](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/nelson) - [Pembroke](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/pembroke) - [Prosser](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/prosser) - [Rosevears](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/rosevears) - [Rumney](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/rumney) - [Windermere](https://politics.computer/seats/tas-council/windermere) --- [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.