The Tasmanian Electoral Commission was established on 16 February 2005.
The members of the Commission are:
Commission Chair
Mike Blake
appointed 30 November 2016
Member
Karen Frost
appointed 30 November 2016
Electoral Commissioner
Andrew Hawkey
appointed 11 February 2016
To contact the Electoral Commissioner directly via email, use 'andrew.hawkey' followed by '@tec.tas.gov.au'.
The Commission and the Electoral Commissioner have statutory responsibilities for the independent and impartial conduct of elections and referendums.
The Commission undertakes the conduct of:
The Electoral Commissioner is a member of the Legislative Council Electoral Boundaries Redistribution Committee and Tribunal. The Tribunal is also responsible for determining transition arrangements for redistributions.
This plan outlines the goals and key priorities that will inform the Commission’s work over the next five years. It describes the context in which we undertake this work and our approach to delivering high-quality electoral services for the people of Tasmania.
Under the Electoral Act 2004 the Commission is required to make approvals and determinations. All current Commission approvals and determinations are listed in the following pages:
The Tasmanian Electoral Commission and the Australian Electoral Commission jointly manage and maintain the electoral rolls for Federal, State and Local Government elections.
The Electoral Commissioner is a member of the Electoral Council of Australia which oversights electoral and enrolment policy and systems at a national level.
On 9 June 2018, the government called for public submissions on a Review into the Tasmanian Electoral Act 2004.
The Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC) lodged a submission to the Review in July 2018 and, following the publication of the Interim Report, lodged a further submission in March 2019.
The TEC supports and values the importance of a review into the Act, particularly given the changes in and around the electoral environment since 2004.
