About the Tasmanian Electoral Commission (TEC)


The Tasmanian Electoral Commission

The Tasmanian Electoral Commission was established on 16 February 2005.

The members of the Commission are:

Commission Chair
Mike Blake
appointed November 2016

Member
Allyson Warrington
appointed September 2024

Electoral Commissioner
Andrew Hawkey
appointed February 2016

To contact the Office of the Electoral Commissioner, please email office.ec@tec.tas.gov.au


Our role

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:

  • House of Assembly elections, by-elections and recounts;
  • Legislative Council elections and by-elections;
  • Local Government elections, by-elections and recounts;
  • State referendums;
  • Local Government elector polls;
  • the implementation of electoral boundary redistributions;
  • Aboriginal Land Council of Tasmania elections;
  • other statutory elections;
  • semi-government and other elections conducted in the public interest; and
  • public electoral information programs.

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.

Strategic Plan 2026-2030

This plan outlines the priorities, outcomes and actions that will inform the Commission’s work over the next five years. It describes our approach to delivering secure, transparent and accessible electoral services for Tasmanians.

  Download  

Commission approvals and determinations

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:

Appointments  

Approvals  

Determinations  


Electoral roll management

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.