Editing Tasmania (section)

===Parliamentary elections===
At the [[2002 Tasmanian state election|2002 state election]], the [[Australian Labor Party|Labor Party]] won 14 of the 25 House seats. The people decreased their vote for the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal Party]]; representation in the Parliament fell to seven seats. The [[Tasmanian Greens|Greens]] won four seats, with over 18% of the popular vote, the highest proportion of any Green party in any parliament in the world at that time.
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! colspan="3" style="background:#cef; text-align:center;"| Composition of the Parliament of Tasmania
|- style="background:#ccc; vertical-align:top;"
!Political<br />Party
!House of<br />Assembly
!Legislative<br />Council
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| style="text-align:center; background:#f66;"|[[Australian Labor Party|ALP]]
| style="text-align:center;"|10
| style="text-align:center;"|3
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| style="text-align:center; background:#00bfff;"|[[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]
| style="text-align:center;"|14
| style="text-align:center;"|4
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| style="text-align:center; background:#90ee90;"|[[Australian Greens|Greens]]
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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| style="text-align:center; background:#FFD700;"|[[Jacqui Lambie Network|Lambie Network]]
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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| style="text-align:center; background:#ccf;"|[[Independent politician|Independent]]
| style="text-align:center;"|5
| style="text-align:center;"|7
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| colspan="3" style="font-size:80%; background:#cef; text-align:center;"| Source: Tasmanian Electoral Commission
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On 23 February 2004 the Premier [[Jim Bacon (politician)|Jim Bacon]] announced his retirement, after being diagnosed with lung cancer. In his last months he opened a vigorous anti-smoking campaign which included many restrictions on where individuals could smoke, such as pubs. He died four months later. Bacon was succeeded by [[Paul Lennon]], who, after leading the state for two years, went on to win the [[2006 Tasmanian state election|2006 state election]] in his own right. Lennon resigned in 2008 and was succeeded by [[David Bartlett]], who formed a coalition government with the Greens after the [[2010 Tasmanian state election|2010 state election]] resulted in a [[hung parliament]]. Bartlett resigned as Premier in January 2011 and was replaced by [[Lara Giddings]], who became Tasmania's first female Premier. In March 2014 [[Will Hodgman]]'s Liberal Party won government, ending sixteen years of Labor governance, and ending an eight-year period for Hodgman himself as [[Leader of the Opposition (Tasmania)|Leader of the Opposition]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-27/tasmanian-liberals-secure-15-seats-as-election-count-ends/5350000|title=Tasmanian Liberals secure 15 seats as election count ends|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=27 March 2014|access-date=1 May 2014|archive-date=5 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140505235742/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-27/tasmanian-liberals-secure-15-seats-as-election-count-ends/5350000|url-status=live}}</ref> Hodgman then won a second term of government in the [[2018 Tasmanian state election|2018 state election]], but resigned mid-term in January 2020 and was replaced by [[Peter Gutwein]].<ref name="gutwein">{{cite news |title=Gutwein premier, Rockliff deputy, after Tasmanian Liberal rivals quit contest |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-20/tasmania-new-premier-announced-peter-gutwein/11880490 |access-date=20 January 2020 |work=ABC News |date=20 January 2020 |language=en-AU |archive-date=22 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122161003/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-01-20/tasmania-new-premier-announced-peter-gutwein/11880490 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In May 2021, the [[2021 Tasmanian state election|Tasmanian state election]] was held after being called [[Snap election|early]] by the incumbent [[Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)|Liberal Party]], resulting in their return to government and establishment of a one-seat majority. It was also the first time that the Liberal Party had been elected three-times in a row.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tasmania Election 2021 |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/tas-election-2021/ |access-date=1 September 2021 |agency=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |archive-date=1 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901002241/https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/tas-election-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2022, former deputy premier [[Jeremy Rockliff]] became Premier after Gutwein announced his retirement from politics.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Australian Associated Press |date=2022-04-08 |title=Jeremy Rockliff becomes Tasmania's 47th premier after being elected as state Liberal leader |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/08/jeremy-rockliff-becomes-tasmanias-47th-premier-after-being-elected-as-state-liberal-leader |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926015121/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/08/jeremy-rockliff-becomes-tasmanias-47th-premier-after-being-elected-as-state-liberal-leader |url-status=live }}</ref>