Cecily Rosol

Cecily Rosol
MP
Member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
for Bass
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2024
Personal details
Born (1975-01-02) 2 January 1975 (age 49)
Dandenong, Victoria[1]
NationalityAustralian
Political partyGreens
Alma materUniversity of Newcastle
University of New England
ProfessionNurse and counsellor

Cecily Ann Rosol (born 2 January 1975) is an Australian politician for the Tasmanian Greens representing the division of Bass in the House of Assembly since the 2024 Tasmanian state election. Prior to her election, Rosol ran a counselling business called "Thrive Launceston",[2] and has previously worked as a registered nurse.[3]

Rosol holds a Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) from the University of Newcastle and a Graduate Diploma of Counselling from the University of New England.[2]

Political career

Prior to 2024, Rosol unsuccessfully contested multiple elections for the Greens, including:

When the House of Assembly was restored to 35 seats at the 2024 Tasmanian state election, Rosol was elected to the 5th seat in Bass.[8] This saw a 2.8% swing towards Greens candidates in the electorate.[9] Prior to her election, Bass had not had a Greens representative since the defeat of Andrea Dawkins in the 2018 Tasmania state election.

References

  1. ^ "Parliament of Tasmania - Cecily Rosol".
  2. ^ a b Thrive Launceston. "About".
  3. ^ Tasmanian Greens. "Cecily Rosol".
  4. ^ Tasmanian Electoral Commission. "2021 State election results - Division of Bass".
  5. ^ Bass, TAS, 2022 Tally Room, Australian Electoral Commission.
  6. ^ Tasmanian Electoral Commission. "2022 election results - Launceston City Council".
  7. ^ Tasmanian Electoral Commission. "2023 Legislative Council elections results - Launceston".
  8. ^ "Division of Bass results". tec.tas.gov.au. 2024-04-06. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  9. ^ "Bass - TAS Electorate, Candidates, Results". abc.net.au. 2024-03-24. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
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