The electoral division of Western Tiers is one of the fifteen electorates or seats in the Tasmanian Legislative Council

Tasmanian Legislative Council

The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the House of Assembly. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart...

. The seat was created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former Rowallan

Electoral division of Rowallan

The Electoral division of Rowallan was one of the 15 Tasmanian Legislative Council electorates or seats from 1999 to 2008, but it was re-named 'Western Tiers' in 2008 after a redistribution of boundaries....

 renamed after the Great Western Tiers

Great Western Tiers

The Great Western Tiers are a collection of small mountain bluffs in the northern part of the Tasmanian Central Highlands.They stretch from Western Bluff, near the town of Mole Creek, towards the east, passing south of the town of Meander, north of the Great Lake, and ending at Millers Bluff,...

 mountain range in Tasmania's central highlands (the word "Great" was omitted for simplicity).

The current sitting member is Independent

Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...

 MLC Greg Hall

Greg Hall

Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Rowallan. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston...

. The next election for Western Tiers is due in 2012.

Members

Member		Party affiliation	Period
	Greg Hall Greg Hall Gregory Raymond "Greg" Hall is an independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council in the electoral division of Rowallan. He was also Mayor of the Meander Valley Council from 1997 to 2002. Hall was born in Launceston...	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	2008–present