--- title: "David O'Byrne: political ads and spending | Election Computer" description: "What David O'Byrne has spent on Facebook and Instagram ads, and the ads themselves." url: "https://election.computer/mp/david-obyrne" --- [Home](https://election.computer/) / [Politicians](https://election.computer/mps) / [Franklin](https://election.computer/seats/tas/franklin) ![David O'Byrne](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DAVID_O'BYRNE.jpg?width=320) Independent Tasmanian House of Assembly # David O'Byrne Member for [Franklin](https://election.computer/seats/tas/franklin) ## About David O'Byrne David O'Byrne is the independent member for Franklin in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He is a former trade unionist and a former Labor member for the seat. He has provided supply and confidence to Premier Jeremy Rockliff's government since 2024. Born 17 March 1969 Education Degree in labour studies, University of Adelaide Elected to Franklin 20 March 2010 state election, as a Labor candidate Previous party Labor, serving 2010 to 2014 and 2018 to 2024 Re-elected 2025 Tasmanian state election, as an independent Before parliament Tasmanian secretary, Liquor, Hospitality and Miscellaneous Union (elected 2001) Summarised by AI from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%5FO%27Byrne), plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026. We follow David O'Byrne's Facebook page but haven't seen a paid ad from it yet. [See this page in Meta's Ad Library](https://www.facebook.com/ads/library/?active%5Fstatus=all&ad%5Ftype=political%5Fand%5Fissue%5Fads&country=AU&view%5Fall%5Fpage%5Fid=140232139325903) ## Other Independent members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly - [ **Craig Garland** Independent, Braddon ](https://election.computer/mp/craig-garland) - [ **George Razay** Independent, Bass ](https://election.computer/mp/george-razay) - [![](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helen_Burnet_1_(cropped).jpg?width=96)**Helen Burnet** Independent, Clark ](https://election.computer/mp/helen-burnet) - [ **Kristie Johnston** Independent, Clark ](https://election.computer/mp/kristie-johnston) - [ **Peter George** Independent, Franklin ](https://election.computer/mp/peter-george) Photo: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DAVID%5FO'BYRNE.jpg). Party and seat checked against Wikipedia's list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly on 11 November 2026\. --- Ads and spend from Meta's Ad Library, checked every Sunday, last on 11 Nov 2026\. Meta reports spend as a range for each ad, so every total here is a range too. [Search](https://election.computer/search) [Who's spending](https://election.computer/who) [Federal divisions](https://election.computer/seats/federal) [Senators](https://election.computer/mps/senate) [How this works](https://election.computer/about) For AI agents: [site guide (llms.txt)](https://election.computer/llms.txt), [sitemap](https://election.computer/sitemap.xml), [developer guide](https://election.computer/developers.md). Every page is available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or add `.md` to the path.