Dean Winter

Dean Winter (born 4 May 1985) is an Australian politician. He has been a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly since the 2021 state election, representing Franklin for the Labor Party. He previously served as the Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania and as leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party from April 2024 to August 2025. He was earlier elected as Mayor of Kingborough Council in 2018.

Following the resignation of Tasmanian Labor Party leader Rebecca White, Winter was elected unopposed as her successor on 10 April 2024.

After successfully moving a motion of no-confidence in the Premiership of Jeremy Rockliff, who had governed in minority since the preceding 2024 election, Winter led Labor into the 2025 Tasmanian state election, where the party maintained its 10 seats in the House of Assembly, but recorded its lowest primary vote in over 100 years. After moving an unsuccessful no confidence motion against Jeremy Rockliff and his government which failed to gain any crossbench support, on 20 August 2025, Winter was defeated in a leadership spill and replaced as leader of the Tasmanian Labor Party by Josh Willie, returning to the backbench while continuing to represent the electorate of Franklin. Provided by Wikipedia