Lower Sandy Bay district. The most common religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were Anglican, no religion, Roman Catholic, Uniting and Buddhism. Parishes for the Anglican and Catholic churches have existed in the suburb since 1922 and 1934 respectively. Politics Sandy Bay is the only suburb of Hobart which is consistently safe for the centre-right Liberal Party at both state and federal level. The suburb is served by four booths – Sandy Bay, Sandy Bay Beach, Lower Sandy Bay and Waimea Heights – while another booth, Dynnyrne, is shared with the neighbouring suburbs of South Hobart and Dynnyrne respectively. At federal level the electoral Division of Denison which encompasses the Sandy Bay region which had been a consistently marginal seat, but was held by the Australian Labor Party between 1987 and 2010 with little difficulty. The current member is the incumbent independent MP Andrew Wilkie, elected at the 2010 election. At state level in the Division of Clark which encompasses the Sandy Bay area the current sitting members are: Scott Bacon – Labor Elise Archer – Liberal Matthew Groom – Liberal Cassy O'Connor – Greens Madeleine Ogilvie – Labor In the Tasmanian Legislative Council, Sandy Bay is within the electoral division of Nelson, and has been represented by independent member Jim Wilkinson since 1995. Notable people Chris Stone (footballer) is born in Sandy Bay References External link Suburbs of Hobart Bays of Tasmania Sandy Bay, Hobart Localities of City of Hobart