The Tasmanian Greens is a political party which evolved from green groups that formed in the 1960s. The United Tasmania Group was the first green political party to be formed in the world and began at a meeting in 1972 at the Hobart Town Hall. The UTG lasted for five years, and was briefly reformed in 1990 for the Federal election that year. ;;Norm Sanders was elected to State Parliament in 1980 for the Australian Democrats and is considered the first "green" MP in Australia. The former director of the then Tasmanian Wilderness Society, Dr Bob Brown, was elected by recount as a Green Independent member when Sanders resigned in late 1982. In the following State election in 1986 two Green Independents were elected. ;;In August 1992 the Green Independents moved to form the Party on an official basis and the name 'Green Independents' while still recognised in the Party constitution was progressively replaced by 'Tasmanian Greens'. Dr Brown resigned from State Parliament in 1993 and his seat was taken by Peg Putt while the leadership passed to Christine Milne. ;;In 1998 the number of candidates who could be elected to the House of Assembly was reduced from thirty-five to twenty-five. After the election on the reduced numbers, the leader of the Tasmanian Greens, Christine Milne, and Di Hollister and Michael Foley all lost their seats, leaving Peg Putt as the sole Greens member. ;;The Greens first stood Local Government candidates in 1999, with Paul Thomas (Huon Valley) and Deidre Wilson (Clarence City) becoming the first endorsed Greens councillors in Tasmania.;;In the 2002 Tasmanian State elections four Greens candidates were elected to the House of Assembly, Party leader Peg Putt in Denison, Nick McKim in Franklin, Tim Morris in Lyons and Kim Booth in Bass.;;As at 2022, the Tasmanian Greens were represented in the Federal Senate by Senators Nick McKim and Peter Whish-Wilson. At a State Level Cassy O'Connor was the Leader of the Tasmanian Greens, with Dr Rosalie Woodruff as Green's Whip.