"My friends call it a superpower. My talent is I have a really good legal background," Ms Gale said.

"Legislation and administrative review - I'm all over it."

During the early months of the COVID-19 crisis when the Rosevears election was delayed, Ms Gale put her time towards completing her Masters of Law through the Australian National University.

She also has tertiary qualifications in business administration, psychology and computing in addition to experience working in the legal field and as a business owner.

Ms Gale said these skills made her an effective candidate for Rosevears and gave her a unique advantage over the other contenders.

"This is an exciting opportunity to use my business, legal and governance talents," she said.

"Having a keen interest in legislation, governance and administrative review, I can skillfully read bills, identifying and understanding the consequences hidden within.

"My research and analytical skills, plus determination, allow me to gain greater understanding."

Ms Gale said since Nelson independent MLC and upper house president Jim Wilkinson had retired from politics, no other MLC had a legal background to contribute to the house.

"My legislative knowledge and legal perspective would help produce better bills and make a difference in the Legislative Council," she said.

Born in New Zealand, Ms Gale first came to Australia when she was seven.

Her childhood was spent moving around the world as her father completed postgraduate training in the medical field.

"He was a pioneer in medical imaging in Australia and became the chairman of Imaging at Monash Medical Centre," she said.

Ms Gale returned to live in Northern Tasmania 11 years ago and she currently resides in East Launceston just outside the Rosevears electorate.

She and her husband of 34 years Peter met sailing and the couple now have two adult children.

Ms Gale cares for her husband who is an incomplete quadriplegic.

The pair run a business which included concrete construction, property development and currently owns Launceston Self Storage.

Ms Gale's bid for Rosevears is her second attempt to win a seat in the upper house after standing in Mersey in 2015.

She lost the seat to incumbent Mike Gaffney.

Ms Gale said the independence of the upper house was vital.

"Since its inception, the Legislative Council has never been dominated by political parties," she said.

"This particular election is really important for the independence of the whole state because, when you take Rosevears and Huon out, there's a seven-six split in the house between independents and party people.

"If those two seats go to party people, Tasmania will no longer have an independent upper house."

Ms Gale said she was an independent thinker and she believed every voice should be heard.

"I believe that it is a fundamental freedom that everyone can present a view," she said.

"That is what independent stands for, allowing all to access Parliament through their elected representatives.

"Party politics is just rubber-stamping the view of one section of the community."

If elected, Ms Gale said she would listen to the community and bring its concerns to the Parliament.

"The best decisions are based on consultation, consideration and collaboration, and this is my approach," she said.

"Being an independent means you listen to everyone, you canvass everyone's point of view.

"If you just have group-think, where everybody says the same thing, you don't get the best decisions."

Ms Gale said working in the chamber was not about waving a magic wand to fix issues.

"The job of an MLC is often misunderstood - the MLC's role is to review and debate legislation," she said.

"Based on your constituents' views and your research, then you either support, amend or not support a bill."

Ms Gale's priorities for Rosevears include livability issues such as safety on the West Tamar Highway, bus services and effective management of the Tamar Estuary.

Economic growth, and improving education and health services are also focus areas, Ms Gale said.

Ms Gale has strong positions on several key pieces of legislation which will soon come before the upper house.

She is in favour of Mersey independent MLC Mike Gaffney's Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation because she believes people with serious, incurable and irreversible medical conditions should have the right to choose.

Ms Gale also supports Windermere independent MLC Ivan Dean's proposal to raise the legal smoking age from 18 to 21 years.

"This bill is exclusively for the protection of our youth. It does not encroach on the rights of current smokers," she said.

But Ms Gale is yet to take a position on the state's new gambling legislation because there was not yet a bill to review.

"The Future of Gaming in Tasmania is still in the consultation phase. However, as an independent I do not like monopolies and I support free markets," she said.

Ms Gale said the government's Major Projects legislation did bring improvements by replacing the current Projects of Regional Significance process but she did have some concerns about the proposed bill.

"I am generally in favour of the bill however amendments may be necessary to ensure transparency and community safeguards," she said.

Regarding mandatory minimum sentencing, for example for child sex offenders or assaults on frontline workers, Ms Gale said this was an issue she was yet to consult the community on.

"My personal opinion, as a lawyer, is by having mandatory minimum sentencing you take away the judge's decision-making power," she said.

Ms Gale said such laws needed to provide protections for young people and those with mental illness, and after reviewing the Sentencing Act she had a number of queries about the government's legislation.

"I am awaiting an opportunity to discuss them with Attorney-General Elise Archer," she said.

Ms Gale agreed the current size of the House of Assembly was not allowing it to function appropriately or effectively but said this needed to be balanced with the cost of having 10 extra parliamentarians.