The Tasmanian Electoral Commission has confirmed there will be a two-week advertising period from Friday for nominations, and the recount will occur after noon on February 25.

The successful candidate will be one of three Liberals: George Town mayor Greg Kieser, St Vincent de Paul Tasmania chief executive officer Lara Alexander or former Launceston councillor Simon Wood.

All of Ms Courtney's votes will be redistributed, a third of which were where she was preferenced immediately after Premier Peter Gutwein.

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Tasmanian psephologist Kevin Bonham said the direction of those Gutwein preferences were already known, and indicated Ms Alexander had "some advantage" over Mr Wood, and a "big advantage" over Mr Kieser.

But the remaining two-thirds were unknown, although Ms Alexander might also receive a "gender benefit" from Ms Courtney's votes.

Other candidates for Bass from last year can also nominate for the recount, but there is no chance they would succeed, reaffirming the government's 13 seats in the lower house and slim majority.

The new member would be decided before Parliament returns next month.

During the election campaign, Ms Alexander raised concerns about the lack of opportunities given to Liberal candidates lower down the ticket to build their profile.

Very few were permitted to speak to the media, and would only appear in the background of press conferences.

The Liberals were aiming to secure four of Bass' five seats to capitalise on Mr Gutwein's strong personal popularity and increase their majority in the lower house, but ultimately fell short.

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Ms Alexander said she was still interested in serving as a Liberal member for Bass despite the challenges she faced in the campaign, but she promised to not just be quiet backbencher.

"I participated in the elections last year was because my intention was to see if I can bring my knowledge and contribute to doing things slightly differently," she said.

"The idea was how could I contribute to the community, bring my knowledge to the table, make meaningful changes and have a solid voice in those discussions that comes from a slightly different angle."

Ms Alexander said she was "frustrated" during the campaign, but understood why the party had acted in this way.

"When you have people who have not been part of the political discourse ever, you look at them and say they bring something to the table, but don't necessarily trust 100 per cent and I can understand that," she said.

"I think I can still contribute. What I can do is engage with the community and do a lot of information gathering and obtain and ascertain how Tasmanians feel in Bass about certain things."

Mr Kieser said he believed any of the three candidates would be worthy of serving Bass.

"My passion and my interest remains unchanged," he said.

"Should the cards fall where they do, I would be honoured and would take up the role."

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This would, in turn, trigger a recount for George Town Council.

Mr Wood said he was looking forward to finding out who the successful candidate would be.

"If I get the opportunity to join Peter Gutwein's team, I would jump at the chance," he said.

"If I miss out, there's very good candidates there. I wish them all the best and give them my support."

Mr Courtney held a long list of portfolios: education, skills, training and workforce growth, disability services, children and youth, and tourism, hospitality and events, all of which will need to be distributed.

Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff will remain acting Education Minister until the reshuffle is announced.

Mr Gutwein said he would consider the cabinet over the coming week but would not speculate on changes he would make.

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"Tasmanians can have confidence that there will be ministers in place in terms of the portfolios as there has been over the previous three weeks, and I will consider the make up of the cabinet over the next week," he said.

The Liberal MHAs without full ministerial responsibility are Madeleine Ogilvie, Nic Street, John Tucker and Felix Ellis.

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