Division of Lyons (state)
Lyons Tasmania—House of Assembly | |
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Map showing the Division of Lyons, as of the Tasmanian state election, 2018. | |
State | Tasmania |
Created | 1984 |
MP | Guy Barnett (Liberal) Jen Butler (Labor) Rene Hidding (Liberal) Mark Shelton (Liberal) Rebecca White (Labor) |
Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3) |
Namesake | Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons |
Electors | 79,271 (2018) |
Area | 33,212 km2 (12,823.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
The electoral division of Lyons is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is the largest electorate covering most of central and eastern Tasmania. Lyons is named jointly in honor of Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1931–39); Premier of Tasmania (1923–1928), and Joseph's wife, Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Lyons.
Lyons and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
Contents
1 History and electoral profile
2 Members for Lyons and Wilmot
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
History and electoral profile
Before 1984, it was known as the Division of Wilmot. In 1984, it was renamed to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, and his wife, Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51). Joseph Lyons represented the area for over 30 years at the state (1909-1929) and federal (1929-1939) levels.
Lyons is the largest electorate in Tasmania measuring 33,212 km2, it includes the far northern suburbs of Hobart and the towns of St. Helens, Swansea, Bicheno, Campbell Town, Longford, Evandale and Bothwell.[1]
Members for Lyons and Wilmot
Year | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||||
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1909 | | (Sir) Walter Lee | Anti-Socialist | | John Hope | Anti-Socialist | | Joseph Lyons | Labor | | Richard Field | Anti-Socialist | | Jonathan Best | Anti-Socialist | | Jens Jensen | Labor | |||
1910 | | Edward Mulcahy | Anti-Socialist | ||||||||||||||||||
1911 | | Herbert Hays | Anti-Socialist | ||||||||||||||||||
1912 | | Liberal | | Liberal | | Michael O'Keefe | Labor | | Norman Cameron | Liberal | | Liberal | |||||||||
1913 | | Jonathan Best | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1913 | | Ernest Blyth | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1917 | | Nationalist | | Nationalist | | Nationalist | | Nationalist | |||||||||||||
1919 | | William Connell | Nationalist | ||||||||||||||||||
1919 | | George Pullen | Nationalist | ||||||||||||||||||
1922 | | Liberal | | Neil Campbell | Nationalist | | Country | | Albert Bendall | Country | |||||||||||
1925 | | Nationalist | | Nationalist | | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||
1925 | | William Shoobridge | Labor | | Norman Cameron | Independent | |||||||||||||||
1926 | | John Palamountain | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1928 | | Eric Ogilvie | Labor | | Jens Jensen | Labor | | Percy Best | Nationalist | ||||||||||||
1929 | | William Shoobridge | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1931 | | Alfred Burbury | Nationalist | | Llewellyn Atkinson | Nationalist | |||||||||||||||
1934 | | George Becker | Independent | | David O'Keefe | Labor | | Donald K. Cameron | Nationalist | ||||||||||||
1937 | | Labor | | Francis Foster | Nationalist | ||||||||||||||||
1940 | | William Taylor | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1941 | | Lancelot Spurr | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1941 | | Ernest West | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1943 | | Peter Pike | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1946 | | Angus Bethune | Liberal | | Liberal | | Robert Robertson | Liberal | | Roy Fagan | Labor | ||||||||||
1949 | | Douglas Cashion | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1950 | | Charles Best | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1955 | | Amelia Best | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1956 | | Bert Bessell | Liberal | | Reg Fisher | Labor | |||||||||||||||
1958 | | Amelia Best | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1959 | | William McNeil | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1959 | | Bob Ingamells | Liberal | | Thomas McDonald | Labor | |||||||||||||||
1964 | | William Anderson | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1969 | | Ian Braid | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1972 | | Andrew Lohrey | Labor | | Michael Polley | Labor | | Darrel Baldock | Labor | ||||||||||||
1974 | | Charles Batt | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1975 | | Ian Braid | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1976 | | Graeme Page | Liberal | | Robin Gray | Liberal | | Terry Aulich | Labor | ||||||||||||
1982 | | Stephen Salter | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1986 | | David Llewellyn | Labor | | Bob Mainwaring | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
1987 | | Chris Batt | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
1989 | | The Duke of Avram | Liberal | | Christine Milne | Greens | |||||||||||||||
1992 | | Bob Mainwaring | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1995 | | Denise Swan | Liberal | ||||||||||||||||||
1996 | | Lara Giddings | Labor | | Rene Hidding | Liberal | |||||||||||||||
1998 | | Ken Bacon | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
2002 | | Tim Morris | Greens | ||||||||||||||||||
2005 | | Heather Butler | Labor | ||||||||||||||||||
2010 | | Mark Shelton | Liberal | | Rebecca White | Labor | |||||||||||||||
2014 | | Guy Barnett | Liberal | | David Llewellyn | Labor | |||||||||||||||
2018 | | Jen Butler | Labor |
See also
- Tasmanian Legislative Council
References
^ Lyons Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine., Tasmanian Electoral Commission
External links
- Parliament of Tasmania
- Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly
Coordinates: 42°04′55″S 147°04′23″E / 42.0820°S 147.0730°E / -42.0820; 147.0730