- Division of Denison (state)
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This article is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Denison.
Map of Denison
The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Denision. At each state election; five members are elected to Denison through preference voting.[1]
The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River within the Greater Hobart area and includes City of Hobart, City of Glenorchy and the suburban areas of Moonah, Battery Point, Sandy Bay and Taroona. Covering an area of 290 km² it is the smallest of the five electoral divisions.
The electorate has the highest Green vote in Tasmania. The Australian Labor Party polls strongly in Glenorchy and Moonah, whereas the Greens and Liberals obtain most of their votes in Hobart and Sandy Bay.
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Current members
- Scott Bacon – Labor
- Elise Archer – Liberal
- Matthew Groom – Liberal
- Cassy O'Connor – Greens
- Graeme Sturges – Labor
Members for Denison
Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party 1909 John Davies Anti-Socialist Elliott Lewis Anti-Socialist Frederick Rattle Anti-Socialist Walter Woods Labor William Sheridan Labor Edward Crowther Anti-Socialist 1912 Liberal Liberal Vincent Barker Labor Francis Valentine Liberal 1913 Lyndhurst Giblin Labor William Fullerton Liberal 1914 William Sheridan Labor 1916 John Cleary Labor William Burgess Liberal 1917 Nationalist Charles Hoggins Nationalist George Foster Nationalist Nationalist 1919 Robert Cosgrove Labor Robert Snowden Nationalist John McPhee Nationalist 1922 Charles Grant Nationalist Charles Culley Labor 1924 Leslie Payne Nationalist 1925 Walter Woods Labor John Soundy Nationalist Robert Cosgrove Labor 1928 Edmund Dwyer-Gray Labor Charles Grant Nationalist 1931 Ernest Turner Nationalist Gerald Mahoney Labor 1932 Arndell Lewis Nationalist 1934 George Carruthers Independent Robert Cosgrove Labor Charles Culley Labor 1937 Arndell Lewis Nationalist Francis Heerey Labor 1941 Ernest Turner Nationalist 1941 Charles Atkins Nationalist Alfred White Labor 1945 Francis Heerey Labor 1946 Robert Harvey Nationalist 1946 Liberal Rex Townley Independent Horace Strutt Liberal 1948 Bill Wedd Independent Henry Hope Labor 1950 Liberal John Gaha Labor 1953 Leo McPartlan Independent 1955 Bill Hodgman Liberal 1958 Eric Howroyd Labor 1959 Bert Lacey Labor 1959 Archibald Park Liberal Bill Wedd Independent Charley Aylett Labor Henry McLoughlin Labor 1959 Independent Horace Strutt Liberal 1964 Independent 1964 Robert Mather Liberal Nigel Abbott Liberal Ken Austin Labor Merv Everett Labor 1965 George Brown Liberal 1969 Bob Baker Liberal Max Bingham Liberal Neil Batt Labor 1972 Kevin Corby Labor 1974 John Green Labor Ian Cole Labor 1976 Julian Amos Labor Max Robinson Liberal 1979 John Devine Labor 1980 Gabriel Haros Liberal Norm Sanders Democrats Bob Graham Labor 1982 Geoff Davis Liberal Peter Walker Liberal 1983 Bob Brown Independent Green 1984 Carmel Holmes Liberal Bob Graham Labor 1986 Independent 1986 Ray Groom Liberal Judy Jackson Labor Neil Batt Labor John White Labor John Bennett Liberal 1987 John Barker Liberal 1989 Greens David Crean Labor 1990 Chris Gibson Liberal 1992 Julian Amos Labor Michael Hodgman Liberal 1993 Peg Putt Greens 1996 Bob Cheek Liberal Jim Bacon Labor 1998 2001 Michael Hodgman Liberal 2002 Graeme Sturges Labor 2004 David Bartlett Labor 2006 Lisa Singh Labor 2008 Cassy O'Connor Greens 2010 Elise Archer Liberal Matthew Groom Liberal Scott Bacon Labor 2011 Graeme Sturges Labor References
See also
- Current Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- List of Past Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Federal division of Denison
Electoral divisions of Tasmania House of Assembly Legislative Council Apsley · Derwent · Elwick · Hobart · Huon · Launceston · Mersey · Montgomery · Murchison · Nelson · Pembroke · Rosevears · Rumney · Western Tiers · WindermereCategories:- Electoral divisions of Tasmania
- Southern Tasmania
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