Division of Denison facts for kids
This page is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Denison (state).
Quick facts for kids DenisonAustralian House of Representatives Division |
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Division of Denison in Tasmania, as of the 2016 federal election.
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| Created | 1903 |
| Abolished | 2019 |
| Namesake | Sir William Denison |
| Electors | 74,963 (2016) |
| Area | 288 km2 (111.2 sq mi) |
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
The Division of Denison was an Australian electoral division in Tasmania, before being replaced by the Division of Clark as part of a 2016–17 redistribution.
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Sir Philip Fysh | Protectionist | 1903–1906 | |
| Anti-Socialist | 1906–1909 | ||
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909–1910 | ||
| William Laird Smith | Labor | 1910–1916 | |
| National Labor | 1916–1917 | ||
| Nationalist | 1917–1922 | ||
| David O'Keefe | Labor | 1922–1925 | |
| Sir John Gellibrand | Nationalist | 1925–1928 | |
| Charles Culley | Labor | 1928–1931 | |
| Arthur Hutchin | United Australia | 1931–1934 | |
| Gerald Mahoney | Labor | 1934–1940 | |
| Arthur Beck | United Australia | 1940–1943 | |
| John Gaha | Labor | 1943–1949 | |
| Athol Townley | Liberal | 1949–1963 | |
| Adrian Gibson | Liberal | 1964–1969 | |
| Robert Solomon | Liberal | 1969–1972 | |
| John Coates | Labor | 1972–1975 | |
| Michael Hodgman | Liberal | 1975–1987 | |
| Duncan Kerr | Labor | 1987–2010 | |
| Andrew Wilkie | Independent | 2010–present | |
Election results
Main page: Electoral results for the Division of Denison
| Australian federal election, 2016: Denison | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Independent | Andrew Wilkie | 29,372 | 44.07 | +5.99 | |
| Labor | Jane Austin | 15,335 | 23.01 | −1.74 | |
| Liberal | Marcus Allan | 13,267 | 19.90 | −3.33 | |
| Greens | Jen Brown | 7,068 | 10.60 | +2.68 | |
| Christian Democrats
Christian Democrats |
Amanda Excell | 980 | 1.47 | +1.47 | |
| Democratic Labour | Wayne Williams | 632 | 0.95 | +0.10 | |
| Total formal votes | 66,654 | 97.08 | +1.30 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,002 | 2.92 | −1.30 | ||
| Turnout | 68,656 | 92.75 | −1.51 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| Labor | Jane Austin | 43,550 | 65.34 | +6.43 | |
| Liberal | Marcus Allan | 23,104 | 34.66 | −6.43 | |
| Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
| Independent | Andrew Wilkie | 45,176 | 67.78 | +2.27 | |
| Labor | Jane Austin | 21,478 | 32.22 | −2.27 | |
| Independent
Independent hold |
Swing | +2.27 | |||
Images for kids
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Sir William Denison, the division's namesake
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