
Division of Lyons (state) facts for kids
Lyons Tasmania—House of Assembly |
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State | Tasmania |
MP | Guy Barnett (Liberal) Rene Hidding (Liberal) David Llewellyn (Labor) Mark Shelton (Liberal) Rebecca White (Labor) |
Party | Labor (2), Liberal (3) |
Namesake | Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons |
Electors | 74,816 (2014) |
Area | 33,212 km2 (12,823.2 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
The Electoral Division of Lyons, Tasmania is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the lower house. Before 1984, it was known as the Division of Wilmot. In 1984, it was renamed to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931–39, Premier of Tasmania from 1923–1928 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. The electorate shares the boundaries of the Federal Division of Lyons.
Lyons is the largest electorate in Tasmania and includes the Northern Suburbs of Hobart, the seaside resorts of St. Helens, Swansea and Bicheno, and the rural villages of Campbell Town, Longford, Evandale and Bothwell. At each state election; five members are elected to Lyons through the single transferable vote. Lyons is the largest in area of the Tasmanian Electoral Divisions, measuring 33,212 km2.
Current members
- Guy Barnett – Liberal
- Rene Hidding – Liberal
- David Llewellyn – Labor
- Mark Shelton – Liberal
- Rebecca White – Labor
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 |
