Division of Lyons (state) facts for kids

This page is about the state electorate. For the federal electorate, see Division of Lyons.

Lyons Tasmania—House of Assembly
Map of Lyons
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
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