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Lyons
Tasmania—House of Assembly
State Tasmania
Created 1984
MP Guy Barnett (Liberal)
Jen Butler (Labor)
Andrew Jenner (Lambie)
Mark Shelton (Liberal)
Rebecca White (Labor)
Tabatha Badger (Greens)
Jane Howlett (Liberal
Party Labor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Lambie (1)
Namesake Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Electors 79,271 (2018)
Area 33,212 km2 (12,823.2 sq mi)
Demographic Mixed
Electorates around Lyons:
Braddon Bass Tasman Sea
Braddon Lyons Tasman Sea
Braddon Franklin Clark
Tasman Sea
Division of Lyons TAS 2018
Division of Lyons

The electoral division of Lyons (/ˈlaɪənz/) is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, with the largest electorate and covering most of central and eastern Tasmania. Lyons is named jointly in honour of Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932–1939); 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.

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 (1949–1951). 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.

Representation

Distribution of seats

Members for Lyons and Wilmot

Year Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1909
6 seats
(1909–1959)
 Joseph Lyons Labor Richard Field Anti-Socialist Jonathan Best Anti-Socialist John Hope Anti-Socialist Jens Jensen Labor (Sir) Walter Lee Anti-Socialist
1910 Edward Mulcahy Anti-Socialist
1911 Herbert Hays Anti-Socialist
1912 Michael O'Keefe Labor Norman Cameron Liberal Liberal Liberal Liberal
1913 Jonathan Best Liberal
1913 Ernest Blyth Liberal
1916
1917 Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist
1919 William Connell Nationalist
1919 George Pullen Nationalist
1922 Country Albert Bendall Country Neil Campbell Nationalist Liberal
1925 Nationalist Nationalist Nationalist
1925 William Shoobridge Labor Norman Cameron Independent
1926 John Palamountain Labor
1928 Jens Jensen Labor Eric Ogilvie Labor Percy Best Nationalist
1929 William Shoobridge Labor
1931 Alfred Burbury Nationalist Llewellyn Atkinson Nationalist
1934 George Becker Independent David O'Keefe Labor Donald Cameron Nationalist
1937 Labor Francis Foster Nationalist
1940 William Taylor Labor
1941 Lancelot Spurr Labor
1941 Ernest West Labor
1943 Peter Pike Labor
1946 Roy Fagan Labor Robert Robertson Liberal Liberal Angus Bethune Liberal
1948
1949 Douglas Cashion Labor
1950 Charles Best Liberal
1955 Amelia Best Liberal
1956 Reg Fisher Labor Bert Bessell Liberal
1958 Amelia Best Liberal
1959 William McNeil Labor
1959 Thomas McDonald Labor Bob Ingamells Liberal
1964 William Anderson Labor
1969 Ian Braid Liberal
1972 Darrel Baldock Labor Andrew Lohrey Labor Michael Polley Labor
1974 Charles Batt Labor
1975 Ian Braid Liberal
1976 Terry Aulich Labor Robin Gray Liberal Graeme Page Liberal
1979
1982 Stephen Salter Liberal
1986 David Llewellyn Labor Bob Mainwaring Liberal
1987 Chris Batt Labor
1989 Christine Milne Greens The Duke of Avram Liberal
1992 Bob Mainwaring Liberal
1995 Denise Swan Liberal
1996 Rene Hidding Liberal Lara Giddings Labor
1998
5 seats
(1998–2024)
 Ken Bacon Labor
5 seats
(1998–2024)
2002 Tim Morris Greens
2005 Heather Butler Labor
2006
2010 Rebecca White Labor Mark Shelton Liberal
2014 David Llewellyn Labor Guy Barnett Liberal
2018 Jen Butler Labor
2019 John Tucker Liberal
2021
2023 Independent
2024 Tabatha Badger Greens Jane Howlett Liberal Andrew Jenner Jacqui Lambie Network

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lyons (state)
This section is transcluded from Results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election #Lyons
Results of the 2024 Tasmanian state election
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