Division of Lyons (state)

The electoral division of Lyons is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is the largest electorate covering most of central and eastern Tasmania. Lyons is named jointly in honor 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.

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

Lyons
Tasmania—House of Assembly
Map showing the Division of Lyons, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election.
StateTasmania
Created1984
MPGuy Barnett (Liberal)
Jen Butler (Labor)
John Tucker (Liberal)
Mark Shelton (Liberal)
Rebecca White (Labor)
PartyLabor (2), Liberal (3)
NamesakeJoseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Electors79,271 (2018)
Area33,212 km2 (12,823.2 sq mi)
DemographicMixed
Electorates around Lyons:
Braddon Bass Tasman Sea
Braddon Lyons Tasman Sea
Braddon Franklin Clark
Tasman Sea
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.[1]

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–present)
   Ken Bacon Labor
5 seats
(1998–present)
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

See also

References
  1. Lyons Archived March 21, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Tasmanian Electoral Commission

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