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Division of Denison, Tasmania

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The Division of Denison was created in 1903 and abolished in 2019, when it was renamed Clark. It was named for Sir William Denison (1804-71), Lt-Governor of Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) 1847-55.

REDISTRIBUTIONS
1903: Hobart, Hobart South, New Town, Queenborough
1922: Hobart, Hobart North, New Town, Queenborough
1949: Hobart, New Town, Queenborough
1955: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town
1969: Hobart, Moonah, Nelson, New Town
1977: Hobart, Nelson, New Town, Taroona
1984: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Queenborough
1993: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona
2001: Glenorchy, Hobart, New Town, Taroona
2010: Claremont, Glenorchy, Hobart, Taroona

TWO-PARTY MAJORITIES

1903: Protectionist 00.2 *
1906: Anti-Socialist 10.5
1910: Labor 08.1
1913: Labor 03.3
1914: Labor 05.9
1917: Nationalist 06.3
1919: Nationalist 03.9
1922: Labor 00.4
1925: Nationalist 02.2
1928: Labor 00.3
1929: Labor 09.2
1931: United Australia 05.0
1934: Labor 00.3
1937: Labor 03.9
1940: United Australia 01.1

1943: Labor 09.0
1946: Labor 07.0
1949: Liberal 05.1
1951: Liberal 03.3
1954: Liberal 02.8
1955: Liberal 08.1
1958: Liberal 09.4
1961: Liberal 07.4
1963: Liberal 07.4
1964b: Liberal 05.3
1966: Liberal 02.6
1969: Liberal 02.6
1972: Labor 04.6
1974: Labor 02.8
1975: Liberal 04.9

1977: Liberal 03.1
1980: Liberal 02.4
1983: Liberal 05.8
1984: Liberal 01.0
1987: Labor 03.8
1990: Labor 06.4
1993: Labor 14.4
1996: Labor 11.8
1998: Labor 14.5
2001: Labor 14.3
2004: Labor 13.3
2007: Labor 15.6
2010: Independent 01.2 ***
2013: Independent 15.5 ***
2016: Independent 17.8 ***

* Majority over Free Trade
** Majority over independent
*** Majority over Labor

ENROLMENTS


ELECTION RESULTS 1903-2016
Click here to see full results for Denison at every election from 1903 to 2016.

MEMBERS FOR DENISON

Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh (Prot, AS, Lib) 1903-10
Hon William Laird Smith (ALP, Nat) 1910-22
Hon David O'Keefe (ALP) 1922-25
Sir John Gellibrand (Nat) 1925-28
Hon Charles Culley (ALP) 1928-31
Arthur Hutchin (UAP) 1931-34
Gerald Mahoney (ALP) 1934-40
Arthur Beck (UAP) 1940-43

Dr John Gaha (ALP) 1943-49
Hon Athol Townley (Lib) 1949-64
Adrian Gibson (Lib) 1964b-69
Dr Robert Solomon (Lib) 1969-72
John Coates (ALP) 1972-75
Hon Michael Hodgman (Lib) 1975-87
Hon Duncan Kerr (ALP) 1987-2010
Andrew Wilkie (Ind) 2010-19
Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh (Prot, AS, Lib) 1903-10 Hon William Laird Smith (ALP, Nat) 1910-22 Hon David O'Keefe (ALP) 1922-25

Sir John Gellibrand (Nat) 1925-28 Hon Charles Culley (ALP) 1928-31 Arthur Hutchin (UAP) 1931-34

Gerald Mahoney (ALP) 1934-40 Arthur Beck (UAP) 1940-43 Dr John Gaha (ALP) 1943-49

Hon Athol Townley (Lib) 1949-64 Adrian Gibson (Lib) 1964-69 Dr Robert Solomon (Lib) 1969-72

John Coates (ALP) 1972-75 Hon Michael Hodgman (Lib) 1975-87 Hon Duncan Kerr (ALP) 1987-2010

Andrew Wilkie (Ind) 2010-19

BOUNDARIES
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1949

1955

1969

1977

1984

1993

2001

2010