Electoral district of Queenborough

The electoral district of Queenborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the southern suburbs of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, in particular Sandy Bay, and surrounding districts such as Cascades, Taroona and Kingston.

The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856. It was abolished at the 1886 election when neighbouring Kingborough became a two-member seat.

The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the 1897 election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for Queenborough

First incarnation: 1856–1886

MemberTerm
Duncan McPherson 1856–1861
Thomas Chapman 1861–1862
Robert Walker 1862–1871
John Alexander Jackson 1871–1876
Robert Gayer 1876–1878
Edward Crowther 1878–1886

Second incarnation: 1897–1909

MemberPartyTerm
  Edward Crowther Ministerial 1897–1909
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References
  • Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956


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