Electoral division of Hobart
The electoral division of Hobart is one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was originally created in 1856 when the Council became the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania. The seat was abolished in 1999 and re-created in 2008 after a redistribution saw the former division of Wellington returned to its former name.
| Hobart Tasmania—Legislative Council | |
|---|---|
| State | Tasmania |
| Dates current | 1865–1999, 2008–present |
| MP | Rob Valentine |
| Party | Independent |
| Electors | 24,007 (January 2019) |
| Area | 62 km2 (23.9 sq mi) |
| Coordinates | 42.895°S 147.278°E |
The total area of the division is 62.29 square kilometres (24.05 sq mi), which covers the Hobart city centre and the suburbs of Battery Point, Dynnyrne, Fern Tree, Glebe, Lenah Valley, Mount Stuart, New Town, North Hobart, Ridgeway, South Hobart, and West Hobart.
As of 31 January 2019, there were 24,007 enrolled electors in the division.[2]
Since 2012, the member in the Legislative Council has been Independent MLC Rob Valentine, who was the Lord Mayor of Hobart from 1999 to 2011. The next election in the division is due in May 2018.
Members
| First incarnation (three members, 1856–1946) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period | Member | Party | Period | |||
| Edward Bedford | Independent | 1856–1859 | Thomas Horne | Independent | 1856–1860 | John Walker | Independent | 1856–1859 | |||
| William Carter | Independent | 1859–1865 | James Wilson | Independent | 1859–1880 | ||||||
| John Wedge | Independent | 1860–1866 | |||||||||
| Alfred Kennerley | Independent | 1865–1877 | |||||||||
| Philip Fysh | Independent | 1866–1869 | |||||||||
| William Crowther | Independent | 1869–1885 | |||||||||
| James Agnew | Independent | 1877–1881 | |||||||||
| Alexander McGregor | Independent | 1880–1896 | |||||||||
| Thomas Smart | Independent | 1881–1886 | |||||||||
| William Crosby | Independent | 1885–1909 | |||||||||
| George Salier | Independent | 1886–1892 | |||||||||
| Charles Grant | Independent | 1892–1901 | |||||||||
| Gamaliel Butler | Independent | 1896–1914 | |||||||||
| William Gibson | Independent | 1901–1905 | |||||||||
| William Propsting | Independent | 1905–1937 | |||||||||
| Frank Bond | Independent | 1909–1921 | |||||||||
| Thomas Murdoch | Independent | 1914–1916 | |||||||||
| William Williams | Independent | 1916–1922 | |||||||||
| Thomas Murdoch | Independent | 1921–1927 | |||||||||
| James Chapman | Independent | 1922–1925 | |||||||||
| Charles Eady | Independent | 1925–1945 | |||||||||
| James McKenzie | Independent | 1927–1933 | |||||||||
| Frank Gaha | Labor | 1933–1943 | |||||||||
| William Strutt | Independent | 1938–1946 | |||||||||
| Arthur Tyler | Labor | 1943–1945 | |||||||||
| Dennis Lonergan | Independent | 1945–1946 | |||||||||
| One member (1946–1999) | |||||||||||
| Member | Party | Period | |||||||||
| John Soundy | Independent | 1946–1952 | |||||||||
| Phyllis Benjamin | Labor | 1952–1976 | |||||||||
| Kath Venn | Labor | 1976–1982 | |||||||||
| Hank Petrusma | Independent | 1982–1992 | |||||||||
| Jean Moore | Independent | 1992–1994 | |||||||||
| Doug Parkinson | Labor | 1994–1999 | |||||||||
| Second incarnation (2008–present) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Period | |
| Doug Parkinson | Labor | 2008–2012 | |
| Rob Valentine | Independent | 2012–present | |
References
- Legislative Council Divisions (2016-17 redistribution) from theLIST ©State of Tasmania (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia Licence).
- Legislative Council Divisional Enrolment as at 31 January 2019, Tasmanian Legislative Council, 6 February 2019.