Electoral district of Launceston
The electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.
The seat was created as a three-member seat ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the , when it was divided up into the seats of Central, North and South Launceston.
At the , the Hare-Clark electoral model was trialled in Launceston and Hobart, with Launceston being recreated as a 4-member seat. It continued for two terms, before being broken up again in 1903 into Central, North, East and West Launceston. In 1909, the entire state adopted Hare-Clark, and the Launceston region became part of the Bass division.
Members for Launceston[]
First incarnation: 1856–1871
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term |
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John Rogers | 1856–1857 | Adye Douglas | 1856–1857 | William Champ | 1856–1857 |
Alexander Clerke | 1857–1860 | 1857–1861 | John Crookes | 1857–1862 | |
1860–1861 | |||||
Robert Miller | 1861–1866 | Henry Dowling | 1861–1862 | ||
Henry Lette | 1862–1871 | 1862–1866 | |||
John Crookes | 1866–1866 | 1866–1871 | |||
Thomas Chapman | 1866–1871 |
Second incarnation: 1897–1903
Member 1 | Term | Member 2 | Term | Member 3 | Term | Member 4 | Term |
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William Hartnoll | 1897–1902 | Matthew Clarke | 1897–1900 | 1897–1900 | 1897–1901 | ||
David Storrer | 1902–1903 | Robert Sadler | 1900–1903 | 1900–1903 | Samuel Sutton | 1901–1903 |
References[]
- Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-724-64147-5.
- 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
- Former electoral districts of Tasmania
- Australia government stubs