Division of Tasmania
| Tasmania Australian House of Representatives Division | |
|---|---|
| Created | 1901 |
| Abolished | 1903 |
| Namesake | Tasmania |
The Division of Tasmania was an Australian Electoral Division covering Tasmania. The five-member statewide seat existed from the inaugural 1901 election until the 1903 election. Each elector casted one vote. Unlike most of the other states, Tasmania had not been split into individual single-member electorates. The other exception was the seven-member Division of South Australia. The statewide seats were abolished at a redistribution conducted two months prior to the 1903 election and were subsequently replaced with single-member divisions, one per displaced member, with each elector now casting a single vote.[1]
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sir Edward Braddon | Free Trade | 1901–1903 | |
| Norman Cameron | Free Trade | 1901–1903 | |
| Sir Philip Fysh | Protectionist | 1901–1903 | |
| King O'Malley | Labour | 1901–1903 | |
| Frederick Piesse | Free Trade | 1901–1902 | |
| William Hartnoll | Free Trade | 1902–1903 | |
The Division was split into five single-member seats at the 1903 election – Bass (Storrer, Protectionist), Darwin (O'Malley, Labour), Denison (Fysh, Protectionist), Franklin (McWilliams, Tariff) and Wilmot (Braddon, Free Trade).
Election results
Notes
- ↑ "THE ELECTORAL DIVISION OF TASMANIA.". Daily Telegraph (Launceston, Tas. : 1883 - 1928). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 17 July 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 29 June 2015.