Division Profile
| Division Name |
DENISON |
| State |
Tasmania |
| Elected Member |
Kerr, D (ALP) 1987- |
| Name Derivation |
Named after Sir William Denison 1804-71, Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania 1847-55 and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. |
| First Proclaimed / Election |
1903 |
| Area |
221 sq. kms |
| Demographic |
Inner Metropolitan |
| Pre-Election Seat Status |
Safe |
| Seat Status |
Safe |
| Enrolment |
68,848 |
| Turnout |
95.30% |
| Informal |
2.50% |
| Location |
Denison covers an area of approximately 221 sq km from Austins Ferry in the north to Taroona in the south, from Hobart in the east to Collinsvale in the west. The City of Hobart and environs and the City of Glenorchy are in this division. |
| Products and Industry |
Banking and retail, chocolate and confectionery, catamaran construction, brewery, zinc works, food and timber processing, heavy transport, wholesale trade, engineering works, glass products and port facilities at Hobart. |
Members
| Kerr, D (ALP) 1987- |
| Hodgman, W M (LP) 1975-1987 |
| Coates, J (ALP) 1972-1975 |
| Solomon, R J (LP) 1969-1972 |
| Gibson, A (LP) 1964-1969 |
| Townley, A G (LP) 1949-1963 |
| Gaha, J F (ALP) 1943-1949 |
| Beck, A J (UAP) 1940-1943 |
| Mahoney, G W (ALP) 1934-1940 |
| Hutchin, A W (UAP) 1931-1934 |
| Culley, C E (ALP) 1928-1931 |
| Gellibrand, J (NAT) 1925-1928 |
| O'Keefe, D J (ALP) 1922-1925 |
| Smith, W H (ALP/NAT) 1910-1922 |
| Fysh, P (PROT/ANTI-SOC) 1903-1910 |
Please Note: the division profile displayed above was at the time of the election. Please consult the AEC website for the most current division profile.
|
