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The '''Division of Lyons''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian electoral division]] in [[Tasmania]]. The division was created at the Federal redistribution of 12 September 1984 as a reconfigured version of the abolished [[Division of Wilmot]]. The name jointly honours [[Joseph Lyons]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]] 1931–39, Member for Wilmot from 1929–39, and his wife Dame [[Enid Lyons]], the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives (1943) and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51). Joseph Lyons had previously represented Wilmot [[Division of Lyons (state)|at the state level]] from 1909 to 1929. |
The '''Division of Lyons''' is an [[Divisions of the Australian House of Representatives|Australian electoral division]] in [[Tasmania]]. The division was created at the Federal redistribution of 12 September 1984 as a reconfigured version of the abolished [[Division of Wilmot]]. The name jointly honours [[Joseph Lyons]], [[Prime Minister of Australia]] 1931–39, Member for Wilmot from 1929–39, and his wife Dame [[Enid Lyons]], the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives (1943) and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51). Joseph Lyons had previously represented Wilmot [[Division of Lyons (state)|at the state level]] from 1909 to 1929. |
Revision as of 03:14, 9 May 2018
Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division | |
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Created | 1984 |
MP | Brian Mitchell |
Party | Labor |
Namesake | Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons |
Electors | 76,657 (2016) |
Area | 32,910 km2 (12,706.6 sq mi) |
Demographic | Rural |
The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. The division was created at the Federal redistribution of 12 September 1984 as a reconfigured version of the abolished Division of Wilmot. The name jointly honours Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931–39, Member for Wilmot from 1929–39, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives (1943) and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51). Joseph Lyons had previously represented Wilmot at the state level from 1909 to 1929.
It is located in central Tasmania, stretching from the eastern to northern coast and includes such places as New Norfolk, Deloraine and St Marys, as well as the outer northern suburbs of Hobart. It has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.
Members
Member | Party | Term | |
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Max Burr | Liberal | 1984–1993 | |
Dick Adams | Labor | 1993–2013 | |
Eric Hutchinson | Liberal | 2013–2016 | |
Brian Mitchell | Labor | 2016–present |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Eric Hutchinson | 28,697 | 41.88 | −2.51 | |
Labor | Brian Mitchell | 26,426 | 38.57 | +1.75 | |
Greens | Hannah Rubenach-Quinn | 6,418 | 9.37 | +1.05 | |
Recreational Fishers | Shelley Shay | 4,322 | 6.31 | +6.31 | |
Renewable Energy | Duncan Livingston | 1,578 | 2.30 | +2.30 | |
Christian Democrats | Gene Mawer | 1,074 | 1.57 | +1.57 | |
Total formal votes | 68,515 | 95.57 | +0.03 | ||
Informal votes | 3,174 | 4.43 | −0.03 | ||
Turnout | 71,689 | 93.52 | −1.01 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Brian Mitchell | 35,838 | 52.31 | +3.53 | |
Liberal | Eric Hutchinson | 32,677 | 47.69 | −3.53 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +3.53 |
References
- ^ Electoral boundaries from Administrative Boundaries [May 2016] ©PSMA Australia Limited licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0)
- ^ Lyons, TAS, Virtual Tally Room 2016, Australian Electoral Commission.