Division of Lyons

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Lyons (state).

Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lyons in Tasmania, as of the 2016 federal election.
Created	1984
MP	Brian Mitchell
Party	Labor
Namesake	Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Electors	76,639 (2016)
Area	32,910 km2 (12,706.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. 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.

History

Joseph and Enid Lyons, the division's namesakes

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 1932–39, 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 has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

Members

	Image	Member	Party	Term	Notes
		Max Burr (1939–)	Liberal	1 December 1984 – 8 February 1993	Previously held the Division of Wilmot. Retired
		Dick Adams (1951–)	Labor	13 March 1993 – 7 September 2013	Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Franklin. Lost seat
		Eric Hutchinson (1965–)	Liberal	7 September 2013 – 2 July 2016	Lost seat
		Brian Mitchell (1967–)	Labor	2 July 2016 – present	Incumbent

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lyons

Australian federal election, 2016: Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	93.54	−0.99
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

External links

• Division of Lyons – Australian Electoral Commission
• 2016 Census QuickStats, Federal Division of Lyons