DIVISION OF DENISON

The 'Division of Denison' is an
Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania.
The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir William Denison, who was Lt-Governor of Van Diemens Land 1847-55. It is located in central Hobart, today including the suburbs of Glenorchy, New Town and Taroona. Denison has had 15 members, the equal highest (with Bendigo) of any Division. It has been a consistently marginal seat, but has been held by the Australian Labor Party with little difficulty since 1987. Its most prominent members have been Sir Philip Fysh, a member of the first federal Cabinet, and Athol Townley, Defence Minister in the Robert Menzies government.

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Members

Election results

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Philip Fysh	Protectionist	1903—1906
	Philip Fysh	Anti-Socialist	1906—1909
	Philip Fysh	Commonwealth Liberal	1909—1910
	William Laird Smith	Labor	1910—1916
	William Laird Smith	Nationalist	1916—1922
	David O'Keefe	Labor	1922—1925
	John Gellibrand	Nationalist	1925—1928
	Charles Culley	Labor	1928—1931
	Arthur Hutchin	United Australia	1931—1934
	Gerald Mahoney	Labor	1934—1940
	Arthur Beck	United Australia	1940—1943
	John Gaha	Labor	1943—1949
	Athol Townley	Liberal	1949—1964
	Adrian Gibson	Liberal	1964—1969
	Robert Solomon	Liberal	1969—1972
	John Coates	Labor	1972—1975
	Michael Hodgman	Liberal	1975—1987
	Duncan Kerr	Labor	1987—present

Election results