2001 Profile of the division of Denison

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State:

Tasmania

Name Derivation:

Named after Sir William Thomas Denison (1804–1871), Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania (1847–1855) and Governor of New South Wales (1855–1861), before moving to India in 1861.

Area and Location Description:

It 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/Industries of the area:

Banking & retail, chocolate & confectionery, catamaran construction, beers, fruit juices, zinc, steel mesh & rods, hand tools, food & timber processing, heavy transport, wholesale trade, engineering works, glass products & port facilities at Hobart.

First Proclaimed

1903

Members

Duncan Kerr (ALP) 1987–

W M Hodgman (LP) 1975–87

J Coates (ALP) 1972–75

R J Solomon (LP) 1969–72

A Gibson (LP) 1964–69

A G Townley (LP) 1949–63

J F Gaha (ALP) 1943–49

A J Beck (UAP) 1940–43

G W Mahoney (ALP) 1934–40

A W Hutchin (UAP) 1931–34

C E Culley (ALP) 1928–31

(Sir) J Gellibrand (NAT) 1925–28

D J O'Keefe (ALP) 1922–25

W H Smith (ALP/NAT) 1910–22

(Sir) P Fysh (PROT/ANTI-SOC) 1903–10

For Current Members information, browse the Parliament of Australia Members page.

AEC – Divisional Office Contact Numbers and Addresses

Demographic Rating

Inner Metropolitan

3 October 1998 Election	6 November 1999 Referendum	10 November 2001 Election
Enrolment: 67 361 Informal Vote: 2.53% Turnout: 95.38% Seat Status: Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 64.51% LP: 35.49%	Enrolment: 66 578 Informal Vote: Republic Question 0.98% Preamble Question 1.04% Turnout: Republic Question 95.83% Preamble Question 95.82%	Enrolment: 67 938 Informal Vote: 2.91% Turnout: 95.62% Seat Status: Safe Labor Two Party Preferred: ALP: 64.26% LP: 34.74%