Current profile for the electoral division of Denison

Updated: 25 October 2011

Name: Denison

State: Tasmania

Contact details: Contact the Denison Divisional Office

Name Derivation: Named after Sir William Denison 1804–71, Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania 1847–55 and Governor of New South Wales 1855–61.

Area and Location Description: Denison covers an area of approximately 289 sq km from Austins Ferry in the north to Kingston in the south, from Hobart in the east to Collinsvale in the west. The City of Hobart and environs, the City of Glenorchy and parts of the Kingborough municipality are in this division.

Map of Division: Denison (2009) [PDF 120KB]

Products/Industries of the Area: 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.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1903

Status: Current

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

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

Current Member Details: Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

Further information:

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status.