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:	Map of the Commonwealth Electoral Division of Denison [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

Further information:

• 2007 Federal Election - House of Representatives results for Denison
• 2007 Divisional Profile
• 2007 Map of Division
• 2004 Federal Election - House of Representatives results for Denison
• 2004 Divisional Profile
• 2004 Map of Division

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