Division of Denison
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate of Denison, for the Tasmanian state electorate see Division of Denison (state).
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.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term |
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| Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh | Protectionist/Anti-Socialist, Comm Lib | 1903-10 |
| Hon William Laird Smith | ALP, Nat | 1910-22 |
| Hon David O'Keefe | ALP | 1922-25 |
| Sir John Gellibrand | Nationalist | 1925-28 |
| Hon Charles Culley | ALP | 1928-31 |
| Arthur Hutchin | UAP | 1931-34 |
| Gerald Mahoney | ALP | 1934-40 |
| Arthur Beck | UAP | 1940-43 |
| Dr John Gaha | ALP | 1943-49 |
| Hon Athol Townley | Liberal | 1949-64 |
| Adrian Gibson | Liberal | 1964-69 |
| Dr Robert Solomon | Liberal | 1969-72 |
| John Coates | ALP | 1972-75 |
| Hon Michael Hodgman | Liberal | 1975-87 |
| Hon Duncan Kerr | ALP | 1987- |
| Electoral divisions of Tasmania | |
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Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons |
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