Division of Franklin
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate of Franklin, for the Tasmanian state electorate see Division of Franklin (state).
The Division of Franklin is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir John Franklin, the polar explorer who was Lt Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1843-46. It is located in southern Tasmania, including the Hobart suburbs of Bridgewater, Cygnet, Kingston and Lauderdale. It has always been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party and its predecessors.
[edit] Members
| Member | Party | Term |
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| William McWilliams | Independent, Anti-Socialist, Liberal, Nationalist, Country Party, Nationalist | 1903-22 |
| Alfred Seabrook | Nationalist | 1922-28 |
| William McWilliams | Independent | 1928-29 |
| Charles Frost | ALP | 1929-31 |
| Archibald Blacklow | UAP | 1931-34 |
| Hon Charles Frost | ALP | 1934-46 |
| Charles Falkinder | Liberal | 1946-66 |
| Thomas Pearsall | Liberal | 1966-69 |
| Ray Sherry | ALP | 1969-75 |
| Bruce Goodluck | Liberal | 1975-93 |
| Harry Quick | ALP | 1993- |
| Electoral divisions of Tasmania | |
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Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons |
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