Division of Lyons
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This article is about the Australian federal electorate of Lyons, for the Tasmanian state electorate see Division of Lyons (state).
The Division of Lyons is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1984 to replace the abolished Division of Wilmot and is named for Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931-39 and MP for Wilmot from 1929-39. It is located in central Tasmania, stretching from the eastern to western coasts and includes such places as New Norfolk, Deloraine and St Marys. It has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.
[edit] Members, Federal
| Member | Party | Term |
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| Max Burr | Liberal | 1984-93 |
| Dick Adams | ALP | 1993- |
| Electoral divisions of Tasmania | |
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Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons |
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