Division of Lyons
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| Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division |
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 Lyons, shown within Tasmania |
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| State or territory: | Tasmania |
| Created: | 1984 |
| MP: | Dick Adams |
| Party: | Labor |
| Namesake: | Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons |
| Electors: | 68,376 |
| Area: | 40,604 km² (15,677.3 sq mi) |
| Demographic: | Rural |
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,MP for Wilmot from 1929-39, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949-51).
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
| Member | Party | Term | |
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| Max Burr | Liberal | 1984—1993 | |
| Dick Adams | Labor | 1993—present | |
[edit] Election results
| Australian federal election, 2007: Lyons | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Dick Adams | 27,374 | 43.15 | -1.41 | |
| Liberal | Geoff Page | 20,643 | 32.54 | -9.79 | |
| Greens | Karen Cassidy | 7,089 | 11.17 | +1.22 | |
| Independent | Ben Quin | 6,092 | 9.60 | +9.60 | |
| Family First | Amy Parsons | 1,427 | 2.25 | -0.40 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Ray Williams | 819 | 1.29 | +0.78 | |
| Total formal votes | 63,444 | 96.94 | +0.89 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,005 | 3.06 | -0.89 | ||
| Turnout | 65,449 | 95.72 | +0.06 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Dick Adams | 37,292 | 58.78 | +5.10 | |
| Liberal | Geoff Page | 26,152 | 41.22 | -5.10 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | +5.10 | |||
| Australian federal election, 2004: Lyons | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labor | Dick Adams | 26,994 | 44.56 | -2.70 | |
| Liberal | Ben Quin | 24,647 | 42.33 | +6.52 | |
| Greens | Glenn Millar | 6,036 | 9.95 | +2.91 | |
| Family First | Marie Papiccio | 1,606 | 2.65 | +2.65 | |
| Citizens Electoral Council | Saul Jenkins | 311 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |
| Total formal votes | 60,584 | 96.05 | -0.41 | ||
| Informal votes | 2,494 | 3.95 | +0.41 | ||
| Turnout | 63,078 | 95.66 | -0.52 | ||
| Two Candidate Preferred Result | |||||
| Labor | Dick Adams | 32,519 | 53.68 | -4.49 | |
| Liberal | Ben Quin | 28,065 | 46.32 | +4.49 | |
| Labor hold | Swing | -4.49 | |||
| Electoral divisions of Tasmania | |
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Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons |
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