Electoral district of South Hobart

The Electoral district of South Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart South, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart.

The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the 1871 state election following the dissolution of the multi-member Hobart Town seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the 1897 election, it was abolished when the seat of Hobart was created under a trial of the Hare-Clark model.

The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the 1903 state election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for South Hobart

First incarnation: 1871–1897

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
William Belbin 1871–1886      
John Stokell Dodds 1886–1887   William Belbin 1886–1891
Andrew Inglis Clark 1887–1897  
  Edward Giblin 1891–1893
  John Bradley 1893–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909

MemberPartyTerm
  Robert Patterson Opposition 1903–1904
  Stafford Bird Ministerial 1906–1909

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