Electoral district of Westbury

The Electoral district of Westbury was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It centred on the town of Westbury near Tasmania's second city of Launceston.

The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. By far its longest-serving member was Thomas Reibey, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 20 July 1876 until 9 August 1877 and Speaker of the House from 12 July 1887 to 30 April 1891.

Members for Westbury

Member	Term
Thomas Field	1856–1862
Adye Douglas	1862–1871
John Millar	1871–1874
Thomas Reibey	1874–1903
Charles Allen	1903–1909

References

Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956

Electoral districts of Tasmania (1856–1909)
Hobart	Hobart Hobart Town Central Hobart East Hobart North Hobart South Hobart West Hobart Glenorchy Queenborough
Launceston	Launceston Central Launceston East Launceston North Launceston South Launceston West Launceston
Other	Brighton Burnie Cambria Campbell Town Clarence Cressy Cumberland Deloraine Devon Devonport East Devon West Devon Evandale Fingal Franklin George Town Glamorgan Kentish Kingborough Latrobe Longford Lyell Monmouth Montagu Morven New Norfolk Norfolk Plains North Esk Oatlands Queenstown Richmond Ringarooma Ringwood Selby Sorell Waratah Wellington Westbury Zeehan

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