Electoral district of North Hobart

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The electoral district of North Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart North, 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 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 election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for North Hobart[edit]

First incarnation: 1871–1897

Member 1 Term Member 2 Term
George Salier 1871–1886    
Alfred Crisp 1886–1897 Windle St Hill 1886–1893
Frederick William Piesse 1893–1894
Sir Philip Fysh 1894–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909

Member Party Term
  William Propsting Opposition 1903–1906
  Walter Woods Labor 1906–1909

References[edit]

  • Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-724-64147-5.
  • 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 Archived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine