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Division of Lyons (state)

Tasmanian state electoral division

Summary

Tasmanian state electoral division

Field	Value
name	Lyons
state	tas
image
caption	Interactive map of boundaries since the 2021 state election
created	1984
mp	Guy Barnett (Liberal)
Jen Butler (Labor)
Carlo Di Falco (Shooters)
Mark Shelton (Liberal)
Brian Mitchell (Labor)
Tabatha Badger (Greens)
Jane Howlett (Liberal)
mp-party	Labor (2), Liberal (3), Greens (1), Shooters, Fisher and Farmers (1)
namesake	Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
electors	79271
electors_year	2018
area	33212
class	Mixed
fedgov	Lyons
stategov	DerwentLauncestonMcIntyreMontgomeryProsserRumney
near-n	Bass
near-ne	Tasman Sea
near-nw	Braddon
near-e	Tasman Sea
near-w	Braddon
near-s	Franklin
near-se	Clark
Tasman Sea
near-sw	Braddon

Division of Lyons before the 2021 state election

The electoral division of Lyons () is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, with the largest electorate and covering most of central and eastern Tasmania. Lyons is named jointly in honour of Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia (1932–1939); Premier of Tasmania (1923–1928), and Joseph's wife, Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Lyons.

Lyons and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.

History and electoral profile

Before 1984, it was known as the Division of Wilmot. In 1984, it was renamed to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, 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 (1949–1951). Joseph Lyons represented the area for over 30 years at the state (1909-1929) and federal (1929-1939) levels.

Lyons is the largest electorate in Tasmania measuring 33,212 km2, it includes the far northern suburbs of Hobart and the towns of St. Helens, Swansea, Bicheno, Campbell Town, Longford, Evandale and Bothwell.

Representation

Distribution of seats

Election	Seats won
	1909–1912	Labor}}
	1912–1913	Labor}}
	1913–1916	Labor}}
	1916–1919	Labor}}
	1919–1922	Labor}}
	1922–1925	Labor}}
	1925–1928	Labor}}
	1928–1931	Labor}}
	1931–1934	Labor}}
	1934–1937	Labor}}
	1937–1941	Labor}}
	1941–1946	Labor}}
	1946–1948	Labor}}
	1948–1950	Labor}}
	1950–1955	Labor}}
	1955–1956	Labor}}
	1956–1959	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	1959–1964	Labor}}
	1964–1969	Labor}}
	1969–1972	Labor}}
	1972–1976	Labor}}
	1976–1979	Labor}}
	1979–1982	Labor}}
	1982–1986	Labor}}
	1986–1989	Labor}}
	1989–1992	Labor}}
	1992–1996	Labor}}
	1996–1998	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	1998–2002	Labor}}
	2002–2006	Labor}}
	2006–2010	Labor}}
	2010–2014	Labor}}
	2014–2018	Labor}}
	2018–2021	Labor}}
	2021–2024	Labor}}

Election	Seats won
	2024–2025	Greens}}
	2025–	Greens}}

Shooters}}		Shooters, Fishers and Farmers

Members for Lyons and Wilmot

Year	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party	Member	Party
1909		Labor}}		Joseph Lyons	Labor	Anti-Socialist}}		Richard Field	Anti-Socialist	Anti-Socialist}}		Jonathan Best	Anti-Socialist	Anti-Socialist}}		John Hope	Anti-Socialist
1910	Anti-Socialist}}		Edward Mulcahy	Anti-Socialist
1911	Herbert Hays	Anti-Socialist
1912	Labor}}		Michael O'Keefe	Labor	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Norman Cameron	Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal	Commonwealth Liberal}}		Liberal
1913	Jonathan Best	Liberal
1913	Ernest Blyth	Liberal
1916
1917	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1919	William Connell	Nationalist
1919	George Pullen	Nationalist
1922			Country			Albert Bendall	Country	Neil Campbell	Nationalist			Liberal
1925			Nationalist			Nationalist	Nationalist}}		Nationalist
1925	Labor}}		William Shoobridge	Labor	Independent}}		Norman Cameron	Independent
1926	John Palamountain	Labor
1928	Jens Jensen	Labor	Eric Ogilvie	Labor	Nationalist}}		Percy Best	Nationalist
1929	William Shoobridge	Labor
1931			Alfred Burbury	Nationalist	Llewellyn Atkinson	Nationalist
1934			George Becker	Independent	David O'Keefe	Labor	Donald Cameron	Nationalist
1937	Labor}}		Labor	Francis Foster	Nationalist
1940	William Taylor	Labor
1941	Lancelot Spurr	Labor
1941	Labor}}		Ernest West	Labor
1943	Peter Pike	Labor
1946	Roy Fagan	Labor	Liberal}}		Robert Robertson	Liberal	Liberal}}		Liberal	Liberal}}		Angus Bethune	Liberal
1948
1949	Douglas Cashion	Labor
1950	Charles Best	Liberal
1955	Amelia Best	Liberal
1956	Reg Fisher	Labor	Bert Bessell	Liberal
1958	Amelia Best	Liberal
1959	William McNeil	Labor
1959	Labor}}		Thomas McDonald	Labor	Bob Ingamells	Liberal
1964	William Anderson	Labor
1969			Ian Braid	Liberal
1972	Labor}}		Darrel Baldock	Labor	Andrew Lohrey	Labor	Michael Polley	Labor
1974	Charles Batt	Labor
1975	Ian Braid	Liberal
1976	Terry Aulich	Labor	Robin Gray	Liberal	Graeme Page	Liberal
1979
1982	Liberal}}		Stephen Salter	Liberal
1986	David Llewellyn	Labor	Bob Mainwaring	Liberal
1987	Chris Batt	Labor
1989	Greens}}		Christine Milne	Greens	The Duke of Avram	Liberal
1992	Bob Mainwaring	Liberal
1995	Denise Swan	Liberal
1996	Rene Hidding	Liberal			Lara Giddings	Labor
1998		Labor}}		Ken Bacon	Labor
2002	Greens}}		Tim Morris	Greens
2005	Heather Butler	Labor
2006
2010	Rebecca White	Labor	Liberal}}		Mark Shelton	Liberal
2014	David Llewellyn	Labor	Liberal}}		Guy Barnett	Liberal
2018	Jen Butler	Labor
2019	John Tucker	Liberal
2021
2023			Independent
2024	Greens}}		Tabatha Badger	Greens	Liberal}}		Jane Howlett	Liberal			Andrew Jenner	Lambie Network
2025	Casey Farrell	Labor			National
2025	Brian Mitchell	Labor			Carlo Di Falco	SFF

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lyons (state)

References

[http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/HouseOfAssembly/Lyons.html Lyons] {{webarchive. link. (March 21, 2012 , ''Tasmanian Electoral Commission'')
(2025-03-04). "Farrell wins Lyons recount to replace Rebecca White".

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