State: Tasmania

Name Derivation: Named after Sir William Denison 1804-71, Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania 1847-55 and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61.

Area and Location Description: Denison covers an area of approximately 221 sq km from Austins Ferry in the north to Taroona in the south, from Hobart in the east to Collinsvale in the west. The City of Hobart and environs and the City of Glenorchy are in this division.

Map of Division: Denison [PDF 120KB]

Products/Industries of the Area: Banking and retail, chocolate and confectionery, catamaran construction, brewery, zinc works, food and timber processing, heavy transport, wholesale trade, engineering works, glass products and port facilities at Hobart.

First Proclaimed/Election: 1903

Demographic Rating: Inner Metropolitan

Members:

• Kerr, D (ALP) 1987-
• Hodgman, W M (LP) 1975-1987
• Coates, J (ALP) 1972-1975
• Solomon, R J (LP) 1969-1972
• Gibson, A (LP) 1964-1969
• Townley, A G (LP) 1949-1963
• Gaha, J F (ALP) 1943-1949
• Beck, A J (UAP) 1940-1943
• Mahoney, G W (ALP) 1934-1940
• Hutchin, A W (UAP) 1931-1934
• Culley, C E (ALP) 1928-1931
• Gellibrand, J (NAT) 1925-1928
• O'Keefe, D J (ALP) 1922-1925
• Smith, W H (ALP/NAT) 1910-1922
• Fysh, P (PROT/ANTI-SOC) 1903-1910

Current Member Details: Please refer to the Parliament of Australia website

AEC Divisional Office Address: Divisional Office Contact Details

2007 Federal Election Results: House of Representatives results for Denison

Further information:

• 2004 Federal Election - House of Representatives results for Denison
• 2004 Divisional Profile
• 2004 Map of Division

For supporting information, see Party Codes, Demographic Ratings and Seat Status .