Division of Denison

The Division of Denison is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir William Denison, who was Lt-Governor of Van Diemens Land 1847-55. It is located in central Hobart, today including the suburbs of Glenorchy, New Town and Taroona. Denison has had 15 members, the equal highest (with Bendigo) of any Division. It has been a consistently marginal seat, but has been held by the Australian Labor Party with little difficulty since 1987. Its most prominent members have been Sir Philip Fysh, a member of the first federal Cabinet, and Athol Townley, Defence Minister in the Robert Menzies government.

Members

Member	Party! Term
Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh	Protectionist/Anti-Socialist, Comm Lib	1903-10
Hon William Laird Smith	ALP, Nat	1910-22
Hon David O'Keefe	ALP	1922-25
Sir John Gellibrand	Nationalist	1925-28
Hon Charles Culley	ALP	1928-31
Arthur Hutchin	UAP	1931-34
Gerald Mahoney	ALP	1934-40
Arthur Beck	UAP	1940-43
Dr John Gaha	ALP	1943-49
Hon Athol Townley	Liberal	1949-64
Adrian Gibson	Liberal	1964-69
Dr Robert Solomon	Liberal	1969-72
John Coates	ALP	1972-75
Hon Michael Hodgman	Liberal	1975-87
Hon Duncan Kerr	ALP	1987-

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