Denison Tasmania—House of Assembly | |
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Map showing the Division of Denison, as of the 2018 Tasmanian state election. | |
State | Tasmania |
Created | 1909 |
Abolished | 2018 |
Namesake | Sir William Denison |
Electors | 74,397 (2018) |
Area | 290 km2 (112.0 sq mi) |
Demographic | Inner metropolitan |
The electoral division of Denison was an electorate of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1909 to 2018. It was located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The electorate shared its name and boundaries with the federal division of Denison. The seat was abolished in September 2018 and replaced by the Division of Clark, in line with its federal namesake.
Denison was represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system.
The division was located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 290 km² it was the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.
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