Electoral district of Franklin

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The Electoral district of Franklin was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered all of southern and southwestern Tasmania, and its main population centre was the town of Franklin in Tasmania's Huon Valley. Other centres included Castle Forbes Bay, Geeveston, Dover and Southport.

The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909.

Members for Franklin

MemberTerm
William Crooke 1856–1857
John Balfe 1857–1871
John Davies 1871–1872
Russell Young 1872–1877
Joseph Risby 1877–1882
Stafford Bird 1882–1903
William Brownell 1903–1909

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