Electoral district of Sorell

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The Electoral district of Sorell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Its population centre was the town of Sorell east of Tasmania's capital, Hobart, and included the Tasman Peninsula.

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 Sorell

MemberTerm
Askin Morrison 1856–1860
George Marshall 1860–1861
William Hodgson 1861–1872
James Gunn 1872–1882
James Gray 1882–1889
Charles Featherstone 1889–1893
Joseph Woollnough 1893–1903
Alexander Hean 1903–1909

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