Lieutenant-General Sir George Arthur, 1st Baronet, KCH, PC was Lieutenant Governor of British Honduras (1814–1822), Van Diemen's Land (1823–1837). The campaign against Tasmanian Aborigines, known as the Black War, occurred during this term of office. He later served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1838–1841) and Governor of Bombay (1842–1846).
Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon, Australian politician, was the Premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899, and was a Member of the First Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives. Braddon was a Tasmanian delegate to the Constitutional Conventions.
William Arthur Neilson AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.
Stephen Shane Parry is an Australian politician who was a Liberal Party senator for Tasmania from 2005 to 2017. He was elected President of the Senate in 2014. On 31 October 2017, Parry informed the government that he may be a British citizen, and issued his intention to resign from his position if dual nationality was confirmed. The next day he reported that he had received confirmation of his dual citizenship and, on 2 November, he resigned as president and from the Senate. He was replaced in the Senate by next Liberal Party Tasmanian Senate candidate and former senator Richard Colbeck after a recount.
George John Shaw-Lefevre, 1st Baron Eversley PC, DL was a British Liberal Party politician. In a ministerial career that spanned thirty years, he was twice First Commissioner of Works and also served as Postmaster General and President of the Local Government Board.
Charles Meredith was an Australian Grazier and Politician, Tasmanian Colonial Treasurer for several years in the mid-to-late 19th century.
Kenneth Shaw Wriedt was an Australian politician and leader of the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Labor Party.
Christopher Arthur "Chris" Gibson is a former Australian politician. He was born in Cessnock, New South Wales. Having moved to Tasmania, he contested the 1989 state election as a Liberal candidate for Denison, but was unsuccessful. However, sitting Liberal member John Bennett resigned in 1990 and Gibson was elected in the countback held on 19 February. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1992 state election.
Thomas Horne was an Australian judge and politician.
John Lewis Madden was an Australian politician.
Victor James Shaw was an Australian politician.
Charles Balfour Marcus Fenton was an Australian politician.
Arthur Reginald "Reg" Fisher was an Australian politician.
Sir Henry Seymour Baker was an English-born Australian politician.
Arthur Thomas Cutts was an Australian politician.
Arthur Benjamin Fenton was an Australian politician.
Alexander Arthur Evans was an Australian politician.
Arthur James Tyler was an Australian politician.
Arthur Cotton was an Australian politician.
Sir Arthur George Warner was an English-born Australian politician.
