Division of Denison

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This article is about the Australian federal electorate of Denison, for the Tasmanian state electorate see Division of Denison (state).
Denison
Australian House of Representatives Division

Denison, shown within Tasmania
State or territory: Tasmania
Created: 1903
MP: Duncan Kerr
Party: Labor
Namesake: William Denison
Electors: 68,881
Area: 221 km² (85.3 sq mi)
Demographic: Inner Metropolitan

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. Townley resigned in 1964 when he was named Ambassador to the United States, but he died before taking up the appointment.

[edit] Members

Member Party Term
  Philip Fysh Protectionist 1903—1906
  Anti-Socialist 1906—1909
  Commonwealth Liberal 1909—1910
  William Laird Smith Labor 1910—1916
  Nationalist 1916—1922
  David O'Keefe Labor 1922—1925
  John Gellibrand Nationalist 1925—1928
  Charles Culley Labor 1928—1931
  Arthur Hutchin United Australia 1931—1934
  Gerald Mahoney Labor 1934—1940
  Arthur Beck United Australia 1940—1943
  John Gaha Labor 1943—1949
  Athol Townley Liberal 1949—1964
  Adrian Gibson Liberal 1964—1969
  Robert Solomon Liberal 1969—1972
  John Coates Labor 1972—1975
  Michael Hodgman Liberal 1975—1987
  Duncan Kerr Labor 1987—present

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Duncan Kerr 31,001 48.46 -1.05
Liberal Leigh Gray 18,974 29.66 -2.90
Greens Helen Hutchinson 11,898 18.60 +4.00
Family First Robyn Munro 1,360 2.13 -0.34
Socialist Alliance Susan Austin 494 0.77 -0.08
Citizens Electoral Council Rob Larner 243 0.38 +0.38
Total formal votes 63,970 97.50 +0.61
Informal votes 1,640 2.50 -0.61
Turnout 65,610 95.25 -0.02
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Duncan Kerr 41,982 65.63 +2.34
Liberal Leigh Gray 21,988 34.37 -2.34
Labor hold Swing +2.34
Australian federal election, 2004: Denison
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Duncan Kerr 31,602 49.51 -1.87
Liberal Erick Pastoor 20,782 32.56 +0.97
Greens Helen Burnet 9,318 14.60 +4.15
Family First Gino Papiccio 1,578 2.47 +2.47
Socialist Alliance Kamala Emanuel 544 0.85 +0.85
Total formal votes 63,824 96.90 -0.19
Informal votes 2,045 3.10 +0.19
Turnout 65,869 95.26 -0.36
Two Candidate Preferred Result
Labor Duncan Kerr 40,397 63.29 -0.97
Liberal Erick Pastoor 23,427 36.71 +0.97
Labor hold Swing -0.97


Electoral divisions of Tasmania

Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons

House of Assembly: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons

Legislative Council: Apsley | Derwent | Elwick | Huon | Mersey
Montgomery | Murchison | Nelson | Paterson | Pembroke
Rosevears | Rowallan | Rumney | Wellington | Windermere
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