Electoral district of Lyell
The Electoral district of Lyell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It included the towns of Queenstown and Strahan in the West Coast region of Tasmania.
The seat was created in a redistribution in 1899, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the
Labor Party contested a Tasmanian seat. Its candidate, R. Matthews, gained 40% of the votes[1]
In 1903, Labor's
Darwin (now known as Braddon), but resigned the following year to successfully contest an Australian Senate
seat.
Members for Lyell
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Gaffney | Liberal | 1899–1903 | |
| James Long | Labour
|
1903–1909 | |
Notes
- ^ "POLITICAL". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2015..
- ^ "Election Campaign". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 18 March 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
References
- Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
- ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Archived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
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