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 Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. It was first filled at a by-election on 10 April 1899, notable for being the first occasion on which the Labor Party contested a Tasmanian seat. Its candidate, R. Matthews, gained 40% of the votes[1]

In 1903, Labor's James Long won the seat.[2] At the 1909 election he successfully transferred to the multi-member seat of Darwin (now known as Braddon), but resigned the following year to successfully contest an Australian Senate seat.

Members for Lyell

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Member Party Term
  James Gaffney Liberal 1899–1903
  James Long Labour 1903–1909

Notes

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  1. ^ "POLITICAL". Launceston Examiner (Tas. : 1842 - 1899). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 19 April 1899. p. 7. Retrieved 28 June 2015..
  2. ^ "Election Campaign". Zeehan and Dundas Herald (Tas. : 1890 - 1922). Tas.: National Library of Australia. 18 March 1903. p. 3. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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