The Division of Braddon is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1955 (it was previously called Darwin), and is named for Sir Edward Braddon, a Premier of Tasmania and one of Tasmania's five original federal MPs. It is located in the north-western part of Tasmania, and now includes the towns of Burnie, Devonport, Ulverstone and Wynyard. Braddon has usually been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party. Maps of electoral Divisions The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member constituencies called Divisions. ... Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Edward Braddon Rt Hon Sir Edward Braddon PC KCMG (11 June 1829 – 2 February 1904), 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. ... Before the 1890s there was no formal party system in Tasmania. ... Burnie City Council, Tasmania Burnie is a port city on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia, originally settled in 1827 as Emu Bay. ... Devonport Devonport City Council, Tasmania Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. ... Ulverstone is a town on the northwest coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... Wynyard is a rural town on the north-west coast of Tasmania, Australia. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ...
Braddon was born in Cornwall in 1829, the son of unsuccessful solicitor Henry Braddon and his wife Fanny White.
In 1879, Braddon was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of West Devon, and he represented that constituency until November 1888.
Braddon was re-elected at the federal election of 1903, but he died suddenly at his home in Tasmania in 1904 before the Parliament returned from recess.
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