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, following a redrawing of the electoral boundaries. 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. The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. ... Emblems: Flora Tasmanian Blue Gum Fauna none Motto: Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness) Slogan or Nickname: The Apple Isle Other Australian states and territories Capital Hobart Government Governor Premier Const. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Sir William Thomas Denison KCB (Born May 3, 1804, England; Died January 19, 1871, England}. Governor of New South Wales January 20, 1855 - January 22, 1861. ... Van Diemens Land is the name originally used by the British for Tasmania, an island state of Australia. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. ... City of Glenorchy, Tasmania Glenorchy is one of the five city councils that make up the greater Hobart area of Tasmania. ... New Town is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, located about 4 km north of the CBD. One of the citys oldest suburbs, it is now an inner city residential suburb, many of its streets are lined with federation style cottages. ... Taroona (an Aboriginal word meaning sea-shell) is a major residential suburb approximately 15 minutes drive from the centre of Hobart, Tasmania on the scenic route between Hobart and Kingston. ... The Division of Bendigo is an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Philip Fysh Sir Philip Oakley Fysh (1 March 1835 - 20 December 1919), Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania and a member of the first federal ministry. ... Sir Robert Gordon Menzies KT AK CH QC FRS, (20 December 1894 – 14 May 1978), Australian politician, was the twelfth and longest-serving Prime Minister of Australia, serving a total of eighteen and a half years in office from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. ...

Members

• Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh (Protectionist/Anti-Socialist, Comm Lib) 1903-10
• Hon William Laird Smith (ALP, Nat) 1910-22
• Hon David O'Keefe (ALP) 1922-25
• Sir John Gellibrand (Nationalist) 1925-28
• Hon Charles Culley (ALP) 1928-31
• Arthur Hutchin (UAP) 1931-34
• Gerald Mahoney (ALP) 1934-40
• Arthur Beck (UAP) 1940-43
• Dr John Gaha (ALP) 1943-49
• Hon Athol Townley (Liberal) 1949-64
• Adrian Gibson (Liberal) 1964-69
• Dr Robert Solomon (Liberal) 1969-72
• John Coates (ALP) 1972-75
• Hon Michael Hodgman (Liberal) 1975-87
• Hon Duncan Kerr (ALP) 1987-

Sir Philip Fysh Sir Philip Oakley Fysh (1 March 1835 - 20 December 1919), Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania and a member of the first federal ministry. ... The Protectionist Party was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... The Free Trade Party, later known as the Anti-Socialist Party, was a political party in Australia from the 1880s until 1909. ... The Commonwealth Liberal Party, usually called The Fusion, was a political movement active in Australia shortly after federation. ... The Australian Labor Party or ALP is Australias oldest political party. ... The Nationalist Party of Australia was an Australian political party formed in 1917 from a merger of pro-conscription members of the Labor Party (who had been operating under the banner National Labor after their earlier split with the Labor party) with the Commonwealth Liberal Party. ... Major General Sir John Gellibrand, KCB, DSO (5 December 1872 – 3 June 1945) was an Australian Army Major General in World War I and member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing the Division of Denison as a Nationalist Party member from 1925 - 1928. ... The United Australia Party or UAP was an Australian political party that was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia. ... The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian liberal conservative political party. ... The Hon. ... Hon Duncan Kerr Duncan James Colquhoun Kerr (born 26 February 1952), Australian politician, has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since July 1987, representing the Division of Denison, Tasmania. ...