Electoral district of North Launceston

{{Short description|Former Tasmanian electoral district}}

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The electoral district of North Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston North, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly created in 2008. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.

The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the 1871 election following the dissolution of the multi-member Launceston seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the 1897 election, it was abolished when the Launceston seat was recreated under a trial of the Hare-Clark model.

The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the 1903 election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for North Launceston

Single member: 1871–1886

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MemberTerm
Charles Rocher

| 1871–1872

James Cox

| 1872–1874

Frederick Innes

| 1874–1877

Henry Lette

| 1877–1886

Two member: 1886–1897

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Member 1TermMember 2Term
Henry Lette

| 1886–1892

| rowspan=4 | Peter Barrett

| rowspan=4 | 1886–1897

David Scott

| 1892–1893

Alexander Fowler

| 1893

Allan MacDonald

| 1893–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909

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| William Batchelor

| Opposition

| 1903–1906

{{Australian party style|Labor}} |  

| Charles Howroyd

| Labor

| 1906–1909

References

  • {{cite book|title=Representation of the Tasmanian People|last=Newman|first=Terry|publisher=Tasmanian Parliamentary Library|year=1994|isbn=0-724-64147-5}}
  • {{cite book|last=Hughes|first=Colin A.|authorlink=Colin Hughes|author2=Graham, B. D.|title=Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964|year=1976|publisher=Australian National University|location=Canberra|isbn=0-7081-1334-6}}
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). [http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/tasparl.htm The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081208070355/http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/history/tasparl/tasparl.htm |date=8 December 2008 }}

{{Former electoral districts of Tasmania}}

Launceston North

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