Electoral division of Huon

{{Short description|Tasmanian Legislative Council electoral division}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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|created = 1856

|abolished=

|mp = Dean Harriss

|mp-party = Independent

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|electors = 26048

|electors_year = 2020

|area = 6214

|class = Rural

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Image:Locator map of Huon TLC electorate 2017.svg

The Electoral division of Huon is one of the 15 electoral divisions in the Tasmanian Legislative Council. It was created in 1999, however similar electorates of this name have existed since 1900, {{citation needed|date=April 2009}} and members of the Tasmanian upper house for this region appear to have been elected since 1856.{{citation needed|date=April 2009}}

The total area of the division is {{convert|6214|km2}} since a redistribution in August 2017.

As of 31 January 2019, there were 25,335 enrolled voters in the division. The current sitting member of the division is Dean Harriss, elected in the 2022 by-election. The next periodic election in the division is due in May 2026.

The division includes the local municipalities of Huon Valley and Kingborough. Localities include Huonville, Margate, Cygnet, Franklin, Geeveston, Bruny Island, Snug, and Howden.

Members

{{further|Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council}}

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colspan="2"|Member

!Party

!Period

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Thomas Knight

| Independent

| 1856–1857

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Richard Cleburne

| Independent

| 1857–1864

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Alexander Kissock

| Independent

| 1864–1866

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| John Wedge

| Independent

| 1866–1868

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| John Foster

| Independent

| 1868–1874

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| James Robertson

| Independent

| 1874–1880

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Joseph Solomon

| Independent

| 1880

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| William Fisher

| Independent

| 1881–1882

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| John Watchorn

| Independent

| 1882–1905

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Thomas Fisher

| Independent

| 1905–1909

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Stafford Bird

| Independent

| 1909–1924

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| David Calvert

| Independent

| 1924

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| William Calvert

| Independent

| 1924–1942

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Rowland Worsley

| Labor

| 1942–1948

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Ron Brown

| Independent

| 1948–1966

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Michael Hodgman

| Independent

| 1966–1974

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Peter Hodgman

| Independent

| 1974–1986

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Athol Meyer

| Independent

| 1986–1996

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Paul Harriss

| Independent

| 1996–2014

{{Australian party style|Independent}}| 

| Robert Armstrong

| Independent

| 2014–2020

{{Australian party style|Labor}}| 

| Bastian Seidel

| Labor

| 2020–2022

{{Australian party style|Independent}} | 

|Dean Harriss

|Independent

|2022–

Election results

{{main|Electoral results for the Division of Huon}}

{{Excerpt|2022 Tasmanian Legislative Council periodic election|section=Huon results}}

See also

{{Portal|Australia|Politics}}

References

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