electoral district of Launceston

{{Short description|Former state electoral district of Tasmania, Australia}}

The electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.

The seat was created as a three-member seat ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1871 election, when it was divided up into the seats of Central, North and South Launceston.

At the 1897 election, the Hare-Clark electoral model was trialled in Launceston and Hobart, with Launceston being recreated as a 4-member seat. It continued for two terms, before being broken up again in 1903 into Central, North, East and West Launceston. In 1909, the entire state adopted Hare-Clark, and the Launceston region became part of the Bass division.

Members for Launceston

First incarnation: 1856–1871

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term	Member 3	Term
class="wikitable"
John Rogers \| 1856–1857 \| Adye Douglas \| 1856–1857 \| William Champ \| 1856–1857
Alexander Clerke \| 1857–1860 \| rowspan=2 \| James Matthews \| rowspan=2 \| 1857–1861 \| rowspan=3 \| John Crookes \| rowspan=3 \| 1857–1862
Joseph Cohen \| 1860–1861
rowspan=2 \| Robert Miller \| rowspan=2 \| 1861–1866 \| Henry Dowling \| 1861–1862
rowspan=3 \| Henry Lette \| rowspan=3 \| 1862–1871 \| D'Arcy Murray \| 1862–1866
John Crookes \| 1866–1866 \| rowspan=2 \| John Scott \| rowspan=2 \| 1866–1871
Thomas Chapman \| 1866–1871

Second incarnation: 1897–1903

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term	Member 3	Term	Member 4	Term
class="wikitable"
rowspan=3\|William Hartnoll \| rowspan=3\|1897–1902 \| Matthew Clarke \| 1897–1900 \| Ronald Smith \| 1897–1900 \| rowspan=2\|Alexander Fowler \| rowspan=2\|1897–1901
rowspan=3\|Robert Sadler \| rowspan=3\|1900–1903 \| rowspan=3\|Peter McCrackan \| rowspan=3\|1900–1903
rowspan=2\|Samuel Sutton \| rowspan=2\|1901–1903
David Storrer \| 1902–1903

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 }}

Launceston