| Wilmot Australian House of Representatives Division |
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| State or territory: | Tasmania |
| Created: | 1903 |
| Abolished: | 1984 |
| Namesake: | John Eardley-Wilmot |
The Division of Wilmot was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot 1st Baronet ( 21 February 1783 &ndash 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom The Australian House of Representatives is elected from 150 single-member districts called Divisions. The Commonwealth of Australia is made up of 8 states and territories controlled under a federal system of government Tasmania is an Australian island and state of the same name It is located south of the eastern side of the Continent, being separated from it by Bass It was located in central Tasmania, and was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, the sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania. Sir John Eardley Eardley-Wilmot 1st Baronet ( 21 February 1783 &ndash 3 February 1847) was a politician in the United Kingdom The Governor of Tasmania is the representative in the Australian state of Tasmania of Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia. At various times it included the towns of Deloraine, Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe and New Norfolk. Deloraine is a town on the Meander River, in the central north of Tasmania, Australia. Beaconsfield ( is a town near the Tamar River, in the north-east of Tasmania, Australia. Devonport is a city in the north-west of Tasmania, Australia, at the mouth of the Mersey River. Latrobe is a town in northern Tasmania, Australia, situated on the Mersey River. New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia.
The Division was proclaimed on 2 October 1903, when Tasmania was first divided into Divisions, and was first contested at the 1903 Federal election. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Electorates Candidates were contesting 75 House of Representatives and 36 Senate seats a number unchanged from the 1901 election At the electoral redistribution of 12 September 1984, it was abolished and replaced by the Division of Lyons, in order to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, the fourteenth Prime Minister of Australia, who held Wilmot from 1929-1939, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949-51). Events 1213 - Albigensian Crusade: Simon de Montfort 5th Earl of Leicester, defeats Peter II of Aragon at the Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The Division of Lyons is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. Joseph Aloysius Lyons, CH (15 September 1879 &ndash 7 April 1939 Australian politician The Prime Minister of Australia is the Head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia, holding office on commission from the Governor-General. Dame Enid Muriel Lyons, AD, GBE ( 9 July 1897 - 2 September 1981) was an Australian politician and the first The House of Representatives is one of the two houses (chambers of the Parliament of Australia; it is the Lower house, the Upper house being the Senate
Members
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Braddon | Free Trade | 1903—1904 | |
| Donald Norman Cameron | Free Trade | 1904—1906 | |
| Llewellyn Atkinson | Free Trade, Anti-Socialist | 1906—1909 | |
| Commonwealth Liberal | 1909—1916 | ||
| Nationalist | 1916—1921 | ||
| Country | 1921—1929 | ||
| Joseph Lyons | Labor | 1929—1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931—1939 | ||
| Lancelot Spurr | Labor | 1939—1940 | |
| Allan Guy | United Australia | 1940—1946 | |
| Gil Duthie | Labor | 1946—1975 | |
| Max Burr | Liberal | 1975—1984 | |
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