Electoral division of Pembroke

Pembroke
Tasmania—Legislative Council
State Tasmania
Created 1856
MP Vanessa Goodwin
Party Liberal Party of Australia
Electors 24,727 (2013)
Area 54 km2 (20.8 sq mi)
Demographic Metropolitan

The electoral division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore (east side of the Derwent River) and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and Tranmere. In earlier times, the division included most of the east coast of Tasmania as far north as Bicheno, including the Tasman Peninsula.

The electorate takes its name from a county which was created in Tasmania by early British settlers. The division and the former county both took their name from Pembrokeshire in Wales.[1]

Members

Member Party Period
  James Whyte Independent 1856–1876
  James Lord Independent 1876–1881
  William Hodgson Independent 1881–1891
  Henry Lamb Independent 1891–1899
  William Perkins Independent 1899–1903
  James Murdoch, Sr. Independent 1903–1925
  James Murdoch, Jr. Independent 1925–1935
  John Murdoch Independent 1935–1936
  Archibald Blacklow Independent 1936–1953
  William Dunbabin Independent 1953–1959
  Ben McKay Independent 1959–1976
  Peter McKay Independent 1976–1991
  Liberal 1991–1999
  Cathy Edwards Independent 1999–2001
  Allison Ritchie Labor 2001–2009
  Vanessa Goodwin Liberal 2009–present

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.electoral.tas.gov.au/pages/LegislativeCouncil/DivisionNames/Pembroke.html

See also

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