The Electoral district of Lyell was a single-member electoral district of the
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Queenstown and
Strahan in the
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The seat was created in a redistribution in 1899, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the
Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. It was first filled at a by-election on 10 April 1899, notable for being the first occasion on which the
Labor Party contested a Tasmanian seat. Its candidate, R. Matthews, gained 40% of the votes
In 1903, Labor's
James Long won the seat.
At the
1909 election he successfully transferred to the multi-member seat of
Darwin (now known as Braddon), but resigned the following year to successfully contest an
Australian Senate
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seat.
Members for Lyell
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* Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
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Lyell
Western Tasmania
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