The electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the

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. It was based in

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'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

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and

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. At the 1897 election, the Hare-Clark electoral model was trialled in Launceston and

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, with Launceston being recreated as a 4-member seat. It continued for two terms, before being broken up again in 1903 into

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and

West Launceston West Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 4212 fo ...

. 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 Second incarnation: 1897–1903

References

* * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956
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