The electoral district of North Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston North, was an electoral district of the
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart.
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Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.
The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the
1871 election following the dissolution of the multi-member
Launceston seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the
1897 election, it was abolished when the Launceston seat was recreated under a trial of the
Hare-Clark model.
The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the
1903 election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.
Members for North Launceston
Single member: 1871–1886
Two member: 1886–1897
Second incarnation: 1903–1909
References
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* Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956
Launceston North
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