The electoral district of East Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart East, is 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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. It is based in
Tasmania
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's capital city,
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
and has been historically difficult to find.
The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the
1871 election following the dissolution of the multi-member
Hobart Town
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-smalle ...
seat. It was temporarily abolished at the
1886 election when neighbouring seats absorbed its area and became two-member seats.
The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the
1903 election and remained East Hobart when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the
Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.
Members for East Hobart
First incarnation: 1871–1886
Second incarnation: 1903–1909
References
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* Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956
Hobart East
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