Tasman Shields (20 November 1872 – 28 August 1950) was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston. In 1915 he was elected to the

Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, H ...

as an

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member for Launceston. He held the seat until 1936, when he was defeated. Shields died in Launceston in 1950.

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1872 births 1950 deaths Independent members of the Parliament of Tasmania Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council {{Australia-Independent-politician-stub