William Robert Charles Jarvis (1 October 1871 – 15 August 1939) was an Australian politician. Jarvis was born in

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 ...

. In 1906, he was elected to 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. The Assembly has 25 m ...

as the member for East Hobart. He stood for Denison with the introduction of

proportional representation Proportional representation (PR) refers to a type of electoral system under which subgroups of an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. The concept applies mainly to geographical (e.g. states, regions) and political divis ...

in 1909 but was defeated. He died in 1939 in Hobart.

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1871 births 1939 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Politicians from Hobart {{Australia-politician-stub