Electoral district of New Norfolk

The Electoral district of New Norfolk was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Its population centre was the town of New Norfolk, northwest of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart.

New Norfolk
TasmaniaHouse of Assembly
StateTasmania
Created1856
Abolished1909

The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909.

Members for New Norfolk

MemberTerm
Michael Fenton 1856–1861
William Sharland 1861–1872
Alexander Riddoch 1872–1882
Ebenezer Shoobridge 1882–1886
George Huston 1886–1891
George Leatham 1891–1903
Julian Brown 1903–1906
George Leatham 1906–1909

References

  • Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-724-64147-5.
  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956
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