The electoral division of Clark, formerly known as the electoral division of Denison is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.

The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.

Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by seven members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).

History and electoral profile Clark was renamed from the Denison when amendments to the Tasmanian Constitution Act 1934 gained Royal Assent on 28 September 2018, aligning Tasmania's state electoral divisions with the federal divisions which had undergone a boundary redistribution, including renaming Denison to Clark, and was formally gazetted on 14 November 2017.

The division is located on the western side of the Derwent River, covering a part of Kingborough and all of the Hobart and Glenorchy local government areas. Covering an area of 292.26 km2 it is the smallest of Tasmania's five electoral divisions.

Representation

Distribution of seats

+ As 6-member seat: Election Seats won 1909–1912             1912–1913             1913–1916             1916–1919             1919–1922             1922–1925             1925–1928             1928–1931             1931–1934             1934–1937             1937–1941             1941–1946             1946–1948             1948–1950             1950–1955             1955–1956             1956–1959             + As 7-member seat: Election Seats won 1959–1964               1964–1969               1969–1972               1972–1976               1976–1979               1979–1982               1982–1986               1986–1989               1989–1992               1992–1996               1996–1998               + As 5-member seat: Election Seats won 1998–2002           2002–2006           2006–2010           2010–2014           2014–2018           2018–2021           2021–2024           + As 7-member seat: Election Seats won 2024–2025               2025–              

+ Legend:   Labor   Liberal   Greens   Nationalist   Liberal   Anti-Socialist   Democrats   Independent

Members for Clark and Denison YearMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember PartyMember Party 1909Sir John Davies Anti-SocialistWalter WoodsLaborWilliam SheridanLaborSir Elliott Lewis Anti-Socialist Frederick Rattle Anti-Socialist Edward Crowther Anti-Socialist 1912LiberalLiberalVincent BarkerLabor Francis Valentine Liberal 1913Lyndhurst GiblinLaborWilliam FullertonLiberal 1914William SheridanLabor 1916John ClearyLabor William Burgess Liberal 1917 Charles Hoggins NationalistNationalist George Foster Nationalist Nationalist 1919 Robert Cosgrove LaborJohn McPheeNationalistRobert SnowdenNationalist 1922Charles GrantNationalistCharles CulleyLabor 1924 Leslie Payne Nationalist 1925Robert CosgroveLaborWalter WoodsLaborJohn SoundyNationalist 1928Charles GrantNationalistEdmund Dwyer-GrayLabor 1931Gerald MahoneyLaborErnest TurnerNationalist 1932 Arndell Lewis Nationalist 1934Robert CosgroveLaborCharles CulleyLabor George Carruthers Independent 1937Francis HeereyLabor Arndell Lewis Nationalist 1941 Ernest Turner Nationalist 1941Alfred WhiteLaborCharles AtkinsNationalist 1945Francis HeereyLabor 1946 Robert Harvey Nationalist 1946Horace StruttLiberal LiberalRex TownleyIndependent 1948 Henry Hope LaborBill WeddIndependent 1950Frank GahaLaborLiberal 1953 Leo McPartlan Independent 1955Bill HodgmanLiberal 1958Eric HowroydLabor 1959 Bert Lacey Labor 1959Harry McLoughlinLaborCharley AylettLaborBill WeddIndependent Sir Archibald Park Liberal 1959IndependentHorace StruttLiberal 1964 Independent 1964Ken AustinLaborMerv EverettLaborNigel AbbottLiberalRobert MatherLiberal 1965 George Brown Liberal 1969Neil BattLaborBob BakerLiberalMax BinghamLiberal 1972 Kevin Corby Labor 1974 Ian Cole LaborJohn GreenLabor 1976Julian AmosLabor Max Robinson Liberal 1979John DevineLabor 1980Norm SandersDemocrats Bob Graham LaborGabriel HarosLiberal 1982Geoff DavisLiberalPeter WalkerLiberal 1983Bob BrownIndependent Greens 1984Bob GrahamLaborCarmel HolmesLiberal 1986 Independent 1986Neil BattLaborJudy JacksonLaborRay GroomLiberalJohn WhiteLaborJohn BennettLiberal 1987John BarkerLiberal 1989GreensDavid CreanLabor 1990 Chris Gibson Liberal 1992Julian AmosLaborMichael HodgmanLiberal 1993Peg PuttGreens 1996Jim BaconLaborBob CheekLiberal 1998 2001Michael HodgmanLiberal 2002Graeme SturgesLabor 2004David BartlettLabor 2006Lisa SinghLabor 2008Cassy O'ConnorGreens 2010Scott BaconLaborMatthew GroomLiberalElise ArcherLiberal 2011 Graeme Sturges Labor 2014 Madeleine Ogilvie Labor 2018Ella HaddadLaborSue HickeyLiberal 2019Madeleine Ogilvie Independent 2021Liberal Independent 2021Kristie JohnstonIndependent2023aVica BayleyGreens Independent2023bSimon BehrakisLiberal2024Josh WillieLaborHelen BurnetGreens2025Marcus VermeyLiberal2026 Independent

Election results

See also

Tasmanian Legislative Council

References

External links Parliament of Tasmania Tasmanian Electoral Commission - House of Assembly