The Division of Wilmot was an Australian Electoral Division in the state of Tasmania. It was located in central Tasmania, and was named after Sir John Eardley-Wilmot, the sixth Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania. At various times it included the towns of Deloraine, Beaconsfield, Devonport, Latrobe, and New Norfolk.
The Division was proclaimed on 2 October 1903, when Tasmania was first divided into Divisions, and was first contested at the 1903 Federal election. At the electoral redistribution of 12 September 1984, it was abolished and replaced by the Division of Lyons, to jointly honour Joseph Lyons, the tenth Prime Minister of Australia, who held Wilmot at the federal level from 1929–1939 and at the state level from 1909 to 1929, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949–51).
Members Image Member Party Term Notes Sir Edward Braddon Free Trade 16 December 1903 –2 February 1904 Previously held the Division of Tasmania. Died in office Norman Cameron 26 February 1904 –1906 Previously held the Division of Tasmania. Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Wilmot in 1912 Anti-Socialist 1906 –1906 Independent Anti-Socialist 1906 –12 December 1906 Llewellyn Atkinson Anti-Socialist 12 December 1906 –26 May 1909 Served as minister under Bruce. Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council in 1931 Liberal 26 May 1909 –17 February 1917 Nationalist 17 February 1917 –1922 Country 1922 –1928 Nationalist 1928 –12 October 1929 Joseph Lyons Labor 12 October 1929 –March 1931 Previously held the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Wilmot. Served as minister under Scullin. Served as Opposition Leader from 1931 to 1932. Served as Prime Minister from 1932 to 1939. Died in office Independent March 1931 –7 May 1931 United Australia 7 May 1931 –7 April 1939 Lancelot Spurr Labor 27 May 1939 –21 September 1940 Lost seat. Later elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly seat of Wilmot in 1941 Allan Guy United Australia 21 September 1940 –21 February 1945 Previously held the Division of Bass. Served as Chief Government Whip in the House under Menzies and Fadden. Lost seat. Later elected to the Senate in 1949 Liberal 21 February 1945 –28 September 1946 Gil Duthie Labor 28 September 1946 –13 December 1975 Lost seat Max Burr Liberal 13 December 1975 –1 December 1984 Transferred to the Division of Lyons after Wilmot was abolished in 1984
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