Division of Lyons

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Lyons (state).

Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division
300px Division of Lyons (green) in Tasmania
Created	1984
MP	Eric Hutchinson
Party	Liberal
Namesake	Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Electors	73,909 (2013)
Area	32,910 km2 (12,706.6 sq mi)
Demographic	Rural

The Division of Lyons is an Australian electoral division in Tasmania. The division was created at the Federal redistribution of 12 September 1984 as a reconfigured version of the abolished Division of Wilmot. The name jointly honours Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931–39, Member for Wilmot from 1929–39, 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). Joseph Lyons had previously represented Wilmot at the state level from 1909 to 1929.

It is located in central Tasmania, stretching from the eastern to northern coast and includes such places as New Norfolk, Deloraine and St Marys, as well as the outer northern suburbs of Hobart. It has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Max Burr	Liberal	1984–1993
	Dick Adams	Labor	1993–2013
	Eric Hutchinson	Liberal	2013–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lyons

Australian federal election, 2013: Lyons

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	29,662	44.39	+11.70
	Labor	Dick Adams	24,607	36.82	−12.09
	Greens	Pip Brinklow	5,563	8.32	−8.43
	Palmer United	Quentin Von Stieglitz	4,697	7.03	+7.03
	Family First	Gaye James	1,707	2.55	+2.55
	Rise Up Australia	Julian Rogers	589	0.88	+0.88
Total formal votes			66,825	95.54	+0.34
Informal votes			3,119	4.46	−0.34
Turnout			69,944	94.64	−0.14
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	34,228	51.22	+13.51
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,597	48.78	−13.51
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing	+13.51

External links

• Division of Lyons – Australian Electoral Commission