Electoral district of Franklin

For the multi-member electoral division after 1909, see Division of Franklin (state).

The Electoral district of Franklin was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered all of southern and southwestern Tasmania, and its main population centre was the town of Franklin in Tasmania's Huon Valley. Other centres included Castle Forbes Bay, Geeveston, Dover and Southport.

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 Franklin

Member	Term
William Crooke	1856–1857
John Balfe	1857–1871
John Davies	1871–1872
Russell Young	1872–1877
Joseph Risby	1877–1882
Stafford Bird	1882–1903
William Brownell	1903–1909

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

Electoral districts of Tasmania (1856–1909)

Hobart	Hobart Hobart Town Central Hobart East Hobart North Hobart South Hobart West Hobart Glenorchy Queenborough

Launceston	Launceston Central Launceston East Launceston North Launceston South Launceston West Launceston

Other	Brighton Burnie Cambria Campbell Town Clarence Cressy Cumberland Deloraine Devon Devonport East Devon West Devon Evandale Fingal Franklin George Town Glamorgan Kentish Kingborough Latrobe Longford Lyell Monmouth Montagu Morven New Norfolk Norfolk Plains North Esk Oatlands Queenstown Richmond Ringarooma Ringwood Selby Sorell Waratah Wellington Westbury Zeehan

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