The Division of Denison is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for Sir William Denison , who was Lt-Governor of Van Diemens Land 1847-55. It is located in central Hobart, today including the suburbs of Glenorchy, New Town, New Town and Taroona . Denison has had 15 members, the equal highest (with Bendigo) of any Division. It has been a consistently marginal seat, but has been held by the Australian Labor Party with little difficulty since 1987. Its most prominent members have been Sir Philip Fysh, a member of the first federal Cabinet, and Athol Townley , Defence Minister in the Robert Menzies government.

Members

• Rt Hon Sir Philip Fysh (Protectionist, Anti-Socialist, Liberal) 1903-10
• Hon William Laird Smith (ALP, Nationalist) 1910-22
• Hon David O'Keefe (ALP) 1922-25
• Sir John Gellibrand (Nationalist) 1925-28
• Hon Charles Culley (ALP) 1928-31
• Arthur Hutchin (UAP) 1931-34
• Gerald Mahoney (ALP) 1934-40
• Arthur Beck (UAP) 1940-43
• Dr John Gaha (ALP) 1943-49
• Hon Athol Townley (Liberal) 1949-64
• Adrian Gibson (Liberal) 1964-69
• Dr Robert Solomon (Liberal) 1969-72
• John Coates (ALP) 1972-75
• Hon Michael Hodgman (Liberal) 1975-87
• Hon Duncan Kerr (ALP) 1987-