Division of Bass

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The Division of Bass is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1903 and is named for the explorer George Bass. It has always been based on the city of Launceston and surrounding rural areas, and its boundaries have changed very little in the century since its creation. For most of its history it has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the conservative parties - since 1949 the Liberal Party. Its most notable member has been Lance Barnard, who was Deputy Prime Minister in the Whitlam Labor government. His resignation in 1975 was followed by Labor's heavy defeat in the Bass by-election, which is seen as the beginning of the end of the Whitlam government.

Member Party affiliation Period
David Storrer Protectionist, Independent 1903-10
Hon Jens Jensen ALP, Nationalist 1910-19
David Jackson Nationalist 1919-29
Allan Guy ALP, UAP 1929-34
Hon Claude Barnard ALP 1934-49
Bruce Kekwick Liberal 1949-54
Hon Lance Barnard ALP 1954-75
Hon Kevin Newman Liberal 1975-84
Warwick Smith Liberal 1984-93
Silvia Smith ALP 1993-96
Hon Warwick Smith Liberal 1996-98
Michelle O'Byrne ALP 1998-2004
Michael Ferguson Liberal 2004-


Electoral divisions of Tasmania

Federal: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons

House of Assembly: Bass | Braddon | Denison | Franklin | Lyons

Legislative Council: Apsley | Derwent | Elwick | Huon | Mersey
Montgomery | Murchison | Nelson | Paterson | Pembroke
Rosevears | Rowallan | Rumney | Wellington | Windermere
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