The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

Tasmanian House of Assembly

The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

. It was based in Tasmania

Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

's capital city, Hobart

Hobart

Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...

, and its suburbs.

The seat was created as a five-member seat ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1871 election, when it was divided up into the seats of Central

Electoral district of Central Hobart

The Electoral district of Central Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart Central, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

, East

Electoral district of East Hobart

The Electoral district of East Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart East, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

, North

Electoral district of North Hobart

The Electoral district of North Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart North, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

, South

Electoral district of South Hobart

The Electoral district of South Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart South, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

 and West Hobart

Electoral district of West Hobart

The Electoral district of West Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart West, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

.

The seat was later recombined in 1897 as the seat of Hobart

Electoral district of Hobart

The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

.

Members for Hobart Town

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term	Member 3	Term	Member 4	Term	Member 5	Term
Thomas Chapman	1856–1861	Maxwell Miller	1856–1861	Francis Smith Francis Smith (Australian politician) Sir Francis Villeneuve Smith was a British lawyer, judge and politician, who was the fourth Premier of Tasmania from 12 May 1857 until 1 November 1860....	1856–1857	Robert Nutt	1856–1859	James Dunn	1856–1861
				William Boys William Boys William Boys may refer to :* William Boys , English surgeon and topographer.* William Alves Boys , Canadian politician and barrister.* William Boys, one of the Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1856–1861...	1857–1861	Robert Adams Robert Dudley Adams Robert Dudley Adams , businessman in colonial Australia, and littérateur.-Early life and family:Adams was born on 9 July 1829, on board the Rotterdam packet, in which his mother was travelling to England.-Career:...	1859–1861
John Davies	1861–1861	Thomas Horne	1861–1866	William Dobson William Lambert Dobson Sir William Lambert Dobson KCMG was a politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania, .-Early life:Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Atkinson...	1861–1862	Samuel Hill	1861–1861	Douglas Kilburn	1861–1862
Charles Meredith Charles Meredith (Tasmania) Charles Meredith was an Australian grazier and politician, Tasmanian colonial treasurer for several years in the mid-to-late 19th century.-Early life:...	1861–1862					Robert Adams Robert Dudley Adams Robert Dudley Adams , businessman in colonial Australia, and littérateur.-Early life and family:Adams was born on 9 July 1829, on board the Rotterdam packet, in which his mother was travelling to England.-Career:...	1861–1866
William Race Allison	1862–1865			Maxwell Miller	1862–1864			D'Arcy Haggitt	1862–1864
Charles Cansdell	1865–1866			Charles Degraves	1864–1866			John Lord	1864–1866
William Crowther William Crowther (Australian politician) William Lodewyk Crowther FRCS was an Australian politician, who was Premier of Tasmania 20 December 1878 to 29 October 1879.-Early life:...	1866–1866	Thomas Chapman	1866–1866	Robert Miller	1866–1867	Hugh Barrett	1866–1871	George Salier	1866–1869
Josiah Pratt	1867–1870	John Lord	1867–1871	Charles Cansdell	1867–1869
George Salier	1870–1871			Henry Cook	1869–1871	Russell Young	1871–1871	William Giblin William Giblin William Robert Giblin was Premier of Tasmania from 5 March 1878 until 20 December 1878 and from 1879 until 1884.-Early life:...	1869–1871