Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1976–1979
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This is a list of members 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...

between the 11 December 1976 election
Tasmanian state election, 1976
Elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on 11 December 1976. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Bill Neilson, won a second term against the opposition Liberal Party, led by Max Bingham.-Background:...

 and the 18 July 1979 election
Tasmanian state election, 1979
Elections for the Tasmanian House of Assembly were held on 18 July 1979. The incumbent Labor Party, led by Doug Lowe, won a third term in office against the opposition Liberal Party, led by Max Bingham.-Background:...

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Name Party Electorate Years in office
Julian Amos
Julian Amos
Dr Julian Amos was an Australian Labor Party politician in the Australian state of Tasmania during 1976-1986 and 1992-1996. He was a Government Minister with portfolios of Primary Industry, Energy and Forests during 1979-1982. He was first elected to the Hobart based seat of Denison in 1976. He...

 
Labor
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

 
Denison
Division of Denison (state)
The Electoral Division of Denison is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van_Diemen's Land 1847-55, and Governor of New South Wales 1855-61. The division shares its name and boundaries with the...

 
1976–1986, 1992–1996
Terry Aulich
Terry Aulich
Terrence Gordon Aulich was an Australian Labor Party politician who represented the Division of Wimot in the Tasmanian House of Assembly and the state of Tasmania in the Federal Senate ....

 
Labor Wilmot  1976–1982
Bob Baker  Liberal
Liberal Party of Australia
The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...

 
Denison 1969–1980
Hon Darrel Baldock
Darrel Baldock
Darrel John Baldock , commonly nicknamed "The Doc" and "Mr Magic", was an Australian rules football player and state politician who in 1966 was the first captain of a premiership-winning St Kilda Football Club. Baldock was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a "Legend"...

 
Labor Wilmot 1972–1987
Hon Eric Barnard
Eric Barnard
Eric Albert Barnard FRS is a British neuroscientist, and Professor at University of Cambridge.-Works:*Edwin S. Levitan, Peter R. Schofield, David R. Burt, Lucy M. Rhee, William Wisden, Martin Köhler, Norihisa Fujita, Henry F. Rodriguez, Anne Stephenson, Mark G. Darlison, Eric A. Barnard, Peter H...

 
Labor Franklin
Division of Franklin (state)
The Electoral Division of Franklin is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The division is named after Sir John Franklin, the arctic explorer who was Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land 1837-43...

 
1959–1979
Hon Michael Barnard  Labor Bass
Division of Bass (state)
The Electoral Division of Bass is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, or lower house; it takes its name from the British Naval Surgeon and Explorer of Australia: George Bass. The division shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Bass...

 
1969–1986
Hon Neil Batt  Labor Denison 1969–1980; 1986–1989
Eric Beattie  Liberal Bass 1946–1950; 1954–1979
John Beattie
John Beattie (Australian politician)
John Maxwell Beattie is a former Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne, but later moved to Tasmania. At the 1972 state election, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Liberal member for Franklin. He was Chair of Committees from 1982 to 1989 but did not hold ministerial...

 
Liberal Franklin 1972–1989
Hon Angus Bethune Liberal Wilmot 1946–1975
Hon Max Bingham  Liberal Denison 1969–1984
Ray Bonney  Liberal Braddon
Division of Braddon (state)
The Electoral Division of Braddon, Tasmania is one of the 5 electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly. The constituency takes its name from the former Premier of Tasmania, Sir Edward Braddon. Prior to 1955, the electorate was known as Darwin. The boundaries and name of the electorate are...

 
1972–1986
Ian Braid
Ian Braid
Ian Maxwell Braid is a former Australian politician. He was born in Sheffield, Tasmania, and is the cousin of former Tasmanian MLC Harry Braid. In 1969, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Wilmot for the Liberal Party. He was defeated in 1972, but was re-elected in a...

 
Liberal Wilmot 1969–1972; 1975–1995
Max Bushby
Max Bushby
Maxwell Holmes "Max" Bushby OBE was an Australian politician. He was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1961 as a Liberal member for Bass. He was Chair of Committees from 1966 to 1972 and Speaker from 1982 to 1986. He retired from politics in 1986.-References:...

 
Liberal Bass 1961–1986
Hon Geoffrey Chisholm  Labor Braddon 1964–1979
Ron Cornish
Ron Cornish
Ronald "Ron" Cornish is a former Australian politician. He was born in Burnie, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. He served as Speaker of the House from 1986 to 1988 and was a minister from 1988 to 1989 and 1992 to 1998,...

 
Liberal Braddon 1976–1998
John Coughlan  Labor Braddon 1975–1986
Glen Davies  Labor Braddon 1972–1986
Michael Field
Michael Field (Australian politician)
Michael Walter Field, AC was Tasmanian Labor leader from 1988 until his retirement in 1996, and was the Premier of Tasmania between 1989 and 1992...

 
Labor Braddon 1976–1997
Stephen Gilmour  Liberal Franklin 1976–1979
Robin Gray
Robin Gray (Australian politician)
Robin Trevor Gray is a former Australian politician who was Premier of Tasmania from 1982 to 1989. A Liberal, he was elected Liberal state leader in 1981 and in 1982 defeated the Labor government of Harry Holgate on a policy of "state development," particularly the building of the Franklin Dam, a...

 
Liberal Wilmot 1976–1995
John Green
John Green (Australian politician)
John Edward Green is a former Australian politician.Green was born in Hobart and holds a Bachelor of Law. On 17 August 1974 he was elected in a recount to the Tasmanian House of Assembly to fill the vacancy in the seat of Denison caused by the resignation of Labor MP Kevin Corby. He held the seat...

 
Labor Denison 1974–1980
Roger Groom
Roger Groom
Francis Roger Groom is a former Australian politician. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Braddon for the Liberal Party. He held his seat until his resignation in 1997, when he was replaced in a countback by Carole...

 
Liberal Braddon 1976–1997
Hon Harry Holgate
Harry Holgate
Harold Norman "Harry" Holgate AO was an Australian Labor Party politician and Premier of Tasmania from 11 November 1981 to 26 May 1982....

 
Labor Bass 1974–1992
Gill James
Gill James
Gillian Hilma "Gill" James AM is a former Australian politician. She was born in Launceston, Tasmania. James was first elected to the Tasmanian Parliament in 1976, when she won a seat in Bass for the Labor Party. She held the seat until she was defeated in 1986, but she returned in 1992 and served...

 
Labor Bass 1976–1989, 1992–2002
Hon Andrew Lohrey  Labor Wilmot 1972–1986
Hon Doug Lowe
Doug Lowe (Australian politician)
Douglas Ackley "Doug" Lowe AM was the 35th Premier of Tasmania, from 1 December 1977 to 11 November 1981. His time as Premier coincided with controversy over a proposal to build a dam on Tasmania's Gordon River, which would have flooded parts of the Franklin River...

 
Labor Franklin 1969–1986
Robert Mather  Liberal Denison 1964–1982
Bill McKinnon Labor Franklin 1977–1979, 1979–1986
Jim Mooney  Liberal Bass 1976–1979
Hon Bill Neilson
Bill Neilson
William Arthur "Bill" Neilson AC was Premier of Tasmania from 1975 to 1977.Born in Hobart, Tasmania, and educated at Ogilvie High School, Neilson became a postman. He married Jill Benjamin, daughter of Phyllis Benjamin, in Melbourne in 1948...

Labor Franklin 1946–1977
Graeme Page
Graeme Page
Graeme Reginald Page is a former Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1976, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly representing Wilmot for the Liberal Party. He was Speaker of the House from 1992 to 1996. Page was defeated in 1996.-References:...

 
Liberal Wilmot 1976–1996
Geoff Pearsall
Geoff Pearsall
Geoffrey Alan Pearsall was an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party, he served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1969 until 1988 and as Leader of the Opposition...

 
Liberal Franklin 1969–1988
Hon Michael Polley
Michael Polley
The Honourable Michael Robert Polley is an Australian Labor Party politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly in the Division of Lyons. First elected in 1972 at age 21 he is currently the longest-serving member of the Tasmanian parliament, having been re-elected at ten successive...

 
Labor Wilmot 1972–present
Max Robinson  Liberal Denison 1976–1979
Neil Robson  Liberal Bass 1976–1992
Ray Sherry
Ray Sherry
Raymond Henry "Ray" Sherry was an Australian politician. Born in Sydney, he was educated there at state schools. He spent 1941-1946 with the merchant navy before becoming an actor, television broadcaster and commentator, moving to Hobart in 1956...

Labor Franklin 1976–1979

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