Electoral district of Ringwood (Tasmania)

The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city.

The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was largely recreated as Cressy at the 1886 election, with a less populated region moving to Cumberland. The seat had a higher turnover of members in its first eighteen years than any other seat in Tasmania.

Members for Ringwood

MemberTerm
William Weston 1856–1857
Robert Kermode 1857–1859
Frederick Houghton 1859–1861
Robert Kermode 1861–1862
Alexander Clerke 1862–1863
Alfred Horne 1863–1865
John Meredith 1865–1866
George Gibson 1866–1869
Robert Archer 1869–1871
Basil Archer 1871–1872
Frederick Houghton 1872–1872
Alexander Clerke 1872–1874
William Gellibrand 1874–1886

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


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