Division of Lyons

This article is about the federal electorate. For the state electorate, see Division of Lyons (state).

Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division
Division of Lyons (green) in Tasmania
Created:	1984
MP:	Dick Adams
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Area:	32,910 km² (12,707 sq mi)
Demographic:	Rural

The Division of Lyons is an Australian Electoral Division in Tasmania. The division was created in 1984 to replace the abolished Division of Wilmot and is named for Joseph Lyons, Prime Minister of Australia 1931-39, Member for Wilmot from 1929-39, and his wife Dame Enid Lyons, the first woman elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1943 and subsequently the first female member of Cabinet (1949-51).

It is located in central Tasmania, stretching from the eastern to western coasts and includes such places as New Norfolk, Deloraine and St Marys. It has been a marginal seat, changing hands between the Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party.

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Max Burr	Liberal	1984–1993
	Dick Adams	Labor	1993–present

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the Division of Lyons

Australian federal election, 2010: Lyons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,164	48.91	+5.42
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	21,493	32.69	-0.79
	Greens	Karen Cassidy	11,013	16.75	+5.79
	Secular	Lucas Noyes	1,085	1.65	+1.65
Total formal votes			65,755	95.20	-1.74
Informal votes			3,316	4.80	+1.74
Turnout			69,071	94.79	-0.05
Two-candidate preferred result
	Labor	Dick Adams	40,959	62.29	+3.95
	Liberal	Eric Hutchinson	24,796	37.71	-3.95
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.95

References

• Division of Lyons, Australian Electoral Commission