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.

The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the 1871 election following the dissolution of the multi-member Hobart Town seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the 1897 election, it was abolished when the seat of Hobart was created under a trial of the Hare-Clark model.

The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the 1903 election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for South Hobart

First incarnation: 1871–1897

Member 1	Term		Member 2	Term
William Belbin	1871–1886
John Stokell Dodds	1886–1887		William Belbin	1886–1891
Andrew Inglis Clark	1887–1897
			Edward Giblin	1891–1893
			John Bradley	1893–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909

Member		Party	Term
	Robert Patterson	Opposition	1903–1904
	Stafford Bird	Ministerial	1906–1909

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