Electoral district of Morven

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The Electoral district of Morven was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It centred on the town of Evandale to the south of Launceston.

The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was renamed Evandale at the 1886 election.

Members for Morven[edit]

Member Term
Frederick Innes 1856–1862
Alexander Rose 1862–1866
John Gleadow 1866–1869
John Whitehead 1869–1880
James Cox 1880–1882
John Falkiner 1882–1886

References[edit]

  • Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
  • 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 Archived 8 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine