Talk:Division of Denison

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I removed text in bold:

"It has been consistently been a marginal seat, held with little difficulty by the Australian Labor Party, following the boundaries being redrawn. Added by an anonymous user under the "University of Tasmania" IP address.

The claim clearly reflects against the Labor Party, which is fine, but re-distributions occur routinely, the last (for Denison) being in 1999. Another was in 1992 (*I think). Duncan Kerr has held the seats after those redistributions. So what is the significance of a 1980's redistribution. The use in the article gives this particular redistribution a lot of prominence. I tried to find a source for the claim but I couldn't. We should re-add it, if the change was significant (i.e. more than 1%-2% transfer), but with out a citation or a year no one can check the figures. Kyle sb 12:04, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the 1984 redistribution Denison was shifted by 1.9% to the ALP. In 1987 Kerr gained a 4.8% swing to defeat Hodgman. He won it because the voters had got sick of Hodgman's buffoonery. He has held it since because (a) he is a good local member and (b) the seat has become increasingly "inner city" in its demograhics and thus more ALP-inclined. Adam 12:20, 25 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Name change to Clark

I propose moving this page to Division of Clark, then adding a redirect from Division of Denison to Clark (same process for the state division)

Newystats (talk) 05:37, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]