Electoral district of West Hobart

The electoral district of West Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart West, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart.

West Hobart Tasmania—House of Assembly
State	Tasmania
Dates current	1871–1897, 1903–1909
Demographic	Urban

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 West Hobart

First incarnation: 1871–1897
Member	Term
John Balfe	1871–1872
James Gray	1872–1877
John Balfe	1877–1880
William Burgess	1881–1891	Two members: 1886–1897
		George Fitzgerald	1886–1891
George Hiddlestone	1891–1897	Edward Mulcahy	1891–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909
Member		Party	Term
	George Brettingham-Moore	Opposition	1903–1909

References

• 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