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

Lyons Australian House of Representatives Division
Lyons, shown within Tasmania
Created:	1984
MP:	Dick Adams
Party:	Labor
Namesake:	Joseph Lyons and Enid Lyons
Electors:	68,376
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.

[edit] Members

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

[edit] Election results

Australian federal election, 2007: Lyons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Adams	27,374	43.15	-1.41
	Liberal	Geoff Page	20,643	32.54	-9.79
	Greens	Karen Cassidy	7,089	11.17	+1.22
	Independent	Ben Quin	6,092	9.60	+9.60
	Family First	Amy Parsons	1,427	2.25	-0.40
	CEC	Ray Williams	819	1.29	+0.78
Total formal votes			63,444	96.94	+0.89
Informal votes			2,005	3.06	-0.89
Turnout			65,449	95.72	+0.06
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Dick Adams	37,292	58.78	+5.10
	Liberal	Geoff Page	26,152	41.22	-5.10
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.10

Australian federal election, 2004: Lyons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Dick Adams	26,994	44.56	-2.70
	Liberal	Ben Quin	24,647	42.33	+6.52
	Greens	Glenn Millar	6,036	9.95	+2.91
	Family First	Marie Papiccio	1,606	2.65	+2.65
	CEC	Saul Jenkins	311	0.51	+0.51
Total formal votes			60,584	96.05	-0.41
Informal votes			2,494	3.95	+0.41
Turnout			63,078	95.66	-0.52
Two Candidate Preferred Result
	Labor	Dick Adams	32,519	53.68	-4.49
	Liberal	Ben Quin	28,065	46.32	+4.49
	Labor hold		Swing	-4.49

Electoral divisions of Tasmania
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