State Tasmania MP Vanessa Goodwin Demographic Metropolitan Area 54 km² Elector 24,727 | Created 1856 Electors 24,727 (2013) Founded 1856 Member of parliament Vanessa Goodwin | |
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Party Liberal Party of Australia | ||
The electoral division of Pembroke is one of the 15 electorates or 'seats' in the Tasmanian Legislative Council or upper house. It is located on Hobart's Eastern Shore (east side of the Derwent River) and includes a number of suburbs; Risdon Vale, Geilston Bay, Rose Bay, Lindisfarne, Warrane, Mornington, Bellerive, Howrah and Tranmere. In earlier times, the division included most of the east coast of Tasmania as far north as Bicheno, including the Tasman Peninsula.
The electorate takes its name from a county which was created in Tasmania by early British settlers. The division and the former county both took their name from Pembrokeshire in Wales.
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Electoral division of Pembroke Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA