Electoral district of Campbell Town
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The Electoral district of Campbell Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...

. It was based around the towns of Campbell Town
Campbell Town, Tasmania
Campbell Town is a town in Tasmania, Australia, located on the Midland Highway. At the 2006 census, the town had a population of 772.Campbell Town was originally one of the four garrison towns linking Hobart and Launceston. Today, it acts as the only major rest area on the Midland Highway, with...

 and Ross
Ross, Tasmania
Ross is a historic town in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. Situated on the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart...

 in the Midlands region of Tasmania
Tasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...

 between Hobart
Hobart
Hobart is the state capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1804 as a penal colony,Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney. In 2009, the city had a greater area population of approximately 212,019. A resident of Hobart is known as...

 and Launceston
Launceston, Tasmania
Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...

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The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1903 election, when it was merged with neighbouring Oatlands
Electoral district of Oatlands
The Electoral district of Oatlands was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Oatlands to the north of Hobart....

 and the northern part of Glamorgan
Electoral district of Glamorgan
The Electoral district of Glamorgan was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Swansea in eastern Tasmania, and included Bicheno, Little Swanport and the Freycinet Peninsula...

 into the new district of Cambria
Electoral district of Cambria
The Electoral district of Cambria was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Campbell Town in the Midlands region of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston....

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Members for Campbell Town

MemberTerm
William Race Allison 1856–1862
Thomas Chapman 1862–1864
William Lambert Dobson
William Lambert Dobson
Sir William Lambert Dobson KCMG was a politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania, .-Early life:Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Atkinson...

1864–1870
George Keach 1870–1882
William Brown
William Brown (Tasmanian politician)
William Thomas Henry Brown was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1882 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Campbell Town. He retired in 1889 but was re-elected in 1893, serving until his resignation in 1903. Brown died in Hobart in 1926....

1882–1889
William Bennett 1889–1893
William Brown
William Brown (Tasmanian politician)
William Thomas Henry Brown was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1882 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Campbell Town. He retired in 1889 but was re-elected in 1893, serving until his resignation in 1903. Brown died in Hobart in 1926....

1893–1903
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