The Electoral district of North Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston North, was an 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 in 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...

's second city, 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...

, and the surrounding rural area.

The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the 1871 state election following the dissolution of the multi-member Launceston

Electoral district of Launceston

The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....

 seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the 1897 election, it was abolished when the Launceston seat was recreated under a trial of the Hare-Clark model.

The seat was then recreated as a single-member seat at the 1903 state election and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model for the entire state in 1909.

Members for North Launceston

Single member: 1871–1886

Member	Term
Charles Rocher	1871–1872
James Cox	1872–1874
Frederick Innes Frederick Innes Frederick Maitland Innes was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.The son of Francis Innes, army officer, and his wife Prudence, née Edgerleyan, Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Innes was educated at Heriot's, Edinburgh, and Kelso Grammar School in Kelso...	1874–1877
Henry Lette Henry Lette Henry Elms Lette was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston....	1877–1886

Two member: 1886–1897

Member 1	Term	Member 2	Term
Henry Lette Henry Lette Henry Elms Lette was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston....	1886–1892	Peter Barrett	1886–1897
David Scott	1892
Alexander Fowler	1892–1893
Allan Macdonald Allan MacDonald Allan Nicoll MacDonald was an Australian politician and government minister.MacDonald was born at Lochee, Forfarshire, Scotland and educated at Arbroath High School. He migrated to Western Australia in 1911 and worked at Collie before moving to Perth in 1914, where he was employed as an accountant...	1893–1897

Second incarnation: 1903–1909

Member		Party	Term
	William Batchelor	Opposition	1903–1906
	Charles Howroyd Charles Howroyd Charles Richard Howroyd was an Australian politician. Born in Yorkshire, England, where he was educated, he migrated to Australia in 1887, becoming an agent and stockbroker. A founding member of the Australian Labor Party, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1906 for North...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	1906–1909