| Clark Tasmania—House of Assembly | |||||||||||||||
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&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Division_of_Clark_2019.png) Location of Clark (dark green) in Tasmania | |||||||||||||||
| State | Tasmania | ||||||||||||||
| Created | 2018 (Clark) 1909 (Denison) | ||||||||||||||
| MP | Vica Bayley (Greens) Simon Behrakis (Liberal) Helen Burnet (Greens) Ella Haddad (Labor) Kristie Johnston (Independent) Madeleine Ogilvie (Liberal) Josh Willie (Labor) | ||||||||||||||
| Party | Labor (2), Liberal (2), Greens (2), Independent (1) | ||||||||||||||
| Namesake | Andrew Inglis Clark | ||||||||||||||
| Electors | 74,397 (2018) | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 292.62 km2 (113.0 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Demographic | Inner metropolitan | ||||||||||||||
| Federal electorate(s) | Clark | ||||||||||||||
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The electoral division of Clark is one of the five electorates in the Tasmanian House of Assembly, it is located in Hobart on the western shore of the River Derwent and includes the suburbs below Mount Wellington. Clark is named after Andrew Inglis Clark, a Tasmanian jurist who was the principal author of the Australian Constitution. The electorate shares its name and boundaries with the federal division of Clark.
The electorate was renamed from the electoral division of Denison in September 2018. Denison was named after Sir William Denison, who was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land (1847–55), and Governor of New South Wales (1855–61). The renaming of the electorate to Clark was in line with the renaming of the federal division of Denison to Clark.
Clark and the other House of Assembly electoral divisions are each represented by five members elected under the Hare-Clark electoral system (also named after Andrew Inglis Clark).