Electoral district of Lyons

Lyons (/ˈlaɪjɒnz/) is an electoral district of the Enderronian Parliament in Avalon Prefecture. It was created in the 2002 redistribution and first contested at the federal election later that year. The seat is jointly named after J. P. Lyons, the deputy premier of Enderron from 1875 to 1879, and Margaret Lyons, a federal cabinet minister in the 1970s and prominent women's rights activist. It covers almost the entire prefecture of Avalon outside of Avalon Beach. The main population centre in the electorate is the city of Shinyama.

The sitting member, since the 2002 federal election, is Donna Pasquariello, a member of the Liberal Party of Enderron. She previously represented the now-abolished seat of Mitchell from 1998 to 2002.

History
Lyons was created after population growth in Avalon's south, particularly within Avalon Beach, warranted the creation of a second metropolitan seat in the region. The electorate of Harrison was reconfigured into a compact outer metropolitan district covering Avalon Beach's northern suburbs and surrounding areas, with the remaining territory becoming Lyons.

As with the rest of Avalon, Lyons is a safe Liberal seat. Current member Donna Pasquariello has held it since its creation, and currently sits on a margin of 22.84 percent, making it the third-safest Liberal seat in the country, and the ninth-safest seat overall.

Upon its creation, the seat was solely named in honour of J. P. Lyons, the deputy premier of Enderron. After Margaret Lyons' death in 2009, an amendment recognising her as a joint namesake was approved for the 2010 election and onwards.