Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1872–1877
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1872 and the 1877 colonial elections.
Name | District | Years in office |
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John Balfe[X][13] | South Launceston West Hobart | 1857–1872; 1874–1880 |
William Belbin | South Hobart | 1871–1891 |
Charles Bromby[12] | Central Launceston | 1876–1878 1881–1882 |
Nicholas John Brown[7] | Cumberland | 1875–1903 |
Henry Butler | Brighton | 1856–1862; 1866–1885 |
James Castley[X] | South Launceston | 1872–1874 |
Thomas Chapman | East Hobart | 1856–1864; 1866–1873 |
Alexander Clerke[5] | Ringwood | 1857–1860; 1862–1863; 1872–1874 |
James Cox[4] | North Launceston | 1872–1874; 1880–1882 |
Andrew Crawford[11] | West Devon | 1876–1877 |
James Dooley | East Devon | 1872–1891 |
Sir Adye Douglas | Fingal | 1856–1857; 1862–1884 |
Philip Fysh[2] | East Hobart | 1873–1878; 1894–1898 |
Robert Gayer[10] | Queenborough | 1876–1878 |
William Gellibrand[5] | Ringwood | 1871–1872; 1874–1886 |
William Giblin | Central Hobart | 1869–1885 |
George Gilmore[8][12] | Central Launceston | 1875–1876; 1877–1878 |
James Gray[13] | West Hobart | 1872–1877; 1882–1889 |
James Gunn | Sorell | 1872–1882 |
Samuel Henry | Deloraine | 1872–1880 |
William Hodgson | Richmond | 1861–1881 |
Frederick Houghton[11] | Norfolk Plains | 1859–1861; 1872–1876 |
Frederick Innes[1][3][4] | Selby North Launceston | 1856–1862; 1872–1877 |
John Alexander Jackson[10] | Queenborough | 1871–1876 |
George Keach | Campbell Town | 1870–1882 |
Henry Lette[8] | Central Launceston | 1862–1875; 1877–1892 |
David Lewis | Clarence | 1864–1882 |
Charles Meredith[11] | West Devon Norfolk Plains | 1856–1879 |
John Millar[6] | Westbury | 1871–1874 |
John Mitchell | Glamorgan | 1871–1880 |
William Moore | Wellington | 1871–1877 |
David Murray | Selby | 1873–1877 |
Sir Robert Officer | Glenorchy | 1856–1877 |
Christopher O'Reilly | Kingborough | 1871–1882; 1906–1909 |
Alfred Pillinger[9] | Oatlands | 1876–1899 |
Thomas Reibey[6] | Westbury | 1874–1903 |
Alexander Riddoch | New Norfolk | 1872–1882 |
George Salier | North Hobart | 1866–1869; 1870–1886 |
James Scott | George Town | 1869–1877; 1878–1884 |
James Reid Scott | Selby | 1866–1872 |
John Swan[7] | Cumberland | 1863–1875 |
Samuel Tulloch[13] | South Launceston | 1877–1878 |
John Whitehead | Morven | 1869–1880 |
George Wilson[9] | Oatlands | 1871–1876 |
Russell Young | Franklin | 1871; 1872–1877 |
Notes
- 1 In November 1872, James Reid Scott, the member for Selby, resigned. Frederick Innes, the Premier of Tasmania, was elected unopposed on 18 November 1872.
- 2 In July 1873, Thomas Chapman, the member for East Hobart, resigned. Philip Fysh was elected unopposed on 12 August 1873.
- 3 In November 1873, Frederick Innes, the member for Selby, resigned. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1873.
- 4 In February 1874, James Cox, the member for North Launceston, resigned. Frederick Innes was elected unopposed on 31 March 1874.
- 5 In April 1874, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. William Gellibrand was elected unopposed on 15 May 1874.
- 6 In April 1874, John Millar, the member for Westbury, resigned. Thomas Reibey was elected unopposed on 23 May 1874.
- 7 In January 1875, John Swan, the member for Cumberland, resigned. Nicholas John Brown won the resulting by-election on 29 January 1875.
- 8 In April 1875, Henry Lette, the member for Central Launceston, resigned. George Gilmore was elected unopposed on 21 May 1875.
- 9 In June 1876, George Wilson, the member for Oatlands, resigned. Alfred Pillinger won the resulting by-election on 17 July 1876.
- 10 In June 1876, John Alexander Jackson, the member for Queenborough, resigned. Robert Gayer won the resulting by-election on 21 July 1876.
- 11 On 20 July 1876, Charles Meredith was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election. However, his nomination was ruled informal, and on 3 August 1876, the seat was declared for the only candidate, Andrew Crawford. Meredith was not without a seat for long, however—Frederick Houghton, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat.
- 12 On 20 July 1876, George Gilmore was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was defeated on 3 August 1876 by Charles Bromby.
- 13 In March 1877, James Gray, the member for West Hobart, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1877. Balfe, in running for the seat, had vacated his South Launceston seat, which was filled at the 27 April 1877 by-election by Samuel Tulloch.
Sources
- Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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