Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1861–1862

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1861 elections and the 1862 elections.

Name District Years in office
Edward AbbottClarence1856–1864
Robert Adams[2]Hobart Town1859–1866
William Race AllisonCampbell Town1856–1865
William Archer[5]Devon1860–1862; 1866–1868
John BalfeFranklin1857–1872;
1874–1880
Henry ButlerBrighton1856–1862; 1866–1885
Thomas ChapmanQueenborough1856–1864; 1866–1873
John CrookesLaunceston1857–1862; 1866
John Davies[1][5]Hobart Town
Devon
1861; 1862–1871
William Lambert DobsonHobart Town1861–1862; 1864–1870
William DoderyNorfolk Plains1861–1870
Adye Douglas[4]Westbury1856–1857; 1862–1884
Henry DowlingLaunceston1861–1862
Thomas Field[4]Westbury1856–1862
James GrantFingal1861–1863
Thomas GregsonRichmond1856–1872
Charles HentyGeorge Town1856–1862
Samuel Hill[2]Hobart Town1861
William HodgsonSorell1861–1881
Thomas HorneHobart Town1861–1866
Frederick InnesMorven1856–1862; 1872–1877
Robert KermodeRingwood1857–1859; 1861–1862
Douglas Kilburn[3]Hobart Town1861–1862
James MacLanachanOatlands1859–1862
Charles Meredith[1]Hobart Town1856–1879
John MeredithGlamorgan1861–1863; 1865–1871
Maxwell Miller[3]Hobart Town1856–1861; 1862–1864
Robert MillerLaunceston1861–1867
Sir Robert OfficerGlenorchy1856–1877
John PerkinsKingborough1861–1866
Adolphus RookeDeloraine1856–1862; 1868–1869;
1871–1872
William SharlandNew Norfolk1861–1872
Isaac SherwinSelby1860–1866
Frederick SynnottCumberland1861–1862
1 In October 1861, John Davies, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Charles Meredith won the resulting by-election on 28 October 1861.
2 On 23 October 1861, Samuel Hill, one of the five members for Hobart Town, died. Robert Adams won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1861.
3 In April 1862, Douglas Kilburn, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Maxwell Miller won the resulting by-election on 28 May 1862.
4 In April 1862, Thomas Field, the member for Westbury, resigned. Adye Douglas was elected unopposed on 30 May 1862.
5 In May 1862, William Archer, the member for Devon, resigned. John Davies was elected unopposed on 25 June 1862.

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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