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.

Name District Years in office
John Balfe[X][13]South Launceston
West Hobart		1857–1872; 1874–1880
William BelbinSouth Hobart1871–1891
Charles Bromby[12]Central Launceston1876–1878
1881–1882
Nicholas John Brown[7]Cumberland1875–1903
Henry ButlerBrighton1856–1862; 1866–1885
James Castley[X]South Launceston1872–1874
Thomas ChapmanEast Hobart1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke[5]Ringwood1857–1860; 1862–1863;
1872–1874
James Cox[4]North Launceston1872–1874; 1880–1882
Andrew Crawford[11]West Devon1876–1877
James DooleyEast Devon1872–1891
Sir Adye DouglasFingal1856–1857; 1862–1884
Philip Fysh[2]East Hobart1873–1878; 1894–1898
Robert Gayer[10]Queenborough1876–1878
William Gellibrand[5]Ringwood1871–1872; 1874–1886
William GiblinCentral Hobart1869–1885
George Gilmore[8][12]Central Launceston1875–1876; 1877–1878
James Gray[13]West Hobart1872–1877; 1882–1889
James GunnSorell1872–1882
Samuel HenryDeloraine1872–1880
William HodgsonRichmond1861–1881
Frederick Houghton[11]Norfolk Plains1859–1861; 1872–1876
Frederick Innes[1][3][4]Selby
North Launceston		1856–1862; 1872–1877
John Alexander Jackson[10]Queenborough1871–1876
George KeachCampbell Town1870–1882
Henry Lette[8]Central Launceston1862–1875; 1877–1892
David LewisClarence1864–1882
Charles Meredith[11]West Devon
Norfolk Plains		1856–1879
John Millar[6]Westbury1871–1874
John MitchellGlamorgan1871–1880
William MooreWellington1871–1877
David MurraySelby1873–1877
Sir Robert OfficerGlenorchy1856–1877
Christopher O'ReillyKingborough1871–1882; 1906–1909
Alfred Pillinger[9]Oatlands1876–1899
Thomas Reibey[6]Westbury1874–1903
Alexander RiddochNew Norfolk1872–1882
George SalierNorth Hobart1866–1869; 1870–1886
James ScottGeorge Town1869–1877; 1878–1884
James Reid ScottSelby1866–1872
John Swan[7]Cumberland1863–1875
Samuel Tulloch[13]South Launceston1877–1878
John WhiteheadMorven1869–1880
George Wilson[9]Oatlands1871–1876
Russell YoungFranklin1871; 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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