Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1856–1861

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the inaugural 1856 elections and the .

Name		Years in office
^[R2]	Clarence	1856–1864
Robert Adams^[7]	Hobart Town	1859–1866
	Campbell Town	1856–1865
Henry Anstey^[M1]^[10]	Oatlands	1856–1859
^[6]	Norfolk Plains	1859–1861
William Archer^[11]	Devon	1860–1862; 1866–1868
John Balfe^[1]^[R3]	Franklin	1857–1872; 1874–1880
William Boys ^[M3]	Hobart Town	1857–1861
Henry Butler	Brighton	1856–1862; 1866–1885
William Champ^[M1]^[3]	Launceston	1856–1857
Thomas Chapman^[M1]	Hobart Town	1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke^[5]^[12]	Launceston	1857–1860; 1862–1863; 1872–1874
^[12]	Launceston	1860–1861
William Crooke^[1]	Franklin	1856–1857
John Crookes^[3]	Launceston	1857–1862; 1866
Adye Douglas^[4]	Launceston	1856–1857; 1862–1884
	Hobart Town	1856–1861
Michael Fenton	New Norfolk	1856–1861
	Westbury	1856–1862
	Cumberland	1856–1861
^[11]	Devon	1856–1860
John Gregson^[M2]^[6]	Norfolk Plains	1856–1859
Thomas Gregson^[M2]	Richmond	1856–1872
Ronald Gunn^[14]	Selby	1856–1860
	George Town	1856–1862
^[8]	Ringwood	1859–1861; 1872–1876
Frederick Innes^[M3]	Morven	1856–1862; 1872–1877
Robert Kermode^[2]^[8]	Ringwood	1857–1859; 1861–1862
^[9]	Kingborough	1859–1861
^[10]	Oatlands	1859–1862
	Queenborough	1856–1861
^[13]	Sorell	1860–1861
^[4]	Launceston	1857–1861
Charles Meredith^[M2]	Glamorgan	1856–1879
Maxwell Miller^[R1]	Hobart Town	1856–1861; 1862–1864
^[13]	Sorell	1856–1860
^[R4]^[9]	Kingborough	1856–1859
^[7]	Hobart Town	1856–1859
Sir Robert Officer	Glenorchy	1856–1877
John Rogers^[5]	Launceston	1856–1857
Adolphus Rooke	Deloraine	1856–1862; 1868–1869; 1871–1872
^[14]	Selby	1860–1866
^[M1]^[M3]^[15]	Hobart Town Fingal	1856–1860
^[15]	Fingal	1860–1861
^[M3]	Fingal	1856–1857
William Weston^[2]	Ringwood	1856–1857

Notes[]

¹ In January 1857, William Crooke, the member for Franklin, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 27 February 1857.

² In May 1857, William Weston, the member for Ringwood, resigned to contest (and win) the Longford seat in the Legislative Council. Robert Kermode was elected unopposed on 20 May 1857.

³ In May 1857, William Champ, one of the three members for Launceston and Tasmania's first Premier, resigned. John Crookes won the resulting by-election on 8 June 1857.

⁴ In August 1857, Adye Douglas, one of the three members for Launceston, resigned.. won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1857.

⁵ In October 1857, John Rogers, one of the three members for Launceston, resigned. Alexander Clerke won the resulting by-election on 16 November 1857.

⁶ On 11 May 1859, John Gregson, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned. won the resulting by-election on 6 June 1859.

⁷ In June 1859, , one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Robert Adams won the by-election on 30 June 1859.

⁸ In mid-1859, Robert Kermode, the member for Ringwood, resigned. won the resulting by-election on 5 July 1859.

⁹ In July 1859, , the member for Kingborough, resigned. won the resulting by-election on 1 August 1859.

¹⁰ In October 1859, Henry Anstey, the member for Oatlands, resigned. was elected unopposed on 11 November 1859.

¹¹ In April 1860, , the member for Devon, resigned. William Archer was elected unopposed on 4 May 1860.

¹² In April 1860, Alexander Clerke, one of the three members for Launceston, resigned. was elected unopposed on 24 May 1860.

¹³ On 26 June 1860, , the member for Sorell resigned. was elected unopposed on 2 July 1860.

¹⁴ In June 1860, Ronald Gunn, the member for Selby, resigned. was elected unopposed on 13 July 1860.

¹⁵ On 1 November 1860, , the member for Fingal. resigned on being appointed as a Puisne Judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania. won the resulting by-election on 6 December 1860.

Ministerial by-elections

^M1 On 1 November 1856, William Champ formed a new Ministry, with himself as Premier and Colonial Secretary, as Attorney General, Thomas Chapman as Colonial Treasurer and Henry Anstey as Secretary for Lands and Works. All four were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections, at which they were all returned.

^M2 On 26 February 1857, Thomas Gregson formed a new Ministry, with himself as Premier and Colonial Secretary, Charles Meredith as Colonial Treasurer and John Gregson as Attorney-General. All three were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections, at which they were all returned.

^M3 On 25 April 1857, William Weston formed a new four-member Ministry, three of whom were members of the House of Assembly. At the ministerial by-elections which followed, all were returned except , one of the five members for Hobart Town, who was defeated by William Boys on 5 May 1857. However, he was able to nominate for the seat of Fingal, which had been vacated by , at which he was returned unopposed on 18 May 1857.

Re-elected members

^R1 In December 1857, Maxwell Miller, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. He was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 18 December 1857.

^R2 In February 1858, , the member for Clarence, resigned. He was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 22 March 1858.

^R3 In November 1858, John Balfe, the member for Franklin, resigned. He was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 21 December 1858.

^R4 In January 1857, , the member for Kingborough, resigned. He was returned unopposed on 19 January 1857.

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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