Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1872–1877

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

Name Years in office
John Balfe[X][13] South Launceston
West Hobart		 1857–1872; 1874–1880
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
[X] South Launceston 1872–1874
Thomas Chapman East Hobart 1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke[5] Ringwood 1857–1860; 1862–1863;
1872–1874
[4] North Launceston 1872–1874; 1880–1882
[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
[10] Queenborough 1876–1878
[5] Ringwood 1871–1872; 1874–1886
William Giblin Central Hobart 1869–1885
[8][12] Central Launceston 1875–1876; 1877–1878
[13] West Hobart 1872–1877; 1882–1889
Sorell 1872–1882
Deloraine 1872–1880
Richmond 1861–1881
[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
Campbell Town 1870–1882
Henry Lette[8] Central Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892
Clarence 1864–1882
Charles Meredith[11] West Devon
Norfolk Plains		 1856–1879
[6] Westbury 1871–1874
John Mitchell Glamorgan 1871–1880
William Moore Wellington 1871–1877
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
North Hobart 1866–1869; 1870–1886
George Town 1869–1877; 1878–1884
James Reid Scott Selby 1866–1872
[7] Cumberland 1863–1875
[13] South Launceston 1877–1878
Morven 1869–1880
[9] Oatlands 1871–1876
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. won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1873.
4 In February 1874, , 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. was elected unopposed on 15 May 1874.
6 In April 1874, , the member for Westbury, resigned. Thomas Reibey was elected unopposed on 23 May 1874.
7 In January 1875, , 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. was elected unopposed on 21 May 1875.
9 In June 1876, , 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. 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, . Meredith was not without a seat for long, however—, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat.
12 On 20 July 1876, 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, , 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 .

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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