Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1886–1891

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

Name Years in office
North Launceston 1886–1897
South Hobart 1871–1891
William Bennett[8] Campbell Town 1889–1893; 1903–1909
Stafford Bird[4] Franklin 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Edward Braddon[4][6] West Devon 1879–1888; 1893–1901
Nicholas John Brown Cumberland 1875–1903
William Brown[8] Campbell Town 1882–1889; 1893–1903
William Burgess West Hobart 1881–1891; 1916–1917
Andrew Inglis Clark[2][4] South Hobart 1878–1882; 1887–1898
George Town 1886–1893
North Hobart 1886–1900
Edward Crowther Kingborough 1878–1912
John Davies Fingal 1884–1913
Alfred Dobson[5] Glenorchy 1877–1887
[2] South Hobart 1878–1887
James Dooley[10] East Devon 1872–1891
Henry Dumaresq Longford 1886–1903
Evandale 1882–1891
[7] Sorell 1889–1893
Charles Fenton (senior) Wellington 1886–1897
George Fitzgerald West Hobart 1886–1891
[3] Kingborough 1887–1897
[7] Sorell 1872–1877; 1882–1889
[5] Glenorchy 1887–1903
Deloraine 1886–1893
William Hartnoll South Launceston 1884–1902
Ringarooma 1886–1893
[9] New Norfolk 1886–1890
George Leatham[9] New Norfolk 1891–1903; 1906–1909
Henry Lette North Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892
Elliott Lewis Richmond 1886–1903; 1909–1922
Richard Lucas[3] Kingborough 1883–1887
Glamorgan 1880–1893
John McCall[6] West Devon 1888–1893; 1901–1909
Charles Mackenzie Wellington 1886–1909
Brighton 1886–1891
Henry Murray[10] East Devon 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Alfred Pillinger[5] Oatlands 1876–1899
Thomas Reibey Westbury 1874–1903
Windle St Hill North Hobart 1886–1893
South Launceston 1886–1891; 1892–1893
Selby 1885–1893
Cressy 1886–1893
East Devon 1886–1891

Notes[]

1 Significant changes to seats occurred at the 1886 election, with several old seats abolished and a net gain of four seats.
2 In February 1887, the Attorney-General and member for one of the two South Hobart seats, , resigned. Andrew Inglis Clark won the resulting by-election on 4 March 1887.
3 On 15 February 1887, Richard Lucas, one of the two members for Kingborough, was appointed Attorney-General in James Agnew's Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election in his seat. On 15 March 1887, an Opposition candidate, , defeated Lucas at the by-election. The Agnew ministry subsequently fell and Philip Fysh was invited to form a government, which took office on 29 March 1887.
4 Following the Fysh ministry's appointment on 29 March 1887, the new ministers were required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. All were returned unopposed a week later.
5 In May 1887, the member for Glenorchy, Alfred Dobson, resigned. won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1887.
6 On 29 October 1888, the member for West Devon and Minister for Lands and Works, Edward Braddon, resigned to take up the role of Agent-General for Tasmania in London. John McCall won the resulting by-election on 12 November 1888. Alfred Pillinger replaced Braddon in the Ministry and was returned unopposed at a ministerial by-election on 6 November 1888.
7 On 21 January 1889, the member for Sorell, , died. won the resulting by-election on 11 February 1889.
8 On 1 April 1889, the member for Campbell Town, William Brown, resigned. William Bennett won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1889.
9 On 18 December 1890, the member for New Norfolk, , died. George Leatham won the resulting by-election on 13 January 1891.
10 On 5 February 1891, one of the two members for East Devon, James Dooley, died. Henry Murray won the resulting by-election held later in the month.

Sources[]

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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