Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1862–1866
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1862 elections and the 1866 elections.
| Name | District | Years in office |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Abbott[4] | Clarence | 1856–1864 |
| Robert Adams | Hobart Town | 1859–1866 |
| William Race Allison[9] | Hobart Town | 1856–1865 |
| John Balfe | Franklin | 1857–1872; 1874–1880 |
| Charles Cansdell[9] | Hobart Town | 1865–1866; 1867–1869 |
| Thomas Chapman[6] | Campbell Town | 1856–1864; 1866–1873 |
| Alexander Clerke[3] | Ringwood | 1857–1860; 1862–1863; 1872–1874 |
| John Davies | Devon | 1861; 1862–1871 |
| Charles Degraves[5] | Hobart Town | 1864–1866 |
| William Lambert Dobson[6] | Campbell Town | 1861–1862; 1864–1870 |
| William Dodery | Norfolk Plains | 1861–1870 |
| Adye Douglas | Westbury | 1856–1857; 1862–1884 |
| Charles Grant[1] | Deloraine | 1863–1866 |
| James Grant[2] | Fingal | 1861–1863 |
| Thomas Gregson | Richmond | 1856–1872 |
| D'Arcy Haggitt[5] | Hobart Town | 1862–1864 |
| John Hayes | Brighton | 1862–1866 |
| William Hodgson | Sorell | 1861–1881 |
| Alfred Horne[3][8] | Ringwood | 1863–1865 |
| Thomas Horne | Hobart Town | 1861–1866 |
| Thomas Knight[10] | George Town | 1862–1865 |
| Henry Lette | Launceston | 1862–1875; 1877–1892 |
| David Lewis[4] | Clarence | 1864–1882 |
| James Lord | Oatlands | 1862–1871 |
| John Lord[5] | Hobart Town | 1864–1871 |
| Charles Meredith[M1] | Glamorgan | 1856–1879 |
| John Meredith[1][8] | Deloraine Ringwood | 1861–1863; 1865–1871 |
| Maxwell Miller[5] | Hobart Town | 1856–1861; 1862–1864 |
| Robert Byron Miller[M1] | Launceston | 1861–1867 |
| D'Arcy Murray | Launceston | 1862–1866 |
| Sir Robert Officer | Glenorchy | 1856–1877 |
| John Perkins | Kingborough | 1861–1866 |
| Alexander Rose | Morven | 1862–1866 |
| John Scott[10] | George Town | 1865–1871 |
| John Sharland[7] | Cumberland | 1862–1865 |
| William Sharland | New Norfolk | 1861–1872 |
| Isaac Sherwin | Selby | 1860–1866 |
| William Sibley[7] | Cumberland | 1865–1871 |
| John Swan[2] | Fingal | 1863–1875 |
| Robert Walker | Queenborough | 1862–1871 |
Notes
- M1 On 20 January 1863, James Whyte became Premier of Tasmania and appointed Charles Meredith and Robert Byron Miller to the Ministry. They were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections, at which they were both returned on 5 February 1863.
- 1 In March 1863, John Meredith, the member for Deloraine, resigned. Charles Grant won the resulting by-election on 18 May 1863.
- 2 In June 1863, James Grant, the member for Fingal, resigned. John Swan won the resulting by-election on 28 July 1863.
- 3 In September 1863, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. Alfred Horne won the resulting by-election on 24 November 1863.
- 4 In January 1864, Edward Abbott, the member for Clarence, resigned to successfully contest the Legislative Council division of Cambridge. David Lewis won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1864.
- 5 In May 1864, D'Arcy Haggitt and Maxwell Miller, both members of the five-member seat of Hobart Town, resigned. Miller had resigned to take up the role of Clerk-Assistant and Librarian of the Parliament of Tasmania. They were replaced on 1 June 1864 at a by-election by Charles Degraves and John Lord.
- 6 In May 1864, Thomas Chapman, the member for Campbell Town, resigned on account of personal bankruptcy. William Lambert Dobson was elected unopposed on 21 June 1864.
- 7 In May 1865, John Sharland, the member for Cumberland, resigned. William Sibley won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1865.
- 8 In May 1865, Alfred Horne, the member for Ringwood, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 26 June 1865, John Meredith was returned unopposed.
- 9 On 26 September 1865, William Race Allison, one of the five members for Hobart Town, died. Charles Cansdell won the resulting by-election on 17 October 1865.
- 10 In October 1865, Thomas Knight, the member for George Town, resigned. John Scott won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1865.
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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