ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 151 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Rokeby -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 2 October, polling 8 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis BURGESS 63 71.6 Dr Coverdale 25 28.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 88 21.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Burgess (1793-1864): Elected 1856 Born 1793, Leicester Career: British Army, barrister. To VDL 1843, Chief Police Magistrate. Appointive MLC 1843-51. Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Resigned on appointment as a magistrate, April 1859: See by-election Died 24 February 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Courier, 10 October 1856 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Francis Burgess -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Rokeby -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 6 May 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John C GREGSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregson was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1856-59. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Compton Gregson (1821-67): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Resigned 1859. Elected 1859 by Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Advertiser, 9 May 1859 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon John C Gregson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Rokeby -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations October, polling 19 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John C GREGSON 62 63.3 David Lewis 36 36.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 98 16.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gregson was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1856-59, MLC for Cambridge 1859 2. For Lewis, see House of Assembly, Clarence by-election, 1864. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Compton Gregson (1821-67): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Resigned 1859. Elected 1859 by, 1859 by Resigned on appointment as Solicitor-General, 18 January 1864: See by-election Died 16 December 1867 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Advertiser, 20 October 1859 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon John C Gregson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 22 January 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward ABBOTT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Abbott was MHA for Clarence 1856-64. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Abbott (1801-69): Elected 1856, 1861, 1862. Resigned 1864. Elected 1864 by Resigned 13 August 1867: See by-election Later career: Usher of the Black Rod 1867-69 Died 4 April 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 22 January 1864 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Edward Abbott -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 13 August 1867 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James A DUNN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunn was MLC for Hobart Town 1851-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Alfred Dunn (born 1832: Elected 1851. Resigned 1855. 1867 by Resigned August 1873 Date of death unknown -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Times, 15 August 1867 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of James A Dunn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 August 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LORD Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord was MLC for Hobart Town 1855-56, MHA for Hobart Town 1864-66, 1866-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lord (1814-90): Elected 1855. Resigned 1856. Elected 1864, 1866, 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 30 August 1873 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 27 August 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LORD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lord (1814-90): Elected 1855. Resigned 1856. Elected 1864, 1866, 1873, 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 18 August 1879 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 8 July 1885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LORD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lord (1814-90): Elected 1855. Resigned 1856. Elected 1864, 1866, 1873, 1879, 1885 Died 13 January 1890: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 9 July 1885 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the death of John Lord -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 January 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred E LORD Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord was MHA for Brighton 1885-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Edwin Lord (1858-1905): Elected 1885. Retired 1886. Elected 1890 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 28 January 1890 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 31 April, polling 5 May 1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles E Davies 106 43.3 Alfred E LORD * 139 56.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Davies, see Cambridge 1897. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Edwin Lord (1858-1905): Elected 1885. Retired 1886. Elected 1890 by, 1891 Lord retired at the 1897 election. Died 11 October 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian News, 7 May 1891 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 May 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles E DAVIES Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Ellis Davies (1847-1921): Elected 1897 Born: 13 May 1847, NSW Career: To Tas as child. Business manager. Part-owber, Hobart Mercury. Son of John Davies MHA, brother of John G Davies MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 5 May 1897