ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== Sources: newspaper reports (1856-90), Hughes and Graham (1890-1929), Reports of the Chief Electoral Officer (from 1929) HOBART ==================================================================== Between 1856 and 1946, the Hobart district elected three members. At the first election in 1856, three members were elected, two (Bedford and Walker) for terms of three years and one (Horne) for a term of six years. In 1859 Bedford and Walker retired and were replaced by Carter and Wilson. For clarity, I have presented Hobart elections after 1859 as three separate files. See Hobart II and Hobart III. HOBART (3 members) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 649 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: New Market Place, Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 2 October, polling 6 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Edward S P BEDFORD 256 19.4 Charles B Brewer 135 10.2 Thomas HORNE 370 28.0 William E Nairn 252 19.1 John WALKER 308 23.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,321 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Nairn, see Meander 2. Walker was MLC for Brighton 1851-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Samuel Pickard Bedford (1809-76): Elected 1856 Born: 1809, England Career: Educated London, surgeon Bedford retired at the 1859 election. Died 24 February 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Horne (1800-70): Elected 1856 Born: 1800, England Resigned on acceptance of office (as a judge) September 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council 2 December 1856 to 2 September 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Walker (1799-1874): Elected 1851, 1856 Walker retired at the 1859 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 25 April 1857 to 1 November 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Died 27 February 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Daily News, 8 October 1856 HOBART (2 members) ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 693 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: New Market Place, Hobart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 13 October, polling 18 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William CARTER 305 36.3 Alfred Kennerley 146 17.4 Alexander Kissock 6 00.7 James T Robertson 19 02.3 John L Stewart 34 04.0 James M WILSON 330 39.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 840 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Kennerley, see Hobart 1865 2. For Kissock, see Huon 1864. 3. For Robertson, see Huon 1874. 4. Carter and Wilson were described as Liberal candidates, and Kennerley as a ministerial candidate. Kissock and Robertson stated that they had been nominated against their wishes. (Hobart Mercury, 14 October 1859) -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Carter (1796-1878): Elected 1859 Born: 1796, England Resigned 15 June 1865: See by-election Died 8 July 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Milne Wilson (1812-80): Elected 1859 Born: 29 February 1812, Scotland Resigned on acceptance of office: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 20 January 1863 to 24 November 1866 Premier 4 August 1869 to 4 November 1872 Colonial Secretary 4 August 1869 to 4 November 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Advertiser, 19 October 1859 HOBART FIRST SEAT ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William Carter -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations June, polling 15 June 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Hopkins 159 41.3 Alfred KENNERLEY 226 58.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 385 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Kennerley (1810-97): Elected 1865 by Born: 1810, England Career: Mayor of Hobart 1862-63 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Advertiser, 23 June 1865 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 29 June, polling 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred KENNERLEY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Kennerley (1810-97): Elected 1865 by, 1871 Kennerley retired at the 1877 election. Died 15 November 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier without office 4 August 1873 to 20 July 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobert Mercury, 30 June 1871 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 30 June, polling 16 July 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr James W AGNEW 332 65.6 Alfred Crisp 174 34.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 506 15.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilson Agnew (1815-1901): Elected 1877 Born 2 October 1815, Ireland Career: Educated London, Paris, Edinburgh. To NSW 1839, to VDL 1841. Colonial surgeon. Resigned 2 March 1881: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 9 August 1877 to 20 December 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Later career: See Jordan 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 17 July 1877 HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of James W Agnew -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 2 March 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Thomas C SMART Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Christie Smart (1842-96): Elected 1881 Born 1816, Scotland Career: Educated University of Edinburgh. To VDL 1842. Surgeon at convict stations and various hospitals and asylums. Smart retired at the 1886 election. Died 26 March 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 3 March 1881 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 8 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George SALIER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Salier was MHA for Hobart Town 1866-69, 1870-71, for North Hobart 1871-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Salier (1813-92): Elected 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1886 Born: 1813, place unknownCareer: To VDL 1840. Draper, merchant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 February 1886 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George SALIER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Salier (1813-92): Elected 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1886, 1887 Died 11 June 1892: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 February 1886 HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of George Salier -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 June 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles H GRANT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Grant (1831-1901): Elected 1892 by Born: 9 November 1831, EnglandCareer: Engineer, businessman. To Tas 1872, railways engineer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April 1893 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles H GRANT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Grant (1831-1901): Elected 1892 by, 1893 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 27 August 1892 to 14 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles H GRANT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Grant (1831-1901): Elected 1892 by, 1893, 1899 Died 30 September 1901: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of Charles H Grant -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 October, polling 22 October 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,536 Total votes cast: 984 64.0 Informal votes: 3 00.3 Formal votes: 981 99.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Crisp 352 35.9 George S Crouch 198 20.2 William G GIBSON 431 43.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 981 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Crisp was MHA for North Hobart 1886-97, 1897-1901, and was Mayor of Hobart 1888-89. 2. Crouch was Mayor of Hobart 1893. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Gibson(1848-1905): Elected 1901 by Born: 1848, England Career: To VDL 1855. Miller. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 2 May 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,789 Total votes cast: 1,725 61.9 Informal votes: 18 01.0 Formal votes: 1,707 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Crisp 851 49.9 William G GIBSON * 856 50.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,707 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Gibson(1848-1905): Elected 1901 by, 1905 Died 29 November 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of William G Gibson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 December, polling 22 December 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,853 Total votes cast: 1,771 62.1 Informal votes: 34 01.9 Formal votes: 1,737 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C Davenport Hoggins 808 46.5 Hon William B PROPSTING 929 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,737 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hoggins was MHA for Hobart 1898-1900, 1900-1903, for Denison 1917-19. 2. Propsting was MHA for Hobart 1899-1903, North Hobart 1903-05. Premier of Tasmania 1903-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 21 April, polling 2 May 1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 3,852 Total votes cast: 1,742 45.2 Informal votes: 69 04.0 Formal votes: 1,673 96.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas H Amott 453 26.1 Hon William B PROPSTING * 1,220 73.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,673 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Amott was Mayor of Hobart 1911. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Attorney-General 15 April 1916 to 14 August 1923 Minister for Railways 15 April 1916 to 12 August 1922 Minister for Education 15 June 1923 to 14 August 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Murdoch 1,354 42.1 Hon William B PROPSTING * 1,859 57.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,213 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murdoch was MLC for Hobart 1914-16. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 18 April, polling 8 May 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,469 Votes cast: 2,796 43.2 Informal votes: 83 03.0 Formal votes: 2,713 97.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles J Eady 1,257 46.3 Hon William B PROPSTING * 1,456 53.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,713 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Eady, see Hobart (third seat) 1925. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911, 1917, 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 27 July 1926 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launeston Examiner, 9 May 1923 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 24 April, polling 7 May 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,091 Votes cast: 5,184 64.1 Informal votes: 119 02.3 Formal votes: 5,065 97.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John H Cleary Labor 937 18.5 William E Lloyd 1,537 30.3 Hon William B PROPSTING * 2,591 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,065 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cleary was MHA for Denison 1916-28. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911, 1917, 1923, 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 15 April, polling 7 May 1935 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,477 Votes cast: 5,707 88.1 Informal votes: 97 01.7 Formal votes: 5,610 98.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis X Heerey Labor 2,778 49.5 Hon William B PROPSTING * 2,832 50.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,610 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Heerey, see House of Assembly, Denison 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by, 1911, 1917, 1923, 1929, 1935 Died 3 December 1937: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 3 December 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon William B Propsting -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 January, polling 15 February 1938 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 6,710 Votes cast: 5,911 88.1 Informal votes: 63 01.1 Formal votes: 5,848 98.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas W Kimber 686 11.7 Nicholas E McKenna Labor 2,373 40.6 William H Strutt 1,274 21.8 Ernest W Turner 1,275 21.8 Russell Young 240 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McKenna was a Senator for Tasmania 1944-68. 2. Turner was MHA for Denison 1931-37, 1941. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Young's 240 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimber 20 08.3 706 12.1 McKenna 20 08.3 2,393 40.9 Strutt 80 33.3 1,354 23.2 Turner 120 50.0 1,395 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 240 5,848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kimber's 706 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKenna 227 32.2 2,620 44.8 Strutt 305 43.2 1,659 28.4 Turner 174 24.6 1,569 26.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 706 5,848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Turner's 1,569 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McKenna 125 08.1 2,745 47.1 STRUTT 1,425 91.9 3,084 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Remaining 1,550 5,829 Exhausted 19 19 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,569 5,848 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Strutt (1878-1948): Elected 1938 by Born: 6 Marxh 1878, Victoria career: To Tas 1879. Shipping agent and merchant. Father of Horace W Strutt MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 17 April 1941 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H STRUTT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Strutt (1878-1948): Elected 1938 by, 1941 This Division was abolished in 1946. Strutt contested Queenborough in 1947. --------------------------------------------------------------------