ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== JORDAN ==================================================================== JORDAN ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 208 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Oatlands -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 October, polling 9 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward BISDEE 86 64.2 James MacLanachan 48 35.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 134 14.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For MacLanachan, see House of Assembly 1862, Oatlands -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Bisdee (1802-70): Elected 1856 Born: 16 August 1802, England Career: Brother of Isaac Bisdee MLC Term to expire 25 September 1865 Resigned April 1858: See by-election Died 2 April 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Courier, 13 October 1856 JORDAN ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Edward Bisbee -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Green Ponds -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 8 May, polling 13 May 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac BISDEE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac Bisdee (1813-68): Elected 1858 by Born: 7 April 1813, England Career: Brother of Edward Bisdee MLC Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Courier, 12 May 1858 JORDAN ==================================================================== Nominations 26 May 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac BISDEE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Isaac Bisdee (1813-68): Elected 1858 by, 1864 Resigned 21 June 1868 Died 17 November 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 28 May 1864 JORDAN ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Isaac Bisdee -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 21 July 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLANACHAN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacLanachan was MHA for Oatlands 1859-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLanachan (1799-1884): Elected 1859. Defeated 1862. Elected 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 22 July 1868 JORDAN ==================================================================== Nominations 10 July 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLANACHAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLanachan (1799-1884): Elected 1859. Defeated 1862. Elected 1868, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 11 July 1874 JORDAN ==================================================================== Nominations 18 June 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLANACHAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLanachan (1799-1884): Elected 1859. Defeated 1862. Elected 1868, 1874, 1880 Died 22 January 1884: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 19 June 1880 JORDAN ==================================================================== Following the death of James MacLanachan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 18 February 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr James W AGNEW Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilson Agnew (1815-1901): Elected 1877. Resigned 1881. Elected 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- The district of Jordan was abolished in 1885. Agnew contested the new district of Macquarie at the 1885 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------