ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== LONGFORD ==================================================================== LONGFORD ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 165 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 4 October, polling 10 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Q KERMODE -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Quayle Kermode (1812-70): Elected 1851, 1856 MLC for Campbell Town 1851-55 Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 25 April 1857 to 12 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Resigned May 1857: see by-election Later career: See House of Assembly, Ringwood by-election 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 9 October 1856 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Robert Q Kermode -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 14 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William P WESTON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weston was MHA for Ringwood 1856-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pritchard Weston (1804-88): Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1857 by Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 12 May 1857 to 1 November 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 20 May 1857 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon William P Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 22 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William P WESTON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weston was MHA for Ringwood 1856-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pritchard Weston (1804-88): Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1857 by. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 12 May 1857 to 1 November 1860 Premier without office to 1 November 1860 to 2 August 1861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Term to expire 25 September 1865 Resigned 14 August 1861 Died 21 February 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Advertiser, 23 May 1857 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 146 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 13 October, polling 18 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William P WESTON * 64 60.4 D'Arcy W L Murray 42 39.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 106 10.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Murray, see House of Assembly 1862, Launceston. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pritchard Weston (1804-88): Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1857 by. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by, 1859 Resigned August 1861: See by-election Died 21 February 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier without office 1 November 1860 to 2 August 1861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 20 October 1859 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon William P Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 August, polling 14 August 1861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph ARCHER 69 61.1 Frederick J Houghton 44 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Houghton was MHA for Ringwood 1859-61. See Ringwood 1872. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Archer (1823-1914): Elected 1861 by Born: 27 January 1823, near Longford Career: Farmer. Son-in-law of Hon William P Weston MLC. Brother of William Archer MHA, nephew of Joseph Archer MLC. Related to many other Archer MPs. Seat declared vacant due to non-attendance, March 1863: See by- election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the vacation of the seat due to non-attendance -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 20 April, polling 1 May 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph ARCHER 7 63.6 Roland H G Dumaresq 4 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11 13.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Dumaresq, see House of Assembly 1886, Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Archer (1823-1914): Elected 1861 by. Seat vacant 1863. Elected 1863 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archer stated that he did not wish to be re-elected, but agreed to nominate when it appeared that no-one else would do so. Dumaresq then also nominated, forcing a poll. Archer asked voters either to not vote or to vote for Dumaresq, but was re-elected regardless. -------------------------------------------------------------------- LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the vacation of the seat due to non-attendance -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 May 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph ARCHER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Archer (1823-1914): Elected 1861 by. Seat vacant 1863. Elected 1863 by, 1869 Resigned May 1872: See by-election Died 3 June 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Joseph Archer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 June, 21 June 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Lloyd 18 31.1 Edward WESTON 38 67.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56 17.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Weston (1831-77): Elected 1872 by Born: 1831, VDL Career: Farmer. Son of Hon William P Weston MLC. Brother-in-law of Joseph Archer MLC. Died 14 February 1877: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the death of William Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 March, polling 13 March 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dodery was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1861-70. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- LONGFORD ==================================================================== Nominations 2 April 1883 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by, 1883 Dodery contested Westmorland at the 1889 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------