ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== MEANDER ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 317 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Police office, Torquay -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 11 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William E NAIRN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Nairn (1812-69): Elected 1856 Born: 1812, England Career: Educated Oxford Univerity. To VDL 1837. Assistant Colonial Secretary and other official positions. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 1 November 1856 to 26 February 1857 President of the Legislative Council from 13 September 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 15 October 1856 MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 29 June 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William E NAIRN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Nairn (1812-69): Elected 1856, 1859 President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 9 June 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William E NAIRN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Nairn (1812-69): Elected 1856, 1859, 1865 President of the Legislative Council to 25 August 1868 Resigned April 1869 Died 9 April 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 26 May 1865 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William Nairn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 9 May, polling 21 May 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander CLERKE 99 69.7 William D Grubb 43 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Clerke was MLC for Longford 1853-56, MHA for Launceston 1857-60, for Ringwood 1862-63, 1872-74. 2. For Grubb, see Tamar 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Clerke (1804-77): Elected 1853. Retired 1856. Elected 1857. Resigned 1860. Elected 1862. Resigned 1863. Elected 1869. Resigned October 1871 Later career: See House of Assembly 1872, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 17 June 1869 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Alexander Clerke -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 October 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John THOMSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Thomson (1833-99): Elected 1871 by Born: 1833, Scotland Career: To VDL 1838. Farmer. Father of Henry M D Thomson MHA. Uncle of Senator Norman Ewing. Resigned May 1875 Died 30 August 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 25 October 1871 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of John Thomson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 25 June, polling 2 July 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry R Dumaresq 44 43.6 Thomas W FIELD 57 56.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 101 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Field was MLC for Westbury 1855-56, MHA for Westbury 1856-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas William Field (1817-81)L: Elected 1855, 1856, 1859, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1875 Died 12 January 1881: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 3 July 1875 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the death of Thomas W Field -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations, polling 19 February 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB 95 69.9 William C Sleigh 41 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 136 19.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grubb was MLC for Tamar 1879-80. 2. Sleigh was MHA for Deloraine 1880-82. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 19 February 1881 MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 26 April 1887 MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 16 April, polling 2 May 1893 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB * 200 62.5 John Sykes 120 37.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 320 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1887, 1893 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1887, 1893, 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 27 April 1899