ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== RUSSELL (created 1891) ==================================================================== RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 5 May 1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William MOORE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore was MHA for Wellington 1871-77, MLC for Mersey 1877-85. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Moore (1823-1914): Elected 1871, 1872, 1877, 1879, 1891 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore was most recently elected for Mersey in 1879. If he was elected for any district between 1879 and 1891 I can find no record of it. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 2 May 1891 RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William MOORE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Moore (1823-1914): Elected 1871, 1872, 1877, 1879, 1891, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore should have faced re-election 1900, but his term was extended until 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian News, 28 April 1894