ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901 ==================================================================== SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Enrolled voters: 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Rainbow Hotel, Campbell Town -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 October, polling 19 October 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip H Gell 37 44.6 Philip T SMITH 46 55.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 83 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Gell, see South Esk by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Thomas Smith (1800-80): Elected 1856 Born: August 1800, England Career: Naval officer. To VDL 1832. Farmer, lawyer. Resigned February 1858: see by-election Died 14 March 1880 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 17 October 1856 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Philip T Smith -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 22 March 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip H GELL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Hoskins Gell (1822-83): Elected 1858 by Born: 1822, England Career: To VDL 1843. Farmer, surveyor. Resigned October 1862: see by-election Died 30 January 1883 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 23 March 1858 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Philip H Gell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 12 December 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick M INNES Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Innes was MHA for Morven 1856-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Maitland Innes (1816-82): Elected 1856, 1859, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1862. Resigned November 1872: see by-election Later career: See House of Assembly, Selby 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council 25 August 1868 to 4 November 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 13 December 1862 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Frederick M Innes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 13 November 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James R SCOTT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott was MHA for Selby 1866-72. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Reid Scott (1839-77): Elected 1866, 1872 Died 25 August 1877: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary 4 Novermber 1872 to 4 August 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 14 November 1872 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon James R Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations, polling 29 September 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick M INNES 32 57.1 Russell Young 24 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Innes was MHA for Morven 1856-62, MLC for South Esk 1862-72, MHA for Selby 1872-73, for North Launceston 1874-77. 2. Young was MHA for Hobart Town 1871, 1872-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Maitland Innes (1816-82): Elected 1856, 1859, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1862. Resigned 1872. Elected 1872, 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1877 by Died 11 May 1882: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 29 September 1877 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Frederick M Innes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 22 June, polling 28 June 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander McA Johnstone 20 17.4 Charles H LEAKE 95 82.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 115 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Leake (1819-89): Elected 1882 by Born: 12 November 1819, Germany Career: To VDL 1823. Farmer. Resigned 21 August 1884: see by-election Died 11 June 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 1 July 1882 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Charles H Leake -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 21 August 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas was MLC for Launceston 1855-56, MHA for Launceston 1856-57, for Westbury 1862-71, for Norfolk Plains 1871-72, for Fingal 1872-84. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866. Defeated 1871. Elected 1871 Resigned March 1886: see by-election Later career: See Launceston 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier and Chief Secretary 15 August 1884 To 8 March 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 22 August 1884 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Adye Douglas -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 26 March 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James GIBSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibson (1829-1906): Elected 1886 by Born: 30 March 1829, Evandale Career: Farmer. Brother of George Gibson MHA, William Gibson MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 27 March 1886 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 3 May 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James GIBSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibson (1829-1906): Elected 1886 by, 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian News, 3 May 1890 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 30 May 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James GIBSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibson (1829-1906): Elected 1886 by, 1890, 1896 Resigned March 1899 Died 15 July 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of James Gibson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Polling 15 March 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert S SCOTT 146 50.5 Richard G Talbot 143 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 289 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Steele Scott (1839-1924): Elected 1899 by Born: 1839, Ireland Career: To Vic 1858, to Tas 1868. Merchant, company director. --------------------------------------------------------------------