Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1893–1897

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1893 election and the 1897 election.

Party affiliations were relatively loose during the period. In the table below, "Ministerial" relates to supporters of Henry Dobson, who served as Premier of Tasmania until 14 April 1894, and "Liberal" refers to an opposition group which came to support Sir Edward Braddon, who served as Premier for the rest of the term.

Name Party District Years in office
Frank ArcherMinisterial/LiberalSelby1893–1902
Peter BarrettMinisterialNorth Launceston1886–1897
Jonathan Best[4]LiberalDeloraine1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford BirdOpposition/IndependentFranklin1882–1903; 1904–1909
Sir Edward BraddonLiberalWest Devon1879–1888; 1893–1901
John BradleyIndependent/LiberalSouth Hobart1893–1900
Nicholas John Brown[1]MinisterialCumberland1875–1903
William BrownOpposition/IndependentCampbell Town1882–1889; 1893–1903
Daniel BurkeMinisterialCressy1893–1903
Norman Cameron[4]IndependentDeloraine1893–1894; 1897–1899;
1912–1913; 1925–1928
Andrew Inglis Clark[3]LiberalSouth Hobart1878–1882; 1887–1898
Alfred CrispMinisterial/LiberalNorth Hobart1886–1900
Edward CrowtherIndependent/LiberalKingborough1878–1912
John DaviesMinisterial/IndependentFingal1884–1913
Henry DobsonMinisterialBrighton1891–1900
Henry DumaresqMinisterial/LiberalLongford1886–1903
Charles Fenton Sr.IndependentWellington1886–1897
Sir Philip Fysh[3]LiberalNorth Hobart1873–1878; 1894–1898
Henry GillIndependentKingborough1887–1897
George GilmoreMinisterialGeorge Town1893–1900; 1903–1906
John HamiltonIndependent/LiberalGlenorchy1887–1903
William HartnollMinisterialSouth Launceston1884–1902
John HenryMinisterialEast Devon1891–1897
George HiddlestoneOpposition/IndependentWest Hobart1891–1897
George LeathamLiberalNew Norfolk1891–1903; 1906–1909
Elliott LewisMinisterialRichmond1886–1903; 1909–1922
Allan MacdonaldIndependentNorth Launceston1893–1897
Charles MackenzieMinisterialWellington1886–1909
William McWilliamsLiberalRingarooma1893–1900
Edward MilesIndependent/LiberalGlamorgan1883–1899; 1900
Edward MulcahyLiberalWest Hobart1891–1903; 1910–1919
Henry MurrayMinisterialEast Devon1891–1900; 1902–1909
Frederick William Piesse[3]LiberalNorth Hobart1893–1894
Alfred PillingerLiberalOatlands1876–1899
Thomas ReibeyLiberalWestbury1874–1903
John Charles von SteiglitzMinisterialEvandale1891–1903
Samuel SuttonMinisterialSouth Launceston1891–1897; 1901–1903
Don Urquhart[1][2]LiberalMontagu1894–1903; 1906–1909
Joseph WoollnoughMinisterialSorell1893–1903

Notes

1 In December 1893, the election of the Independent member for Cumberland, Don Urquhart, who had won the seat from incumbent member Nicholas John Brown by 12 votes, was declared void. At the close of nominations for the resulting by-election on 24 February 1894, Brown was re-elected unopposed.
2 The seat of Montagu was created after the election, and a by-election was held on 2 March 1894 to choose a member for the seat. Don Urquhart won the by-election.
3 On 14 April 1894, following the fall of the Dobson government, Edward Braddon was invited to form a government. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. Additionally, Sir Philip Fysh opted to transfer from his Legislative Council seat to contest a North Hobart vacancy created by the resignation of Frederick William Piesse from the House. On 24 April 1894, Fysh and Andrew Inglis Clark were returned unopposed, whilst Alfred Pillinger was returned six days later in a contested election. Piesse, meanwhile, ran for and won the Council vacancy caused by Fysh's resignation from that House in a by-election on 8 May 1894.
4 In May 1894, Norman Cameron, the Independent member for Deloraine, resigned and recontested his seat in a by-election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Jonathan Best on 25 May 1894.

Sources

  • Hughes, Colin A.; Graham, B. D. (1976). Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-7081-1334-6.
  • Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956
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