Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1900–1903

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1900 election and the 1903 election.

Party affiliations were relatively loose during the period, although a Liberal grouping had formed over the 1890s around Sir Edward Braddon, the former Premier of Tasmania, and Andrew Inglis Clark. A separate grouping, generally described as Ministerial, supported Elliott Lewis, who was Premier for the entire parliamentary term. Only one Labor candidate ran in the election, in only the second contest entered by the party.

The 1900 election was the second to use a limited version of the Hare-Clark system within Hobart and Launceston, which were given 6 and 4 seats respectively, while still using first past the post single-member constituencies elsewhere in the state. Following this term, the system largely returned to its pre–1897 state, but at the 1909 election, the entire State was redivided into five electorates using the Hare-Clark system.

Name Party District Years in office
William Aikenhead[5]LiberalLatrobe1898–1902
Frank Archer[7]LiberalSelby1893–1902
Jonathan BestMinisterial/LiberalDeloraine1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford BirdMinisterialFranklin1882–1903; 1904–1909
Sir Edward Braddon[3]LiberalWest Devon1879–1888; 1893–1901
John Bradley[2]MinisterialHobart1893–1900
Nicholas John BrownIndependent/MinisterialCumberland1875–1903
William BrownLiberal/IndependentCampbell Town1882–1889; 1893–1903
William BurburyIndependent/MinisterialOatlands1899–1903
Daniel BurkeMinisterialCressy1893–1903
Edward CrowtherMinisterialKingborough1878–1912
John DaviesMinisterial/IndependentFingal1884–1913
Henry DumaresqMinisterialLongford1886–1903
John EvansIndependent/MinisterialKingborough1897–1937
Alexander Fowler[4]IndependentLaunceston1893; 1897–1901
James GaffneyMinisterialLyell1899–1903
William GuesdonIndependent/MinisterialHobart1882–1886; 1900–1903
Charles HallIndependent/LiberalWaratah1897–1903
John HamiltonMinisterialGlenorchy1887–1903
William Hartnoll[6]MinisterialLaunceston1884–1902
Thomas HodgmanIndependent/LiberalBrighton1900–1912
Charles Hoggins[2]Liberal/MinisterialHobart1898–1900; 1900–1903;
1917–1919
John HopeMinisterialDevonport1900–1911
George LeathamMinisterialNew Norfolk1891–1903; 1906–1909
Elliott LewisMinisterialRichmond1886–1903; 1909–1922
Carmichael LyneIndependent/LiberalRingarooma1900–1906
Sir John McCall[3]LiberalWest Devon1888–1893; 1901–1909
Peter McCrackenLiberalLaunceston1900–1903
Charles MackenzieMinisterialWellington1886–1909
Thomas Massey[7]LiberalSelby1902–1903
Edward Miles[1]LiberalHobart1883–1899; 1900
Edward MulcahyMinisterialHobart1891–1903; 1910–1919
Henry Murray[5]LiberalLatrobe1891–1900; 1902–1909
Herbert Nicholls[1]LiberalHobart1900–1909
Robert PattersonIndependent/MinisterialHobart1900–1904
William PropstingLiberalHobart1899–1905
Thomas ReibeyLiberalWestbury1874–1903
Frederick ShawMinisterialGlamorgan1899–1903
Robert SadlerIndependent/LiberalLaunceston1900–1912; 1913–1922
John Charles von SteiglitzMinisterialEvandale1891–1903
David Storrer[6]LiberalLaunceston1902–1903
Samuel Sutton[4]LiberalLaunceston1891–1897; 1901–1903
Don UrquhartIndependent/LiberalZeehan1894–1903; 1906–1909
Thomas WalduckIndependent/LiberalGeorge Town1900–1903
Joseph WoollnoughMinisterialSorell1893–1903

Notes
1 On 17 April 1900, Liberal member for Hobart, Edward Miles, resigned. Liberal candidate Herbert Nicholls won the resulting by-election on 15 May 1900.
2 On 14 November 1900, Ministerial member for Hobart, John Bradley, died. Independent candidate Charles Hoggins won the resulting by-election on 5 December 1900.
3 On 29 March 1901, Liberal member for West Devon, Sir Edward Braddon, resigned to contest the inaugural federal election. Liberal candidate Sir John McCall won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1901.
4 In September 1901, Independent member for Launceston, Alexander Fowler, resigned. Liberal candidate Samuel Sutton won the resulting by-election on 4 October 1901.
5 On 3 April 1902, the Liberal member for Latrobe, William Aikenhead, died. Liberal candidate Henry Murray was elected unopposed on 19 April 1902.
6 In March 1902, Ministerial member for Launceston, William Hartnoll, resigned to contest a federal by-election following the death of Frederick Piesse. Liberal candidate David Storrer won the resulting by-election on 22 April 1902. Ironically, Storrer himself resigned the seat several months after the following election to defeat Hartnoll in Bass.
7 On 26 May 1902, the Liberal member for Selby, Frank Archer, died. At the resulting by-election on 11 June 1902, Liberal candidate Thomas Massey was elected unopposed.

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 1856

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