Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1862–1866
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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly
between the 1862 elections and the 1866 elections.
Tasmanian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House...
between the 1862 elections and the 1866 elections.
| Name | District | Years in office |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Abbott | Clarence Electoral district of Clarence (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Clarence was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region across the Derwent River from Hobart in what is now the eastern suburbs, including Bellerive and Rokeby as well as the South Arm Peninsula.The seat was created... |
1856–1864 |
| Robert Adams | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1859–1866 |
| William Race Allison | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1856–1865 |
| John Balfe | Franklin Electoral district of Franklin The Electoral district of Franklin was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered all of southern and southwestern Tasmania, and its main population centre was the town of Franklin in Tasmania's Huon Valley... |
1857–1872; 1874–1880 |
| Charles Cansdell | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1865–1866; 1867–1869 |
| Thomas Chapman | Campbell Town Electoral district of Campbell Town The Electoral district of Campbell Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the towns of Campbell Town and Ross in the Midlands region of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston.... |
1856–1864; 1866–1873 |
| Alexander Clerke | Ringwood Electoral district of Ringwood The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city.... |
1857–1860; 1862–1863; 1872–1874 |
| John Davies | Devon Electoral district of Devon The Electoral district of Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the north coastal and north-western regions of Tasmania, and its major town was Devonport.... |
1861; 1862–1871 |
| Charles Degraves | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1864–1866 |
| William Lambert Dobson William Lambert Dobson Sir William Lambert Dobson KCMG was a politician and Chief Justice of Tasmania, .-Early life:Dobson was born at Carr Hill, Gateshead, Durham, England, the elder son of John Dobson, a solicitor at Gateshead, and his first wife Mary Ann, née Atkinson... |
Campbell Town Electoral district of Campbell Town The Electoral district of Campbell Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the towns of Campbell Town and Ross in the Midlands region of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston.... |
1861–1862; 1864–1870 |
| William Dodery | Norfolk Plains Electoral district of Norfolk Plains The Electoral district of Norfolk Plains was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based near the town of Longford to the south of Launceston, Tasmania's second city, and also included the towns of Carrick and Perth.... |
1861–1870 |
| Adye Douglas Adye Douglas Sir Adye Douglas was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886.... |
Westbury Electoral district of Westbury The Electoral district of Westbury was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Westbury near Tasmania's second city of Launceston.... |
1856–1857; 1862–1884 |
| Charles Grant | Deloraine Electoral district of Deloraine The Electoral district of Deloraine was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Deloraine in Tasmania's north-east between the centres of Launceston and Devonport.... |
1863–1866 |
| James Grant | Fingal Electoral district of Fingal The Electoral district of Fingal was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around Fingal in Tasmania's east and also included the coastal towns of St Marys and St Helens, and inland districts such as Avoca and Mathinna.The seat was created ahead of the... |
1861–1863 |
| Thomas Gregson Thomas Gregson Thomas George Gregson was the second Premier of Tasmania, serving from 26 February 1857 until 25 April 1857.-Early life:... |
Richmond Electoral district of Richmond (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Richmond was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Richmond to the north of Hobart.... |
1856–1872 |
| D'Arcy Haggitt | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1862–1864 |
| John Hayes | Brighton Electoral district of Brighton (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Brighton was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Brighton to the north of Hobart.... |
1862–1866 |
| William Hodgson | Sorell Electoral district of Sorell The Electoral district of Sorell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Sorell east of Tasmania's capital, Hobart, and included the Tasman Peninsula.... |
1861–1881 |
| Alfred Horne | Ringwood Electoral district of Ringwood The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city.... |
1863–1865 |
| Thomas Horne | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1861–1866 |
| Thomas Knight | George Town Electoral district of George Town The Electoral district of George Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of George Town in Tasmania's Tamar Valley region north of Launceston.... |
1862–1865 |
| Henry Lette Henry Lette Henry Elms Lette was an Australian cricketer. He was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston.... |
Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.... |
1862–1875; 1877–1892 |
| David Lewis | Clarence Electoral district of Clarence (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Clarence was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region across the Derwent River from Hobart in what is now the eastern suburbs, including Bellerive and Rokeby as well as the South Arm Peninsula.The seat was created... |
1864–1882 |
| James Lord | Oatlands Electoral district of Oatlands The Electoral district of Oatlands was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Oatlands to the north of Hobart.... |
1862–1871 |
| John Lord | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1864–1871 |
| Charles Meredith Charles Meredith (Tasmania) Charles Meredith was an Australian grazier and politician, Tasmanian colonial treasurer for several years in the mid-to-late 19th century.-Early life:... |
Glamorgan Electoral district of Glamorgan The Electoral district of Glamorgan was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Swansea in eastern Tasmania, and included Bicheno, Little Swanport and the Freycinet Peninsula... |
1856–1879 |
| John Meredith | Deloraine Electoral district of Deloraine The Electoral district of Deloraine was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Deloraine in Tasmania's north-east between the centres of Launceston and Devonport.... Ringwood Electoral district of Ringwood The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city.... |
1861–1863; 1865–1871 |
| Maxwell Miller | Hobart Town Electoral district of Hobart Town The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs.... |
1856–1861; 1862–1864 |
| Robert Byron Miller | Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.... |
1861–1867 |
| D'Arcy Murray | Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area.... |
1862–1866 |
| Sir Robert Officer | Glenorchy Electoral district of Glenorchy The Electoral district of Glenorchy was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the northern suburbs of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and included New Town, Moonah and Glenorchy.... |
1856–1877 |
| John Perkins | Kingborough Electoral district of Kingborough The Electoral district of Kingborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region to the immediate south of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and included the Huon Valley towns of Cygnet, Huonville, Kettering, Margate and Sandfly.The seat was created as a... |
1861–1866 |
| Alexander Rose | Morven Electoral district of Morven The Electoral district of Morven was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Evandale to the south of Launceston.... |
1862–1866 |
| John Scott | George Town Electoral district of George Town The Electoral district of George Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of George Town in Tasmania's Tamar Valley region north of Launceston.... |
1865–1871 |
| John Sharland | Cumberland Electoral district of Cumberland (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Cumberland was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in central Tasmania in towns such as Bothwell, Hamilton and Ouse, and until 1894 included much of the West Coast before the mining districts of Zeehan and Queenstown became... |
1862–1865 |
| William Sharland | New Norfolk Electoral district of New Norfolk The Electoral district of New Norfolk was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of New Norfolk, northwest of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart.... |
1861–1872 |
| Isaac Sherwin | Selby Electoral district of Selby The Electoral district of Selby was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Lilydale in Tasmania's northeastern region, and extended into what are today considered Launceston's outer eastern suburbs.... |
1860–1866 |
| William Sibley | Cumberland Electoral district of Cumberland (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Cumberland was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in central Tasmania in towns such as Bothwell, Hamilton and Ouse, and until 1894 included much of the West Coast before the mining districts of Zeehan and Queenstown became... |
1865–1871 |
| John Swan | Fingal Electoral district of Fingal The Electoral district of Fingal was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around Fingal in Tasmania's east and also included the coastal towns of St Marys and St Helens, and inland districts such as Avoca and Mathinna.The seat was created ahead of the... |
1863–1875 |
| Robert Walker | Queenborough Electoral district of Queenborough The Electoral district of Queenborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the southern suburbs of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, in particular Sandy Bay, and surrounding districts such as Cascades, Taroona and Kingston.The seat was created as a... |
1862–1871 |
Sources
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856