This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

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 2 April 1903 election and the 29 March 1906 election.

The Hare-Clark system being trialled in Hobart and Launceston came to an end at the 1903 election, and several seats in the rural region between the two centres either merged or changed substantially. Possibly the most significant result was the failure of the Premier of Tasmania, Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis

Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton....

, to win a seat—formerly the member for abolished 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....

, he ran for the new Central Hobart

Electoral district of Central Hobart

The Electoral district of Central Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart Central, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....

 seat, and was beaten by Herbert Nicholls, an opposition backbencher with only two years' parliamentary experience, by a substantial margin. The election also saw an increased participation by the fledgling Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

, which won four of the six seats it contested, all of which were in mining areas of the state. Future Labor premier John Earle

John Earle (Australian politician)

John Earle was an Australian politician and the first Labor Premier of Tasmania.- Early life :Born into a farming family of Cornish descent in Bridgewater, Tasmania, Earle left home at 17 to work as a blacksmith's apprentice in a Hobart foundry...

 was beaten in Waratah

Electoral district of Waratah (Tasmania)

The Electoral district of Waratah was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Waratah in western Tasmania....

 by four votes, whilst future federal MHR Jens Jensen

Jens Jensen

Jens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894...

 and senator James Long

James Long (Australian politician)

James Joseph Long was an Australian politician. Born at The Fort, Tasmania, he received a primary education before becoming a miner, and later President of the Federated Mining Enginedrivers' Association. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Lyell,...

 also commenced their parliamentary careers.

Name	Party	District	Years in office
Charles Allen	Liberal	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....	1903–1909
William Batchelor	Liberal/Independent	North Launceston Electoral district of North Launceston The Electoral district of North Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston North, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....	1903–1906
William Bennett	Liberal/Ministerial	Cambria Electoral district of Cambria The Electoral district of Cambria was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Campbell Town in the Midlands region of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston....	1889–1893; 1903–1909
Jonathan Best Jonathan Best Jonathan Best was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1894 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Deloraine. He was defeated in 1897 but served again from 1899 to 1909, when proportional representation was introduced...	Liberal/Independent	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....	1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford Bird	Ministerial	South Hobart Electoral district of South Hobart The Electoral district of South Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart South, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1882–1903; 1904–1909
Frank Bond	Liberal/Ministerial	East Hobart Electoral district of East Hobart The Electoral district of East Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart East, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1903–1906; 1909–1921
Julian Brown	Ministerial/Independent	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....	1903–1906
Nicholas John Brown	Ministerial	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...	1875–1903
William Brownell	Liberal/Ministerial	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...	1903–1909
George Burns	Labor	Queenstown Electoral district of Queenstown The Electoral district of Queenstown was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the mining town of Queenstown in the West Coast region of Tasmania...	1903–1906
Edward Crowther	Ministerial	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...	1878–1912
John Davies	Independent	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...	1884–1913
Henry Dumaresq	Ministerial	Longford Electoral district of Longford The Electoral district of Longford was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Longford near Tasmania's second city, Launceston....	1886–1903
Henry Dumbleton	Independent/Ministerial	Devonport Electoral district of Devonport The Electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast....	1903–1906
John Evans John Evans (Australian politician) Sir John William Evans, CMG was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.-Early life and nautical career:...	Ministerial	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...	1897–1937
John Gibson	Liberal/Independent	North Esk Electoral district of North Esk The Electoral district of North Esk was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based near Tasmania's second city of Launceston....	1903–1906
George Gilmore	Liberal/Ministerial	Waratah Electoral district of Waratah (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Waratah was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Waratah in western Tasmania....	1893–1900; 1903–1906
Alexander Hean	Liberal/Ministerial	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....	1903–1913; 1916–1925
Thomas Hodgman	Liberal/Ministerial	Monmouth Electoral district of Monmouth The Electoral district of Monmouth was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the rural hinterland to the north of the state capital, Hobart....	1900–1912
John Hope	Ministerial	Kentish Electoral district of Kentish The Electoral district of Kentish was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Sheffield in Tasmania's north, inland from Devonport....	1900–1911
Jens Jensen Jens Jensen Jens August Jensen was an Australian politician and Minister for the Navy.Jensen was born in Ballarat, Victoria and educated at Ballarat, leaving school at 11. He became a rabbit-hawker and miner at Beaconsfield, Tasmania. In July 1885 he married Elizabeth Frances Broadhurst; she died in 1894...	Labor	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....	1903–1910; 1922–1925; 1928–1934
William Lamerton William Lamerton William Lamerton was an Australian politician. He was born in St Austell in Cornwall. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Zeehan, initially for the Labor Party but later as an Independent Labor member. After his defeat in 1906 he joined the Anti-Socialist...	Labor/Ind.Labor	Zeehan Electoral district of Zeehan The Electoral district of Zeehan was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the mining town of Zeehan in the West Coast region of Tasmania....	1903–1906
James Long James Long (Australian politician) James Joseph Long was an Australian politician. Born at The Fort, Tasmania, he received a primary education before becoming a miner, and later President of the Federated Mining Enginedrivers' Association. In 1903 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Labor member for Lyell,...	Labor	Lyell Electoral district of Lyell The Electoral district of Lyell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the towns of Queenstown and Strahan in the West Coast region of Tasmania....	1903–1910
Carmichael Lyne	Liberal	Ringarooma Electoral district of Ringarooma The Electoral district of Ringarooma was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Ringarooma in north-eastern Tasmania....	1900–1906
Sir John McCall	Liberal	West Devon Electoral district of West Devon The Electoral district of West Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region surrounding the northern coastal town of Devonport....	1888–1893; 1901–1909
Charles Mackenzie	Ministerial	Wellington Electoral district of Wellington (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Wellington was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in north-western Tasmania in the town of Stanley, and included King Island...	1886–1909
George Moore	Liberal	West Hobart Electoral district of West Hobart The Electoral district of West Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart West, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1903–1909
Henry Murray Henry Murray (Australian politician) Henry Murray was an Australian politician. He was born at Evandale, Tasmania. In 1891 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Free Trade member for East Devon. His seat was abolished in 1897 and he transferred to Latrobe, moving to Devonport in 1898...	Liberal	Latrobe Electoral district of Latrobe The Electoral district of Latrobe was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at Latrobe on Tasmania's north coast near the town of Devonport....	1891–1900; 1902–1909
Herbert Nicholls	Liberal	Central Hobart Electoral district of Central Hobart The Electoral district of Central Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart Central, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1900–1909
Robert Patterson Robert Patterson (Australian politician) Robert Charles Patterson was an Australian politician. He was born in Melbourne. In 1900 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Free Trade member for Hobart. He transferred to South Hobart in 1903 and left politics in 1904. He briefly led the Opposition from May 1903 to March...	Ministerial	South Hobart Electoral district of South Hobart The Electoral district of South Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart South, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1900–1904
Herbert Payne Herbert Payne Herbert James Mockford Payne was an Australian politician. Born in Hobart, Tasmania, he was educated at state schools before becoming an investor and grazier. In 1903, he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Burnie, transferring to Darwin in 1909. He was Treasurer, Minister for...	Liberal	Burnie Electoral district of Burnie The Electoral district of Burnie was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Burnie on Tasmania's northern coast....	1903–1920
William Propsting William Propsting William Bispham Propsting, CMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.-Early life:...	Liberal	North Hobart Electoral district of North Hobart The Electoral district of North Hobart, sometimes referred to as Hobart North, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1899–1905
Frederick Rattle	Liberal/Ministerial	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....	1903–1912
Matthew Robinson	Liberal/Independent	West Launceston Electoral district of West Launceston The Electoral district of West Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston West, was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly...	1903–1906
Robert Sadler	Liberal	Central Launceston Electoral district of Central Launceston The Electoral district of Central Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston Central, was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the centre of Launceston, Tasmania's second city, and its inner suburbs....	1900–1912; 1913–1922
David Storrer David Storrer David Storrer was an Australian politician. Born in Freshwater Point, Tasmania, he was educated at Chalmers Church Grammar School before becoming a cabinet maker and furniture warehouseman. He was an alderman at Launceston in 1894...	Liberal	West Launceston Electoral district of West Launceston The Electoral district of West Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston West, was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly...	1902–1903
Charles Stewart	Liberal/Ministerial	East Launceston Electoral district of East Launceston The Electoral district of East Launceston, sometimes referred to as Launceston East, was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly...	1903–1909
John Wood	Ministerial	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...	1903–1909
Alfred Youl	Ministerial	Longford Electoral district of Longford The Electoral district of Longford was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Longford near Tasmania's second city, Launceston....	1903–1909

Sources

• Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856