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 Archer Ministerial/Liberal Selby 1893–1902
Peter Barrett Ministerial North Launceston 1886–1897
Jonathan Best[4] Liberal Deloraine 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford Bird Opposition/Independent Franklin 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Sir Edward Braddon Liberal West Devon 1879–1888; 1893–1901
John Bradley Independent/Liberal South Hobart 1893–1900
Nicholas John Brown[1] Ministerial Cumberland 1875–1903
William Brown Opposition/Independent Campbell Town 1882–1889; 1893–1903
Daniel Burke Ministerial Cressy 1893–1903
Norman Cameron[4] Independent Deloraine 1893–1894; 1897–1899;
1912–1913; 1925–1928
Andrew Inglis Clark[3] Liberal South Hobart 1878–1882; 1887–1898
Alfred Crisp Ministerial/Liberal North Hobart 1886–1900
Edward Crowther Independent/Liberal Kingborough 1878–1912
John Davies Ministerial/Independent Fingal 1884–1913
Henry Dobson Ministerial Brighton 1891–1900
Henry Dumaresq Ministerial/Liberal Longford 1886–1903
Charles Fenton Sr. Independent Wellington 1886–1897
Sir Philip Fysh[3] Liberal North Hobart 1873–1878; 1894–1898
Henry Gill Independent Kingborough 1887–1897
George Gilmore Ministerial George Town 1893–1900; 1903–1906
John Hamilton Independent/Liberal Glenorchy 1887–1903
William Hartnoll Ministerial South Launceston 1884–1902
John Henry Ministerial East Devon 1891–1897
George Hiddlestone Opposition/Independent West Hobart 1891–1897
George Leatham Liberal New Norfolk 1891–1903; 1906–1909
Elliott Lewis Ministerial Richmond 1886–1903; 1909–1922
Allan MacDonald Independent North Launceston 1893–1897
Charles Mackenzie Ministerial Wellington 1886–1909
William McWilliams Liberal Ringarooma 1893–1900
Edward Miles Independent/Liberal Glamorgan 1883–1899; 1900
Edward Mulcahy Liberal West Hobart 1891–1903; 1910–1919
Henry Murray Ministerial East Devon 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Frederick William Piesse[3] Liberal North Hobart 1893–1894
Alfred Pillinger Liberal Oatlands 1876–1899
Thomas Reibey Liberal Westbury 1874–1903
John von Stieglitz Ministerial Evandale 1891–1903
Samuel Sutton Ministerial South Launceston 1891–1897; 1901–1903
Don Urquhart[1][2] Liberal Montagu 1894–1903; 1906–1909
Joseph Woollnough Ministerial Sorell 1893–1903

Notes

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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

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  • 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