Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1872–1877

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1872 and the 1877 colonial elections.

Name District Years in office John Balfe South LauncestonWest Hobart 1857–1872; 1874–1880 William Belbin South Hobart 1871–1891 Charles Bromby Central Launceston 1876–18781881–1882 Nicholas John Brown Cumberland 1875–1903 Henry Butler Brighton 1856–1862; 1866–1885 James Castley South Launceston 1872–1874 Thomas Chapman East Hobart 1856–1864; 1866–1873 Alexander Clerke Ringwood 1857–1860; 1862–1863;1872–1874 James Cox North Launceston 1872–1874; 1880–1882 Andrew Crawford West Devon 1876–1877James DooleyEast Devon 1872–1891 Sir Adye Douglas Fingal 1856–1857; 1862–1884 Philip Fysh East Hobart 1873–1878; 1894–1898 Robert Gayer Queenborough 1876–1878 William Gellibrand Ringwood 1871–1872; 1874–1886 William Giblin Central Hobart 1869–1885 George Gilmore Central Launceston 1875–1876; 1877–1878 James Gray West Hobart 1872–1877; 1882–1889 James Gunn Sorell 1872–1882 Samuel Henry Deloraine 1872–1880 William Hodgson Richmond 1861–1881 Frederick Houghton Norfolk Plains 1859–1861; 1872–1876 Frederick Innes SelbyNorth Launceston 1856–1862; 1872–1877 John Alexander Jackson Queenborough 1871–1876 George Keach Campbell Town 1870–1882 Henry Lette Central Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892 David Lewis Clarence 1864–1882 Charles Meredith West DevonNorfolk Plains 1856–1879 John Millar Westbury 1871–1874 John Mitchell Glamorgan 1871–1880 William Moore Wellington 1871–1877 David Murray Selby 1873–1877 Sir Robert Officer Glenorchy 1856–1877 Christopher O'Reilly Kingborough 1871–1882; 1906–1909 Alfred Pillinger Oatlands 1876–1899 Thomas Reibey Westbury 1874–1903 Alexander Riddoch New Norfolk 1872–1882 George Salier North Hobart 1866–1869; 1870–1886 James Scott George Town 1869–1877; 1878–1884 James Reid Scott Selby 1866–1872 John Swan Cumberland 1863–1875 Samuel Tulloch South Launceston 1877–1878 John Whitehead Morven 1869–1880 George Wilson Oatlands 1871–1876 Russell Young Franklin 1871; 1872–1877

Notes In November 1872, James Reid Scott, the member for Selby, resigned. Frederick Innes, the Premier of Tasmania, was elected unopposed on 18 November 1872. In July 1873, Thomas Chapman, the member for East Hobart, resigned. Philip Fysh was elected unopposed on 12 August 1873. In November 1873, Frederick Innes, the member for Selby, resigned. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1873. In February 1874, James Cox, the member for North Launceston, resigned. Frederick Innes was elected unopposed on 31 March 1874. In April 1874, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. William Gellibrand was elected unopposed on 15 May 1874. In April 1874, John Millar, the member for Westbury, resigned. Thomas Reibey was elected unopposed on 23 May 1874. In January 1875, John Swan, the member for Cumberland, resigned. Nicholas John Brown won the resulting by-election on 29 January 1875. In April 1875, Henry Lette, the member for Central Launceston, resigned. George Gilmore was elected unopposed on 21 May 1875. In June 1876, George Wilson, the member for Oatlands, resigned. Alfred Pillinger won the resulting by-election on 17 July 1876. In June 1876, John Alexander Jackson, the member for Queenborough, resigned. Robert Gayer won the resulting by-election on 21 July 1876. On 20 July 1876, Charles Meredith was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election. However, his nomination was ruled informal, and on 3 August 1876, the seat was declared for the only candidate, Andrew Crawford. Meredith was not without a seat for long, however—Frederick Houghton, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat. On 20 July 1876, George Gilmore was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was defeated on 3 August 1876 by Charles Bromby. In March 1877, James Gray, the member for West Hobart, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1877. Balfe, in running for the seat, had vacated his South Launceston seat, which was filled at the 27 April 1877 by-election by Samuel Tulloch.

Sources

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