Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1861–1862

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1861 elections and the 1862 elections.

Name District Years in office Edward Abbott Clarence 1856–1864 Robert Adams Hobart Town 1859–1866 William Race Allison Campbell Town 1856–1865 William Archer Devon 1860–1862; 1866–1868 John Balfe Franklin 1857–1872;1874–1880 Henry Butler Brighton 1856–1862; 1866–1885 Thomas Chapman Queenborough 1856–1864; 1866–1873 John Crookes Launceston 1857–1862; 1866 John Davies Hobart TownDevon 1861; 1862–1871 William Lambert Dobson Hobart Town 1861–1862; 1864–1870 William Dodery Norfolk Plains 1861–1870 Adye Douglas Westbury 1856–1857; 1862–1884 Henry Dowling Launceston 1861–1862 Thomas Field Westbury 1856–1862 James Grant Fingal 1861–1863 Thomas Gregson Richmond 1856–1872 Charles Henty George Town 1856–1862 Samuel Hill Hobart Town 1861 William Hodgson Sorell 1861–1881 Thomas Horne Hobart Town 1861–1866 Frederick Innes Morven 1856–1862; 1872–1877 Robert Kermode Ringwood 1857–1859; 1861–1862 Douglas Kilburn Hobart Town 1861–1862 James MacLanachan Oatlands 1859–1862 Charles Meredith Hobart Town 1856–1879 John Meredith Glamorgan 1861–1863; 1865–1871 Maxwell Miller Hobart Town 1856–1861; 1862–1864 Robert Miller Launceston 1861–1867 Sir Robert Officer Glenorchy 1856–1877 John Perkins Kingborough 1861–1866 Adolphus Rooke Deloraine 1856–1862; 1868–1869;1871–1872 William Sharland New Norfolk 1861–1872 Isaac Sherwin Selby 1860–1866 Frederick Synnott Cumberland 1861–1862

In October 1861, John Davies, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Charles Meredith won the resulting by-election on 28 October 1861. On 23 October 1861, Samuel Hill, one of the five members for Hobart Town, died. Robert Adams won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1861. In April 1862, Douglas Kilburn, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Maxwell Miller won the resulting by-election on 28 May 1862. In April 1862, Thomas Field, the member for Westbury, resigned. Adye Douglas was elected unopposed on 30 May 1862. In May 1862, William Archer, the member for Devon, resigned. John Davies was elected unopposed on 25 June 1862.

Sources

Parliament of Tasmania (2020). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856