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[2] | Hobart Town | 1859–1866 |
| William Race Allison | Campbell Town | 1856–1865 |
| William Archer[5] | 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[1][5] | Hobart Town Devon | 1861; 1862–1871 |
| William Lambert Dobson | Hobart Town | 1861–1862; 1864–1870 |
| William Dodery | Norfolk Plains | 1861–1870 |
| Adye Douglas[4] | Westbury | 1856–1857; 1862–1884 |
| Henry Dowling | Launceston | 1861–1862 |
| Thomas Field[4] | Westbury | 1856–1862 |
| James Grant | Fingal | 1861–1863 |
| Thomas Gregson | Richmond | 1856–1872 |
| Charles Henty | George Town | 1856–1862 |
| Samuel Hill[2] | 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[3] | Hobart Town | 1861–1862 |
| James MacLanachan | Oatlands | 1859–1862 |
| Charles Meredith[1] | Hobart Town | 1856–1879 |
| John Meredith | Glamorgan | 1861–1863; 1865–1871 |
| Maxwell Miller[3] | 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 |
- 1 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.
- 2 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.
- 3 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.
- 4 In April 1862, Thomas Field, the member for Westbury, resigned. Adye Douglas was elected unopposed on 30 May 1862.
- 5 In May 1862, William Archer, the member for Devon, resigned. John Davies was elected unopposed on 25 June 1862.
Sources
- Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library. ISBN 0-7246-4147-5.
- Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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