Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1862–1866

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1862 elections and the 1866 elections.

Name District Years in office
Edward Abbott[4] Clarence 1856–1864
Robert Adams Hobart Town 1859–1866
William Race Allison[9] Hobart Town 1856–1865
John Balfe Franklin 1857–1872;
1874–1880
Charles Cansdell[9] Hobart Town 1865–1866; 1867–1869
Thomas Chapman[6] Campbell Town 1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke[3] Ringwood 1857–1860; 1862–1863;
1872–1874
John Davies Devon 1861; 1862–1871
Charles Degraves[5] Hobart Town 1864–1866
William Lambert Dobson[6] Campbell Town 1861–1862; 1864–1870
William Dodery Norfolk Plains 1861–1870
Adye Douglas Westbury 1856–1857; 1862–1884
Charles Grant[1] Deloraine 1863–1866
James Grant[2] Fingal 1861–1863
Thomas Gregson Richmond 1856–1872
D'Arcy Haggitt[5] Hobart Town 1862–1864
John Hayes Brighton 1862–1866
William Hodgson Sorell 1861–1881
Alfred Horne[3][8] Ringwood 1863–1865
Thomas Horne Hobart Town 1861–1866
Thomas Knight[10] George Town 1862–1865
Henry Lette Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892
David Lewis[4] Clarence 1864–1882
James Lord Oatlands 1862–1871
John Lord[5] Hobart Town 1864–1871
Charles Meredith[M1] Glamorgan 1856–1879
John Meredith[1][8] Deloraine
Ringwood 		1861–1863; 1865–1871
Maxwell Miller[5] Hobart Town 1856–1861; 1862–1864
Robert Byron Miller[M1] Launceston 1861–1867
D'Arcy Murray Launceston 1862–1866
Sir Robert Officer Glenorchy 1856–1877
John Perkins Kingborough 1861–1866
Alexander Rose Morven 1862–1866
John Scott[10] George Town 1865–1871
John Sharland[7] Cumberland 1862–1865
William Sharland New Norfolk 1861–1872
Isaac Sherwin Selby 1860–1866
William Sibley[7] Cumberland 1865–1871
John Swan[2] Fingal 1863–1875
Robert Walker Queenborough 1862–1871

Notes

M1 On 20 January 1863, James Whyte became Premier of Tasmania and appointed Charles Meredith and Robert Byron Miller to the Ministry. They were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections, at which they were both returned on 5 February 1863.
1 In March 1863, John Meredith, the member for Deloraine, resigned. Charles Grant won the resulting by-election on 18 May 1863.
2 In June 1863, James Grant, the member for Fingal, resigned. John Swan won the resulting by-election on 28 July 1863.
3 In September 1863, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. Alfred Horne won the resulting by-election on 24 November 1863.
4 In January 1864, Edward Abbott, the member for Clarence, resigned to successfully contest the Legislative Council division of Cambridge. David Lewis won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1864.
5 In May 1864, D'Arcy Haggitt and Maxwell Miller, both members of the five-member seat of Hobart Town, resigned. Miller had resigned to take up the role of Clerk-Assistant and Librarian of the Parliament of Tasmania. They were replaced on 1 June 1864 at a by-election by Charles Degraves and John Lord.
6 In May 1864, Thomas Chapman, the member for Campbell Town, resigned on account of personal bankruptcy. William Lambert Dobson was elected unopposed on 21 June 1864.
7 In May 1865, John Sharland, the member for Cumberland, resigned. William Sibley won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1865.
8 In May 1865, Alfred Horne, the member for Ringwood, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 26 June 1865, John Meredith was returned unopposed.
9 On 26 September 1865, William Race Allison, one of the five members for Hobart Town, died. Charles Cansdell won the resulting by-election on 17 October 1865.
10 In October 1865, Thomas Knight, the member for George Town, resigned. John Scott won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1865.

Sources

Members of the Parliament of Tasmania
Legislative Council

1856–1861 1861–1867 1867–1873

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