COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
FIRST PARLIAMENT
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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BY-ELECTIONS
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TASMANIA                                           
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6 March 1902, following the death of Hon Frederick Piesse
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Enrolled voters:                         unknown
Votes cast:                              unknown
Informal votes:                          unknown
Formal votes:                            12,014
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Candidate                       Party   Votes    %     Swing
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Charles Hall                                482  04.0
William HARTNOLL                FT        6,956  57.9
John McCall                               2,051  17.1
J C Whitelaw                              2,525  21.0
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Total                                    12,014  18.5
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1. The whole state voted as a single electorate (see Tasmania 1901)
2. Hall was Tas MHA for Waratah 1897-1903, Tas MLC for Russell 
1909-21.
3. McCall was Tas MHA for West Devon 1888-93, 1901-09.
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William Hartnoll (1841-1932): Elected 1902 By 
Born: 17 April 1841, Longford, Tasmania.
Career: Educated Launceston Grammar School. Shopkeeper, auctioneer 
and landowner.
Colonial/state politics: Tas MHA for South Launceston 1884-97,
Launceston 1897-1902. Minister for Lands and Works 1892-94. Hartnoll 
contested Bass in 1903.
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