ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1857 ==================================================================== HUON ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon Thomas J Knight -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Franklin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 May, polling 13 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard CLEBURNE 57 51.8 Hon Thomas J Knight 53 48.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Knight was MLC for Huon 1856-57. He did not resign as Solicitor- General following his defeat. He was also Attorney-General 1 November 1860 to 2 August 1861 while not a member of Parliament. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Cleburne (1799-1864): Elected 1851. Retired 1856. Elected 1857 by Term to expire 25 September 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Courier, 15 May 1857 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Robert Q Kermode -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: Longford -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 14 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William P WESTON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weston was MHA for Ringwood 1856-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pritchard Weston (1804-88): Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1857 by Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 12 May 1857 to 1 November 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 20 May 1857 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon William P Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Place of nomination: -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 22 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William P WESTON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Weston was MHA for Ringwood 1856-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pritchard Weston (1804-88): Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1857 by. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by Term to expire 25 September 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 12 May 1857 to 1 November 1860 Premier without office to 1 November 1860 to 2 August 1861 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Term to expire 25 September 1865 Resigned 14 August 1861 Died 21 February 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Advertiser, 23 May 1857 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon William Henty -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 12 May, polling 16 May 1857 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas W Field 67 35.6 Hon William HENTY 121 64.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 188 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Field was MHA for Westbury 1856-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henty (1808-81): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Scretary 1 November 1860 to 1 November 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Resigned October 1862 Died 11 July 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Courier, 18 May 1857