ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1860 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Thomas Horne -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 30 May, polling 1 June 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Garrett 185 40.5 John H WEDGE 272 59.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 457 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wedge was MLC for Morven 1855-56, for North Esk 1856-60. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Helder Wedge (1793-1872): Elected 1855 by, 1856. Resigned 1859. Elected 1860 by Resigned June 1866 Later career: See Huon 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 4 June 1860