ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1865 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Nominations 10 October 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Y LOWES * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Yardley Lowes (1798-1870): Elected 1856, 1859, 1865 Died 5 October 1870: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Morning Herald, 11 October 1865 DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 23 November 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William LANGDON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Langdon (1790-1879): Elected 1856, 1859, 1865 Langdon retired at the 1871 election. Died 23 May 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 29 November 1865 HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William Carter -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations June, polling 15 June 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Hopkins 159 41.3 Alfred KENNERLEY 226 58.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 385 08.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Kennerley (1810-97): Elected 1865 by Born: 1810, England Career: Mayor of Hobart 1862-63 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Advertiser, 23 June 1865 MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 9 June 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William E NAIRN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Nairn (1812-69): Elected 1856, 1859, 1865 President of the Legislative Council to 25 August 1868 Resigned April 1869 Died 9 April 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 26 May 1865 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Thomas Corbett -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 27 April, polling 2 May 1865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Stewart 63 31.5 Charles J WEEDON 137 68.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 200 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles James Weedon (1810-74): Elected 1865 by Born: 7 April 1810, England Career: To VDL 1831. Auctioneer and valuer. Director of band and insurance company. Resigned November 1866: see by-election Died 22 June 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 3 May 1865