ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1868 ==================================================================== HUON ==================================================================== Following the resignation of John H Wedge -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations July, polling 23 July 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William L Crowther 30 45.5 John FOSTER 36 54.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crowther was MHA for Hobart Town 1866, MLC for Hobart 1869-85. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Foster (1792-1875): Elected 1868 by Born: 1792, England Career: To VDL 1823. Farmer, merchant, shipowner. At 76, Foster was the oldest person elected to the Tasmanian Parliament. He retired at the 1874 election. Died 27 June 1875. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobert Mercury, 25 July 1868 JORDAN ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Isaac Bisdee -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 21 July 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLANACHAN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacLanachan was MHA for Oatlands 1859-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLanachan (1799-1884): Elected 1859. Defeated 1862. Elected 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 22 July 1868 NORTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 18 July 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron (1814-90)O: Elected 1868 Born: 1 August 1814, Scotland Career: To NSW 1821, to VDL 1822. Farmer, one of the largest landowners in Tasmania. Father of D Norman Cameron, MHA and MHR, and Senator Cyril Cameron. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 18 July 1868