ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1869 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Philip O Fysh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 16 March, polling 22 March 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Crisp 112 33.4 Dr William L CROWTHER 223 66.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 335 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crowther was MHA for Hobart Town October-December 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lodewyk Crowther (1817-85): Elected 1866. Resigned 1866. Elected 1869 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Times, 23 Match 1869 HOBART ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon James M Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 August, polling 12 August 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Willian Belbin 167 48.8 Hon James M WILSON 175 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 342 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Belbin, see House of Assembly 1871, South Hobart. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Milne Wilson (1812-80): Elected 1859. Accepted office 1869. Elected 1869 by Resigned June 1875: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier to 4 November 1872 Colonial to 4 November 1872 President of the Legislative Council from 4 November 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson's term expired in August. He resigned early to avoid an election during a parliamentary sitting (Hobart Mercury, 7 June 1875) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 13 August 1869 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the vacation of the seat due to non-attendance -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 10 May 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph ARCHER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Archer (1823-1914): Elected 1861 by. Seat vacant 1863. Elected 1863 by, 1869 Resigned May 1872: See by-election Died 3 June 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William Nairn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 9 May, polling 21 May 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander CLERKE 99 69.7 William D Grubb 43 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 142 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Clerke was MLC for Longford 1853-56, MHA for Launceston 1857-60, for Ringwood 1862-63, 1872-74. 2. For Grubb, see Tamar 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Clerke (1804-77): Elected 1853. Retired 1856. Elected 1857. Resigned 1860. Elected 1862. Resigned 1863. Elected 1869. Resigned October 1871 Later career: See House of Assembly 1872, Ringwood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 17 June 1869 PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 25 February 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James WHYTE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Whyte (1820-82): Elected 1856, 1859. Accepted office 1863. Elected 1863 by, 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 February 1869 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Sir Richard Dry -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 17 August, polling 23 August 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William K Hawkes 81 45.8 William J HUTCHINS 96 54.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 177 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hawkes, see Mersey 1871. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Hutchins (1820-97): Elected 1869 by Born: 1820, Britain Career: Army officer 1836-62 (Colonel). Resigned June 1870: see by-election Died 6 August 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 28 August 1869 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the death of Isaac Sherwin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 14 July 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William D GRUBB Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dawson Grubb (1817-79): Elected 1869 by Born: 16 October 1817, England Career: To VDL 1832. Merchant and lawyer. Father of Frederick W Grubb MLC and Charles B B Grubb MHA. Grubb resigned June 1875: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Grubb's term expired in July. He resigned early so that the vacancy could be filled during the current session. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 15 July 1869