ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1871 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 9 December 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter A B GELLIBRAND Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871 Born 17 October 1832, Derwent Park Career: Farmer. Brother of Thomas Gellibrand MHA, William Gellibrand MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 11 December 1871 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 29 June 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred KENNERLEY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Kennerley (1810-97): Elected 1865 by, 1871 Kennerley retired at the 1877 election. Died 15 November 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier without office 4 August 1873 to 20 July 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobert Mercury, 30 June 1871 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Alexander Clerke -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 October 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John THOMSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Thomson (1833-99): Elected 1871 by Born: 1833, Scotland Career: To VDL 1838. Farmer. Father of Henry M D Thomson MHA. Uncle of Senator Norman Ewing. Resigned May 1875 Died 30 August 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 25 October 1871 MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 12 October 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William K HAWKES Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Keeler Hawkes (1804-82: Elected 1871 Born: 1804, England Career: To VDL 1840. Schoolteahcer, farmer. Hawkes retired at the 1877 election. Died 29 September 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 10 October 1871