ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1873 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Philip O Fysh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 8 August 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas D CHAPMAN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapman was MLC for Buckingham 1851-56, MHA for Hobart Town 1856-61, Queenborough 1861-62, Campbell Town 1862-64, Hobart Town 1866, Launceston 1866-71, East Hobart 1871-73. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Daniel Chapman (1815-84): Elected 1851, 1856. Accepted office 1856. Elected 1856 by, 1861, 1862. Resigned 1864. Elected 1866. Resigned 1866. Elected 1866. Resigned 1871. Elected 1871. Accepted office 1873. Elected 1873 Resigned 19 June 1879: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary 4 August 1873 to 1 April 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chapman's term expired on 8 August. He resigned so that he could be re-elected at a by-election before the Council met on 12 August. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 August 1873 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Following the resignation of James A Dunn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 28 August 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LORD Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lord was MLC for Hobart Town 1855-56, MHA for Hobart Town 1864-66, 1866-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lord (1814-90): Elected 1855. Resigned 1856. Elected 1864, 1866, 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 30 August 1873