ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1875 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr William L CROWTHER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Lodewyk Crowther (1817-85): Elected 1866. Resigned 1866. Elected 1869 by, 1875 Resigned 24 January 1876: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Crowther resigned following an unsucessful defamation action against the Hobart Mercury. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 27 April 1875 HOBART ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Sir James M Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 June 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir James M WILSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Milne Wilson (1812-80): Elected 1859. Accepted office 1869. Elected 1869 by. Resigned 1875. Elected 1875 by Died 29 February 1880: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 29 February 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 28 June 1875 MEANDER ==================================================================== Following the resignation of John Thomson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 25 June, polling 2 July 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry R Dumaresq 44 43.6 Thomas W FIELD 57 56.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 101 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Field was MLC for Westbury 1855-56, MHA for Westbury 1856-62. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas William Field (1817-81)L: Elected 1855, 1856, 1859, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1875 Died 12 January 1881: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 3 July 1875 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the resignation of William D Grubb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 24 June 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William D GRUBB Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dawson Grubb (1817-79): Elected 1869 by. Resigned 1875. Elected 1875 by Died 8 February 1879: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 26 June 1875