ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1877 ==================================================================== DERWENT ==================================================================== Nominations 21 December 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter A B GELLIBRAND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Angus Bethune Gellibrand (1832-1909): Elected 1871, 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 22 December 1877 HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 30 June, polling 16 July 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr James W AGNEW 332 65.6 Alfred Crisp 174 34.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 506 15.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilson Agnew (1815-1901): Elected 1877 Born 2 October 1815, Ireland Career: Educated London, Paris, Edinburgh. To NSW 1839, to VDL 1841. Colonial surgeon. Resigned 2 March 1881: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 9 August 1877 to 20 December 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Later career: See Jordan 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 17 July 1877 LONGFORD ==================================================================== Following the death of William Weston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 7 March, polling 13 March 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William DODERY Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dodery was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1861-70. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Dodery (1819-1912): Elected 1861, 1866. Resigned 1870. Elected 1877 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 7 September, polling 13 September 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Atkinson 75 42.6 Hon William MOORE 101 57.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 176 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore was MHA for Wellington 1871-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Moore (1823-1914): Elected 1871, 1872, 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary 9 August 1877 to 20 December 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Tribune, 10 September 1877 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon James R Scott -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations, polling 29 September 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick M INNES 32 57.1 Russell Young 24 42.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 56 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Innes was MHA for Morven 1856-62, MLC for South Esk 1862-72, MHA for Selby 1872-73, for North Launceston 1874-77. 2. Young was MHA for Hobart Town 1871, 1872-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Maitland Innes (1816-82): Elected 1856, 1859, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1862. Resigned 1872. Elected 1872, 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1877 by Died 11 May 1882: see by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 29 September 1877