ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1879 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Thomas D Chapman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 16 July 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas D CHAPMAN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1879. Elected 1879. Died 17 February 1884: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council 11 July 1882 to 17 February 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 4 August 1879 CAMBRIDGE ==================================================================== Nominations 27 August 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John LORD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Lord (1814-90): Elected 1855. Resigned 1856. Elected 1864, 1866, 1873, 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 18 August 1879 MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 10 November 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William MOORE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Moore (1823-1914): Elected 1871, 1872, 1877, 1879 Moore contested Russell at the 1886 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary 30 October 1879 to 15 August 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Devon Herald, 12 November 1879 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the death of William D Grubb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 6 March 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879 by Born: 16 October 1844, Launceston Career: Lawyer, company director. Son of William D Grubb MLC, brother of Charles B B Grubb MHA. Seat declared vacant due to non-attendance November 1880: see by- election. Later career: See Meander 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 7 March 1879