ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1880 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Sir James M Wilson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations polling 22 March 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander McGREGOR 279 58.9 Russell Young 195 41.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 474 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Young was MHA for Hobart Town 1871, for Hobart South 1872-77. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander McGregor (1821-96): Elected 1880 by Born: 1821, Scotland Career: To VDL 1831. Shipwright, boat-builder, ship-owner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornwall Chronicle, 23 March 1880 HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 20 June, polling 23 June 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fisher 51 50.0 Joseph SOLOMON 51 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 102 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Solomon was elected by the casting vote of the Returning Officer, Edward Walpole. This was the second election for Huon in succession decided by the casting vote of the Returning Officer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Solomon (dates unknown): Elected 1880. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither the Tasmanian Parliament website nor Bennett and Bennett give any biographical information about Solomon. The ADB has an article on his uncle, also called Joseph Solomon, a prominent Launceston merchant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Solomon's election was declared invalid by the Committee of Elections and Qualifications on the grounds that his agents had bribed voters to vote for him. See by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 6 November 1880 HUON ==================================================================== Following the invalidation of the election of Joseph Solomon -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 1 November, polling 5 November 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fisher 42 45.2 Joseph SOLOMON 51 54.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 93 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Solomon (dates unknown): Elected 1880. Election invalid 1880. Elected 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Fisher (1822-82): Declared elected 1881 Born: 1822, England Career: Seaman. To VDL 1843. Ship master and owner. Father of Thomas M Fisher MLC. Died 3 April 1882: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- In August 1881 the Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that Solomon had not been validly elected because he had been found guilty of bribery by his agents during the previous election. The Committee declared Fisher to have been elected. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 6 November 1880 JORDAN ==================================================================== Nominations 18 June 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLANACHAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacLanachan (1799-1884): Elected 1859. Defeated 1862. Elected 1868, 1874, 1880 Died 22 January 1884: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 19 June 1880 NORTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 16 July, polling 20 July 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald CAMERON * 61 59.2 William K Hawkes 42 40.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 103 09.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron (1814-90)O: Elected 1868, 1874, 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 21 July 1880 TAMAR ==================================================================== Following the unseating for non-attendance of William D Grubb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 25 November, polling 30 November 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W Grubb 77 31.4 John SCOTT 168 68.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Grubb was MLC for Tamar 1879-80. 2. Scott was MHA for George Town 1865-66, for Launceston 1866-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Scott (1834-90): Elected 1865. Resigned 1866. Elected 1866. Retired 1871. Elected 1879. Scott contested the new District of Launceston at the July 1886 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Examiner, 1 December 1880