ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 1884 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the death of Hon Thomas D Chapman -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations March, polling 15 March 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Phillip O FYSH 113 67.3 Joseph Solomon 55 32.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 168 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Fysh was MLC for Hobart 1866-69, for Buckingham 1870-73, MHA for East Hobart 1873-78 2. Solomon was elected for Huon in June 1880 but was disqualified. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Oakley Fysh (1835-1919): Elected 1866. Resigned 1869. Elected 1870 by. Accepted office 1873. Elected 1873, 1877. Resigned 1878. Elected 1884 by. Resigned on accepting office March 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier 30 March 1887 to 17 August 1892 Chief Secretary 30 March 1887 to 17 August 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian News, 17 March 1884 JORDAN ==================================================================== Following the death of James MacLanachan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 18 February 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr James W AGNEW Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Wilson Agnew (1815-1901): Elected 1877. Resigned 1881. Elected 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- The district of Jordan was abolished in 1885. Agnew was deemed to reprsesent the new district of Macquarie until his resignation in July 1887. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier 8 March 1886 to 1 March 1887 Chief Secretary 8 March 1886 to 1 March 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Charles H Leake -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 21 August 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Adye DOUGLAS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas was MLC for Launceston 1855-56, MHA for Launceston 1856-57, for Westbury 1862-71, for Norfolk Plains 1871-72, for Fingal 1872-84. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adye Douglas (1815-1906): Elected 1855, 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1862, 1866. Defeated 1871. Elected 1871 Resigned March 1886: see by-election Later career: See Launceston 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Premier 15 August 1884 To 8 March 1886 Chief Secretary 15 August 1884 To 8 March 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 22 August 1884