ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1886 ==================================================================== HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 8 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George SALIER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Salier was MHA for Hobart Town 1866-69, 1870-71, for North Hobart 1871-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Salier (1813-92): Elected 1866, 1870, 1871, 1872, 1877, 1886 Born: 1813, place unknownCareer: To VDL 1840. Draper, merchant. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 9 February 1886 LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 6 July, polling 13 July 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H D Archer 208 49.3 John SCOTT 214 50.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 422 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Archer was MHA for Norfolk Plains 1882-86. 2. Scott was MHA for George Town 1865-66, for Launceston 1866-71, MLC for Tamar 1880-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Scott (1834-90): Elected 1865 b, 1866. Retired 1871. Elected 1880, 1886 Died 3 June 1890 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston daily Telegraph, 14 July 1886 MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 6 July 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James SMITH Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Smith (1827-97): Elected 1886 Born: 1 July 1827, George Town Career: Farmer, miner, company director. Smith retired at the 1888 election Died 15 June 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 7 July 1886 NORTH ESK ==================================================================== Nominations 6 July, polling 13 July 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron * 58 32.2 Henry I J R ROOKE 122 67.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 180 17.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rooke was MHA for Deloraine 1882-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Cameron (1814-90)O: Elected 1868, 1874, 1880. Defeated 1886 Died 31 October 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Isadore Joachim Raphael Rooke (1845-1901): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Secretary 1 March 1887 to 29 March 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Tasmanian, 17 July 1886 SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Adye Douglas -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 26 March 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James GIBSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Gibson (1829-1906): Elected 1886 by Born: 30 March 1829, Evandale Career: Farmer. Brother of George Gibson MHA, William Gibson MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 27 March 1886 TAMAR ==================================================================== Nominations 6 July, polling 13 July 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Audley COOTE 86 51.5 John Whitehead 81 48.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 167 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Coote was MHA for George Town 1879-86. 2. Whitehead was MHA for Morven 1869-80. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Audley Coote (1839-1915): Elected 1879 by, 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 14 July 1886