ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1894 ==================================================================== BUCKINGHAM ==================================================================== Following the resignation of Hon Philip O Fysh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 27 April, polling 8 May 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 673 Total votes cast: 513 76.2 Informal votes: 5 01.0 Formal votes: 508 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Gamaliel H Butler 252 49.6 Frederick W PIESSE 256 50.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 508 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Butler, see Hobart 1896. He was the son of Hon Dr Henry Butler MLC and MHA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Piesse was MHA for North Hobart 1893-94. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick William Piesse (1848-1902): Elected 1894 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John WATCHORN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Watchorn (1826-1905): Elected 1882 by, 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 28 April 1894 This election does not appear in Hughes and Graham. LAUNCESTON ==================================================================== Nominations 8 May 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William HART * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hart (1825-1904): Elected 1877, 1882. Resigned 1885. Elected 1885, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Launceston Daily Telegraph, 9 May 1894 This election does not appear in Hughes and Graham MERSEY ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John H McCALL * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Hair McCall (1834-1901): Elected 1888 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 28 April 1894 This election is not recorded in Hughes and Graham. RUSSELL ==================================================================== Nominations 27 April 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William MOORE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Moore (1823-1914): Elected 1871, 1872, 1877, 1879, 1891, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Moore should have faced re-election in 1900, but his term was extended until 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Chief Secretary 14 April 1894 to 12 October 1899 --------------------------------------------------------------------