ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1899 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 5 April, polling 10 April 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 296 Total votes cast: 128 43.2 Informal votes: 2 01.6 Formal votes: 126 98.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Finn 49 38.9 Arthur MORRISBY 77 61.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 126 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Morrisby (1847-1925): Elected 1899 Born 19 December 1847, Clarence Career: Farmer, prospector, miner. Military service South Africa. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 9 April 1903 to 12 July 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles H GRANT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry Grant (1831-1901): Elected 1892 by, 1893, 1899 Died 30 September 1901: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1887, 1893, 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 26 April, voting 2 May 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Lamb * 143 39.7 William W PERKINS 217 60.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 360 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Lamb (1835-1903): Elected 1877, 1882. Elected 1891 by, 1893. Defeated 1899 Died 13 January 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Watchorn Perkins (1843-1903): Elected 1899 Born: 23 May 1843, Hobart Career: Lawyer, barrister 1866. Died 19 January 1903: See by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH ESK ==================================================================== Following the resignation of James Gibson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Polling 15 March 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert S SCOTT 146 50.5 Richard G Talbot 143 49.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 289 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Steele Scott (1839-1924): Elected 1899 by Born: 1839, Ireland Career: To Vic 1858, to Tas 1868. Merchant, company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Daily Telegraph, 17 March 1899 This election does not appear in Hughes and Graham TAMAR ==================================================================== Following acceptance of office by Hon George T Collins -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 25 October 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George T COLLINS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Thomas Collins (1839-1926): Elected 1895. Accepted office 1899. Elected 1899 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Mercury, 24 October 1899