ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTIONS IN 1905 ==================================================================== GORDON ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur MORRISBY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Morrisby (1847-1925): Elected 1899, 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 2 May 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,789 Total votes cast: 1,725 61.9 Informal votes: 18 01.0 Formal votes: 1,707 99.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred Crisp 851 49.9 William G GIBSON * 856 50.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,707 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William George Gibson(1848-1905): Elected 1901 by, 1905 Died 29 November 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOBART ==================================================================== Following the death of William G Gibson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 15 December, polling 22 December 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 2,853 Total votes cast: 1,771 62.1 Informal votes: 34 01.9 Formal votes: 1,737 98.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- C Davenport Hoggins 808 46.5 Hon William B PROPSTING 929 53.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,737 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Hoggins was MHA for Hobart 1898-1900, 1900-1903, for Denison 1917-19. 2. Propsting was MHA for Hobart 1899-1903, North Hobart 1903-05. Premier of Tasmania 1903-04. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Bispham Propsting (1861-1937): Elected 1899, 1900, 1903. Resigned 1905. Elected 1905 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- HUON ==================================================================== Following the death of John Watchorn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nominations 20 April, polling 2 May 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 1,051 Total votes cast: 768 73.1 Informal votes: 1 00.1 Formal votes: 767 99.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Fitzpatrick 237 30.9 Thomas M FISHER 530 69.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 767 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Moore Fisher (1851-1909): Elected 1905 by Born: 4 February 1851, Hobart Career: Master mariner, merchant. Died 15 February 1909: No by-election held -------------------------------------------------------------------- MEANDER ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick W GRUBB * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Frederick Grubb (1844-1923): Elected 1879. Seat vacated 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1887, 1893, 1899, 1905 Grubb retired at the 1911 election. Died 28 April 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PEMBROKE ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April 1905 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MURDOCH * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Murdoch (1851-1925): Elected 1903 by, 1905 --------------------------------------------------------------------