VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1858 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 31 August 1858 to 4 September 1860 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 14 September, polling 21 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas T a'BECKETT 1,038 62.7 Dr David E Wilkie 617 37.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,655 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. a'Beckett was an appointed MLC 1852-56. 2. For Wilkie, See North Western Province 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Appointed 1852. Term expired 1856. Elected 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869): Elected 1856 > Thomas Howard Fellows (1822-78): Elected 1858 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 27 October 1859 to 26 November 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Hodgson (1799-1860): Elected 1856 Died 2 August 1860 > John Hood (1816-77): Elected 1856 Resigned September 1859 Later career: See Legislative Assembly, Belfast 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 October, polling 25 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pearson 129 44.2 Hon Benjamin WILLIAMS * 163 55.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 292 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Pearson, See Legislative Assembly, Gippsland North 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matthew Hervey (1802-74): Elected 1856 > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by > James Stewart (1820-63): Elected 1856 > Robert Thomson (1807-63): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 October, polling 1 November -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William H F Mitchell * 457 47.3 Dr David E WILKIE 509 52.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811-84): Elected 1856. Defeated 1858 Later career: See North Western Province by-election 1859 > David Elliot Wilkie (1815-85): Elected 1858 Born 1815, Haddingtonshire Scotland Career: Educated Edinburgh. Physician. Migrated to SA as ship's surgeon, to Port Phillip 1839. President Medical Society of Victoria. Company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by > Dennis Patrick Keogh (1826-84): Elected 1856 Resigned April 1860 Died 15 June 1884 > John Hunter Patterson (1810-59): Elected 1856 Died 24 April 1859 > George Urquhart (1805-86): Elected 1856 Resigned May 1860 Died 19 August 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 27 September, polling 7 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John B BENNETT * 545 58.6 James Johnston 385 41.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 930 08.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Johnston, See Legislative Assembly, St Kilda 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Barter Bennett (1824-87): Elected 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Turner Clarke (1801-74): Elected 1856 > Donald Kennedy (1810-64): Elected 1856 > Thomas McCombie (1813-69): Elected 1856 Resigned October 1859 > Thomas Herbert Power (1801-73): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 27 September, polling 7 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George S COPPIN 477 52.7 Hon James Cowie * 428 47.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 905 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Cowie (1809-92): Elected 1856. Defeated 1858 Later career: See Legislative Assembly, Geelong East 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Selth Coppin (1819-1906): Elected 1858 Born 8 April 1819, Sussex England Career: Migrated to NSW 1843. Actor, entrepreneur and publican. Founded St John's Ambulance service. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856 > Robert Culbertson Hope (1812-78): Elected 1856 > William Roope (?-1881): Elected 1856 Roope retired in 1860 Died 1881 > James Ford Strachan (1810-75): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 October, polling 15 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles VAUGHAN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Vaughan (1811-64): Elected 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1858-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen George Henty (1811-72): Elected 1856 > Henry Miller (1809-88): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1858. Elected 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner for Trade and Customs to 27 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Frederick Palmer (1803-71): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Daniel Joseph Tierney (1811-63): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1858. Elected 1858 Unseated on grounds of inadequate property January 1859 Died 22 May 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1858-60 ==================================================================== WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 9 February, polling 19 February 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the unseating of Dr Daniel Tierney -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Niel BLACK 484 67.8 Willaim Lane 230 32.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 714 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by Born 26 August 1804, Argyllshire Scotland Career: Migrated to SA 1839. To Port Phillip, pastoralist at Terang, Mount Noorat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 21 July, polling 10 August 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of John Patterson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- M T McDonough 25 06.4 William H F MITCHELL 363 93.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 388 43.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mitchell was MLC for North Western Province 1856-58 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811-84): Elected 1856. Defeated 1858. Elected 1859 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 30 September, polling 5 October 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of John Hood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George W COLE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cole was MLC for Gipps' Land 1853-55. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1853 by. Resigned 1855. Elected 1859 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 November, polling 14 November 1859 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Thomas McCombie -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gideon RUTHERFORD Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gideon Rutherford (1820-60): Elected 1859 by Born c1820, Caithness Scotland Career: Migrated 1841. Pastoralist at Strathmerton. Auctioneer and stock agent. Rutherford retired in 1860 Died 3 December 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 7 April, polling 27 April 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of George Urquhart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Aberdeen 134 28.6 George ROLFE 334 71.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 468 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Rolfe (1808-71): Elected 1860 by Born 1808, Kent England Career: Migrated to SA 1849, to Melbourne 1854. Wholesale merchant. Rolfe retired in 1862. Later career: See South Western Province, 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 2 May, polling 21 May 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Dennis Keogh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brice Bunny 31 03.1 Nathaniel Harris 310 30.8 Francis ROBERTSON 666 66.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bunny, see Legislative Assembly 1866, St Kilda -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1860 by Born c1825, Scotland Career: Migrated 1841. Pastoralist in various parts of Victoria, latterly at Kyneton. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 September, polling 27 September 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of John Hodgson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Bear 698 37.6 William HULL 1,160 62.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Bear, See Southern Province 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Hull (1795-1874): Elected 1860 by Born 2 May 1795, Somerset England Career: Migrated 1842. Wine merchant and agent. Company director, author. --------------------------------------------------------------------