VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1862 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 12 September 1862 to 26 September 1864 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 22 September, polling 30 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas H FELLOWS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Howard Fellows (1822-78): Elected 1858 by, 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General 14 October 1863 to 24 March 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Elected 1858 > George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1859 by, 1860 > John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869): Elected 1856 > William Hull (1795-1874): Elected 1860 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 6 October, polling 25 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert THOMSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Thomson (1807-63): Elected 1856, 1862 Died 15 November 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Matthew Hervey (1802-74): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 27 June 1863 Commissioner of Public Works from 27 June 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860 > James Stewart (1820-63): Elected 1856 Died 2 August 1863 > Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 October, polling 1 November -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William CAMPBELL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell was MLC for Loddon 1851-54. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1851. Resigned 1854. Elected 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by > William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811-84): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Defeated 1858. Elected 1859 by, 1860. Accepted office 1862. Elected 1862 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Railways and Roads to 27 June 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1860 by > David Elliot Wilkie (1815-85): Elected 1858 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 September, polling 29 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William J T CLARKE 639 73.4 Dr Thomas Embling 232 26.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Clarke was MLC for Southern Province 1856-61 2. Embling was MLA for Collingwood 1856-61 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Turner Clarke (1801-74): Elected 1856. Resigned 1861. Elected 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Barter Bennett (1824-87): Elected 1856, 1858 Resigned May 1863 Died 19 May 1887 > William Degraves (1821-83): Elected 1860 > Donald Kennedy (1810-64): Elected 1856 Died 29 February 1864 > Thomas Herbert Power (1801-73): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 27 September, polling 8 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James HENTY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Selth Coppin (1819-1906): Elected 1858 Resigned April 1863 Later career: See Legislative Assembly, East Melbourne 1874 > John McCrae (1816-70): Elected 1860 > Robert Culbertson Hope (1812-78): Elected 1856 > James Ford Strachan (1810-75): Elected 1856 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 6 October, polling 15 October -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Niel BLACK * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1862-64 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen George Henty (1811-72): Elected 1856 > Henry Miller (1809-88): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1858. Elected 1858 > James Frederick Palmer (1803-71): Elected 1856, 1860 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Vaughan (1811-64): Elected 1856, 1858 Died 18 June 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1862-64 ==================================================================== SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 6 March, polling 17 March 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of George Coppin -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Griffith 349 36.8 Caleb J JENNER 600 63.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Griffith was MLA for Dundas and Follett 1856-58. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by Career: 9 December 1830, Sussex England Career: Migrated 1850. Businessman, Geelong. Company director and banker. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 21 May, polling 1 June 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of John Bennett -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John P BEAR 906 81.6 Patrick O'Brien 204 18.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,110 -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'Brien was MLA for Bourke South 1856-59 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Pinney Bear (1823-89): Elected 1863 by Born 1825, Devonshire England Career: Migrated 1841. Auctioneer, stock and station agent, Melbourne. Banker, company director, landowner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 7 July, polling 27 July 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by Hon Matthew Hervey -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Mathew HERVEY Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Hervey (1802-74): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1863. Elected 1863 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 August, polling 4 September 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of James Stewart -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James PINNOCK 125 51.0 Patrick Hanna 120 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 245 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Hanna, See Legislative Assembly, Murray Boroughs 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Pinnock (1810-75): Elected 1863 by Born c1810, Hampshire England Career: Emigration agent, London. Migrated to NSW 1838, to Melbourne 1841. Public servant to 1863. Company director, landowner. Melbourne City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 14 December, polling 28 December 1863 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Robert Thomson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert TURNBULL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turnbull was MLC for Gippsland 1851-53. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Turnbull (1819-72): Elected 1851, 1863 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 17 March, polling 31 March 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Donald Kennedy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mackenzie 304 34.0 William TAYLOR 591 66.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Taylor was MLC for Wimmera 1854-56. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Taylor (1818-1903): Elected 1854 by. Term expired 1856. Elected 1864 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 11 July, polling 20 July 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Charles Vaughan -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Charles SLADEN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sladen was MLA for Geelong 1856-57. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Sladen (1816-1884): Elected 1864 by --------------------------------------------------------------------