VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF SEPTEMBER-NOVEMBER 1868 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 1 September 1868 to 28 November 1870 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 September 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas T a'BECKETT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Elected 1858, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1859 by, 1860 > John Pascoe Fawkner (1792-1869): Elected 1856, 1864 Died 4 September 1869 > James Graham (1819-98): Appointed 1853. Resigned 1854. Elected 1866. > John O'Shanassy (1818-83): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Accepted office 1858. Elected 1858 by, 1859, 1861, 1864. Retired 1866. Elected 1868 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 10 October, polling 24 October 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Welshman 171 44.1 Benjamin WILLIAMS * 217 55.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 388 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Stirling Hore Anderson (1821-83): Elected 1858 by, 1859. Accepted office 1860. Elected 1860 by, 1861. Defeated 1864. Elected 1866 by, 1866 > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860 > Henry Morgan Murphy (1815-91): Elected 1864 > Robert Turnbull (1819-72): Elected 1863 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 October, polling 2 November 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis ROBERTSON 716 66.1 Dr David E Wilkie * 370 33.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,086 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robertson was described in some newspapers as a Liberal candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Elliot Wilkie (1815-85): Elected 1858. Defeated 1868 Died 2 April 1885 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868 Born: About 1825, birthplace unknown Career: To Port Phillip 1841. Pastoralist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1862 > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864 > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866 > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 22 September, polling 3 October 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John P BEAR * 527 50.7 William Harbison 512 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Pinney Bear (1823-89): Elected 1863 by, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bear was the Opposition candidate supported by "The Argus." Harbison was the Liberal or Ministerialist candidate. He was presumably a relative of John Harbison, at this time Ministerialist MLA for Melbourne North. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Arthur Callander a'Beckett (1833-1901): Elected 1868 by > William John Turner Clarke (1801-74): Elected 1856. Resigned 1861. Elected 1862 Resigned November 1870 Died 13 January 1874 > William Degraves (1821-83): Elected 1860 > William Henry Pettet (1814-71): Elected 1864 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 29 September 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb J JENNER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862 > Robert Culbertson Hope (1812-78): Elected 1867 by > Thomas Learmonth (1818-1903): Elected 1867 by Resigned September 1868 Died 28 October 1903 > John McCrae (1816-70): Elected 1860 Died 17 February 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works 25 January 1869 to 20 September 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 6 October 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert SIMSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Simson (1819-96): Elected 1868 Born: 4 October 1819, Fifeshire Career: To Port Phillip 1842. Pastoralist. Lexton Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1868-70 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862 > Stephen George Henty (1811-72): Elected 1856, 1866 Resigned November 1870 Died 18 December 1872 > James Frederick Palmer (1803-71): Elected 1856, 1860 Palmer retired in 1870 Died 23 April 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to September 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Ford Strachan (1810-75): Elected 1856. Resigned 1866. Elected 1866 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1868-70 ==================================================================== SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 9 February 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by John McCrae -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCRAE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John McCrae (1816-70): Elected 1860. Accepted office 1869. Elected 1869 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Thomas Learmonth -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip RUSSELL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Philip Russell (1822-92): Elected 1869 by Born: About 1822, Fifeshire Career: To VDL 1842, to Port Phillip 1842. Pastoralist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 22 September 1869 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of John Pascoe Fawkner -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry S WALSH Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Sallows Walsh (1804-77): Elected 1869 by Born: About 1804, Sussex Career: To Port Phillip 1849. Watchmaker and jeweller. Melbourne City Council, Mayor 1858. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 12 March, polling 25 March 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon John McCrae -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Cowan 835 43.1 John CUMMING 1,104 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cumming (1830-83): Elected 1870 by Born: 4 August 1830, Aberdeen Career: To VDL 1833, to Port Phillip 1839. Pastoralist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 20 April, polling 29 April 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by Thomas T a'Beckett -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas T a'BECKETT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Elected 1858, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 November, polling 1 December 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon William J T Clarke -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Frank S DOBSON 389 50.8 William Harbison 376 49.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 765 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by Born: 20 April 1835, Hobart Career: Educated St John's College Cambrige (LLD 1870). To Melbourne 1861. Barrister, law lecturer Melbourne University. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 14 December 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Stephen Henty -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William SKENE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Skene (1809-77): Elected 1870 by Born: 1 June 1809, Fifeshire Career: To Port Phillip 1840. Pastoralist. Father of Thomas Skene MHR. --------------------------------------------------------------------