VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1872 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 9 August 1872 to 7 August 1874 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 August 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John O'SHANASSY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1872 Resigned April 1874 Later career: See Legislative Assembly, Belfast 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Elected 1858, 1868 > George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1859 by, 1860 > James Graham (1819-98): Appointed 1853. Resigned 1854. Elected 1866. > Archibald Michie (1813-99): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by, 1859. Defeated 1861. Elected 1863 by, 1864. Defeated 1866. Elected 1870 by. Defeated 1871. Elected 1871 by Resigned March 1873 Later career: Agent-General in London 1873-79. KCMG 1878. Died 21 June 1899 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 September, polling 16 September 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick O'Brien 454 42.0 Hon Robert TURNBULL * 628 58.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,082 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Turnbull (1819-72): Elected 1863 by, 1872 Died 21 November 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Stirling Hore Anderson (1821-83): Elected 1858 by, 1859. Accepted office 1860. Elected 1860 by, 1861. Defeated 1864. Elected 1866 by, 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works from 4 May 1874 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 4 May 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860, 1870 > Henry Morgan Murphy (1815-91): Elected 1864 Resigned November 1873 Died 2 July 1891 > Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 September, polling 16 September 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William CAMPBELL * 1,522 70.5 Thomas Meredith 637 29.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,159 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1862, 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864 > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866. Accepted office 1872. Elected 1872 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 4 May 1874 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 4 May 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 27 October 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 17 August 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr Frank S DOBSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Arthur Callander a'Beckett (1833-1901): Elected 1868 by > John Pinney Bear (1823-89): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > William Degraves (1821-83): Elected 1860, 1870 Resigned May 1874 Died 20 March 1883 > Thomas Ferrier Hamilton (1820-1905): Elected 1872 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 23 August 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James HENTY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862, 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Cumming (1830-83): Elected 1870 by, 1870 > Robert Culbertson Hope (1812-78): Elected 1867 by Hope retired in 1874 Died 24 June 1878 > Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > Philip Russell (1822-92): Elected 1869 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 30 August, polling 11 September 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Niel BLACK * Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862, 1872 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1872-74 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas McKellar (1819-1900): Elected 1870 > Robert Simson (1819-96): Elected 1868 > William Skene (1809-77): Elected 1870 by > James Ford Strachan (1810-75): Elected 1856. Resigned 1866. Elected 1866 by Strachan retired in 1874 Died 15 April 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1872-74 ==================================================================== EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 December 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Robert Turnbull -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Francis MURPHY Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Murphy was MLC for Murray 1851-53, 1853-56, MLA for Murray Boroughs 1856-66, for Grenville 1866-71. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Murphy (1809-91): Elected 1856, 1859, 1861, 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1872 by --------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 March, polling 31 March 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Archibald Michie -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander K Smith 1,726 48.8 Theodotus J SUMNER 1,811 51.2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,537 --------------------------------------------------------------------- For Smith, see Legislative Assembly 1877, Melbourne East --------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodotus John Sumner (1820-84): Elected 1873 by Born: 1820, Cornwall Career: To VDL 1841, to Melbourne 1842. Merchant, pastoralist, philanthropist. --------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 November 1873 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Henry Murphy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John A WALLACE Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by Born: 1828, Lanarkshire Career: To Melbourne 1852. Miner at the Ovens. Stopkeeper and Publican, mining investor. Brother of Peter B Wallace MLA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 30 April, polling 12 May 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Sir John O'Shanassy -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick T SARGOOD 2,497 59.9 Alexander K Smith 1,675 40.1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,172 --------------------------------------------------------------------- For Smith, see Legislative Assembly 1877, Melbourne East --------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by Born: 20 May 1834, London Career: To Melbourne 1850. Merchant, banker. Built "Rippon Lea." Son of Frederick J Sargood MLC and MLA. --------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 May 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by Hon Robert S Anderson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Robert S ANDERSON Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Stirling Hore Anderson (1821-83): Elected 1858 by, 1859. Accepted office 1860. Elected 1860 by, 1861. Defeated 1864. Elected 1866 by, 1866. Accepted office 1874. Elected 1874 by --------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 9 June, polling 19 June 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon William Degraves -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James BALFOUR 847 58.1 William Taylor 612 41.9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,459 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Balfour was MLA for Bourke East 1866-68. 2. Taylor was MLC for Wimmera 1854-56, Southern Province 1864-66. --------------------------------------------------------------------- James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by ---------------------------------------------------------------------