VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1874 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 7 August 1874 to 7 August 1876 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 August 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Theodotus J SUMNER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Theodotus John Sumner (1820-84): Elected 1873 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 September 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John A WALLACE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works to 7 August 1875 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works to 7 August 1875 Commissioner for Trade and Customs from 20 October 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860, 1870 > Francis Murphy (1809-91): Elected 1856, 1859, 1861, 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1872 by > Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858, 1868 Died 30 December 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 September 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nicholas FITZGERALD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1862, 1872 > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866. Accepted office 1872. Elected 1872 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, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 18 August 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas F HAMILTON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ferrier Hamilton (1820-1905): Elected 1872 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Arthur Callander a'Beckett (1833-1901): Elected 1868 by a'Beckett retired in 1876 Died 6 December 1901 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without portfolio 7 August 1875 to 20 October 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by > John Pinney Bear (1823-89): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 25 August 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry CUTHBERT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874 Born: 29 July 1829, Co Roscommon Career: Educated Drogheda Grammar School. Barrister. To Melbourne 1854. Mining investor, pastoralist. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Cumming (1830-83): Elected 1870 by, 1870 > James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862, 1872 > Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > Philip Russell (1822-92): Elected 1869 by Resigned March 1875 Later career: See South Western Province 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 29 August, polling 11 September 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas BROMELL 502 57.0 Edward Henty 186 21.1 William Learmonth 192 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. "The Argus" noted that these were incomplete figures. 2. Henty was MLA for Normanby 1856-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bromell (1832-87): Elected 1874 Born: 1832, Devon Career: To Melbourne about 1852. Miner, farmer, pastoralist. Dundas Shire President. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1874-76 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862, 1872 > Thomas McKellar (1819-1900): Elected 1870 Resigned May 1875 Died 2 August 1900 > Robert Simson (1819-96): Elected 1868 > William Skene (1809-77): Elected 1870 by Skene retired in 1876 Died 25 March 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1874-76 ==================================================================== EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 January 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Benjamin Williams -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William WILSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson was MLA for Ararat 1868-74. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Wilson (1834-91): Elected 1875 by Born: 16 February 1834, Dunbartonshire Career: To Melbourne 1853. Timber merchant, pastoralist, banker. -------------------------------------------------------------------- No notice of the writ for this by-election appeared in the "Government Gazette." The date of nominations appeared in the newspapers. SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 30 March, polling 9 April 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Philip Russell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward A Wynne 686 36.6 George F BELCHER 1,188 63.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wynne was the father of Hon Agar Wynne MLC, MLA and MHR. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Frederick Belcher (1823-1909): Elected 1875 by Born: 10 January 1823, Dublin Career: To Port Phillip 1839. Pastoralist. Broker and agent, Geelong. Mayor of Geelong 1873, 1875. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 11 June, polling 22 June 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Thomas McKellar -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Anderson 519 35.5 Samuel WILSON 944 64.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,463 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson was MLA for Wimmera 1861-64. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Wilson (1832-95): Elected 1861 by, 1861. Retired 1864. Elected 1875 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 2 November, polling 12 November 1875 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. Accepted office 1875. Elected 1875 by --------------------------------------------------------------------