VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1878 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 7 August 1878 to 7 August 1880 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 15 August, polling 27 August 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Byrne 1,659 30.1 Dr William E HEARN 3,854 69.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,513 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne was MLA for Crowlands 1866-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Hearn (1826-88): Elected 1878 Born: 21 April 1826, Co Cavan Career: Education Trinity College Dublin, Melbourne University (LLD 1863). Barrister. To Melbourne 1855, professor of politics, history, economics and classics, Melbourne University. Dean of Law 1873. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1859 by, 1860 Died 26 April 1879 > James Graham (1819-98): Appointed 1853. Resigned 1854. Elected 1866, 1876 > Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by Resigned March 1880 Later career: See South Yarra Province 1882 > Theodotus John Sumner (1820-84): Elected 1873 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 September 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William WILSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Wilson (1834-91): Elected 1875 by, 1878 Seat declared vacant July 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Wilson's seat was declared vacant due to non-attendance. Later career: See Legislative Assembly, Ararat by-election 1881 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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, 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 5 March 1880 to 5 August 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860, 1870 Highett retired in 1880 Died 29 November 1880 > Robert Dyce Reid (1839-1900): Elected 1876 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 5 August 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 September, polling 16 September 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Francis ROBERTSON * 1,765 87.7 Robert B Tucker 248 12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,013 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Tucker was MLA for Kyneton Boroughs 1861-67. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868, 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1862, 1872 > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874 > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866. Accepted office 1872. Elected 1872 by. Defeated 1876. Declared elected 1876. > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 17 August 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William J CLARKE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878 Born: 31 March 1831, Tasmania Career: To Port Phillip 1850. Pastoralist and banker. Son of Hon William J T Clarke MLC, father of Hon Sir Francis Clarke MLC, Hon Sir Rupert Clarke MLC and Hon William K R Clarke MLC, great-uncle of Hon Michael Clarke MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by > James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876 > Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872 > Thomas Ferrier Hamilton (1820-1905): Elected 1872 by, 1874 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 September 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb J JENNER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868, 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Frederick Belcher (1823-1909): Elected 1875 by, 1876 > John Cumming (1830-83): Elected 1870 by, 1870 Cumming retired in 1880 Died 20 September 1883 > Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General 5 March 1880 to 3 August 1880 Commissioner of Trade and Customs 5 March 1880 to 3 August 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862, 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 5 September 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William ROSS Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Ross (1827-1900): Elected 1878 Born: 27 May 1827, India (of British parents) Career: To NSW 1840s, pastoralist. To Victoria 1865, pastoralist at Penshurst. Mount Rouse Shire Council, President 1870. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1878-80 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862, 1872 Died 15 May 1880 > Thomas Bromell (1832-87): Elected 1874 > Charles Sladen (1816-1884): Appointed 1855. Elected 1856. Resigned 1857. Elected 1864 by. Retired 1868. Elected 1876 > Samuel Wilson (1832-95): Elected 1861 by, 1861. Retired 1864. Elected 1875 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1878-80 ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 10 May 1879 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon George Cole -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James LORIMER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Lorimer (1831-89): Elected 1879 by Born: 30 March 1931, Dumfriesshire Career: To Melbourne 1853. Merchant and shipowner and banker. President Chamber of Commerce. -------------------------------------------------------------------- CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 3 April 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Frederick Sargood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacBAIN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MacBain was MLA for Wimmera 1864-80. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacBain (1828-92): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874, 1877. Retired 1880. Elected 1880by -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 28 July, polling 7 August 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the declaration that Hon William Wilson's seat was vacant -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John G DOUGHARTY 900 51.1 George Sharpe 860 48.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,760 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sharpe was MLA for Moira 1877-80. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John George Dougharty (1823-89): Elected 1880 by Born: 3 September 1823, Lanarkshire Career: To Sydney 1839, to Port Phillip 1849. Auctioneer, stock and station agent. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 20 March 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by Hon Henry Cuthbert -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry CUTHBERT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 3 June, polling 15 June 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Hon Niel Black -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Robert SIMSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simson was MLC for Western Province 1868-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Simson (1819-96): Elected 1868. Retired 1878. Elected 1880 by --------------------------------------------------------------------