VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 9 SEPTEMBER 1886 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 9 September 1886 to 13 September 1888 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 6,239 enrolled, 2,495 (40.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William PEARSON * 1,876 75.2 Charles Sargeant 619 24.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,495 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pearson (1818-93): Elected 1864, 1866. Retired 1868. Elected 1881 by, 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Gippsland Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John George Dougharty (1823-89): Elected 1880 by Dougharty retired in 1888 Died 14 November 1889 > William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Cornelius J HAM * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cornelius Job Ham (1837-1909): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Melbourne Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Lorimer (1831-89): Elected 1879 by, 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Edward Hearn (1826-88): Elected 1878 Died 23 April 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 4,540 enrolled, 2,226 (49.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas DOWLING 1,194 53.6 Hon Holford H Wettenhall * 1,032 46.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,226 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Holford Highlord Wettenhall (1840-1920): Elected 1883 by. Defeated 1886 Died 29 October 1920 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Dowling (1820-1914): Elected 1886 Born: 6 December 1820, Essex Career: To VDL 1830, to Port Phillip 1849. Pastoralist near Mortlake. Mortlake Shire Council for 50 years. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Nelson Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Bromell (1832-87): Elected 1874, 1884 Died 9 October 1887 > James Williamson (1830-1914): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David C STERRY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Chaplin Sterry (1831-1904): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Northern Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Walter Peacock Simpson (1826-1918): Elected 1886 by > William Irving Winter-Irving (1840-1901): Elected 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE 5,399 enrolled, 3,417 (63.3%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- J H K Buscombe 1,155 33.8 Hon William E STANBRIDGE * 2,262 66.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,417 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Edward Stanbridge (1816-94): Elected 1881 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Central Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884 > William Austin Zeal (1830-1912): Elected 1864. Retired 1865. Elected 1871. Retired 1874. Elected 1882 by, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick BROWN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Brown (1829-1903): Elected 1883 by, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Eastern Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Hanna (1819-90): Elected 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 Hanna retired in 1888 Died 12 September 1890 > John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David COUTTS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Coutts (1843-97): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Western Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Bell (1836-1908) Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Young (1848-91): Elected 1882, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE 10,281 enrolled, 4,469 (43.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George Meares * 1,925 43.1 William H ROBERTS 2,544 56.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,469 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Meares (1825-1903): Elected 1882. Defeated 1886 Died 8 December 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Roberts (1847-1900): Elected 1886 Born: 10 December 1847, Melbourne Career: Solicitor. Williamstown City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Yarra Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James George Beaney (1828-91): Elected 1883 by, 1884 > Francis Edis Beaver (1824-87): Elected 1856. Defeated 1859. Elected 1882 Died 7 October 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Donald MELVILLE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878 > Thomas Henty (1836-87): Elected 1884 Died 22 September 1887 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 7,848 enrolled, 2,039 (26.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James BUCHANAN * 1,274 62.5 Nathaniel Levi 459 22.5 Robert Woolcott 306 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,039 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South-Eastern Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880 > Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Francis ORMOND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Ormond (1829-89): Elected 1882 by, 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Connor (1834-99): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 by, 1883. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886 by > William Robertson (1839-92): Elected 1871. Retired 1874. Elected February 1880. Defeated July 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1883. Retired 1986. Elected 1886 by Robertson retired in 1888 Died 23 June 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon FRASER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser was MLA for Rodney 1874-83. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Fraser (1832-1919): Elected 1874, 1877, February 1880, July 1880. Retired 1883. Elected 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Yarra Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James MacBain (1828-92): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874, 1877. Retired 1880. Elected 1880by, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by. Resigned 1880. Elected 1882. Accepted office 1883. Elected 1883 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 7,552 enrolled, 5,023 (66.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry GORE 2,512 50.0 Thomas D Wanliss 2,511 50.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,023 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wanliss, see Wellington Province, 1893 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Gore (1840-1909): Elected 1886 Born: 20 November 1840, Kent Career: To Melbourne 1861. Creswick Shire Engineer, mining investor, landowner. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Wellington Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Justice -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Ham (1830-1908): Elected 1886 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nathan THORNLEY * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathan Thornley (?-1903): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1886-88 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Forrest Cumming (1842-1918): Elected 1881 by > William Ross (1827-1900): Elected 1878 Ross retired in 1888 Died 22 February 1900 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1886-88 ==================================================================== SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 20 October 1887, following the death of Hon Thomas Henty -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brunton 1,778 40.3 Charles H JAMES 2,525 57.2 Hon Sir Archibald Michie 111 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,414 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Brunton, see Southern Province, 1890. 2. Michie was a nominated MLC 1852-53, MLA for Melbourne 1856-59, St Kilda 1859-61, Polwarth and Grenville South 1863-64, St Kilda 1864- 65, Ballarat West 1870-71, MLC for Central Province 1871-73. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Henry James (1848-98): Elected 1887 by Born: 7 December 1848, Co Wexford Career: To South Australia 1860s, to Melbourne 1872. Merchant, land developer and speculator. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== 4 November 1887, following the death of Hon Francis Beaver -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alfred T Clark 1,371 30.9 Dr George LE FEVRE 3,064 69.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,435 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark was MLA for Williamstown 1871-87. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Le Fevre (1848-91): Elected 1887 by Born: 14 March 1848, Bedfordshire Career: Educated Glasgow and Edinburgh Universities. Surgeon. To Melbourne 1866. Surgeon at Melbourne Hospital. President Victorian Branch BMA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE ==================================================================== 8 November 1887, following the death of Hon Thomas Bromell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James P MACPHERSON 1,584 61.8 Agar Wynne 981 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,565 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wynne, see Western Province, 1888 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Philip Macpherson (1842-91): Elected 1887 by Born: 20 November 1842, Melbourne Career: Solicitor. Pastoralist, Streatham. Brother of Hon John A Macpherson MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 15,689 enrolled, 5,080 (32.4%) voted ==================================================================== 22 May 1888, following the death of Hon Dr William Hearn -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James SERVICE 3,489 68.7 Robert Byrne 1,591 31.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,080 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Byrne was MLA for Crowlands 1866-69. 2. Service was MLA for Melbourne 1857-59, Ripon and Hampden 1859-62, Maldon 1874-81, Castlemaine 1883-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Service (1823-99): Elected 1858 by. Defeated 1859. Elected 1859. Accepted office 1859. Elected 1859 by, 1861. Resigned 1862. Elected 1874, 1877, February 1880. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, July 1880. Resigned 1881. Elected 1883. Retired 1886. Elected 1888 by --------------------------------------------------------------------