VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1888 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 13 September 1888 to 11 September 1890 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 7,744 enrolled, 2,644 (34.1%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George DAVIS 1,570 59.4 Charles Sargeant 1,074 40.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,644 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sargeant, see Gippsland Province, 1889 supplementary election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Davis (1833-96): Elected 1888 Born: 1833, Worcestershire Career: To Melbourne about 1850. Pastoralist at Maffra. Avon Shire Council, Maffra Shire Council, President 1881. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Gippsland Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880 > William Pearson (1818-93): Elected 1864, 1866. Retired 1868. Elected 1881 by, 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James SERVICE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Melbourne Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cornelius Job Ham (1837-1909): Elected 1882, 1886 > James Lorimer (1831-89): Elected 1879 by, 1880 Died 6 September 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence to 6 September 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 4,930 enrolled, 3,024 (61.3%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William H S OSMAND 2,043 67.5 Hon James Williamson * 981 32.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Williamson (1830-1914): Elected 1882. Defeated 1888 Died 19 September 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Seville Osmand (1824-1901): Elected 1888 Born: 10 April 1824, Devonshire Career: To Port Phillip 1850. Miner, mining investor, pastoralist at Stawell. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Nelson Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Dowling (1820-1914): Elected 1886 > James Philip Macpherson (1842-91): Elected 1887 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,434 enrolled, 5,398 (64.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Halfey 1,388 25.7 James Mackintosh 1,318 24.4 Hon Walter P SIMPSON * 2,692 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,398 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Halfey was MLA for Sandhurst 1864-67. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Peacock Simpson (1826-1918): Elected 1886 by, 1888 Resigned June 1889 Died 17 December 1918 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Northern Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Chaplin Sterry (1831-1904): Elected 1882, 1886 Resigned March 1889 Died 16 September 1904 > William Irving Winter (1840-1901): Elected 1884 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William A ZEAL * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Austin Zeal (1830-1912): Elected 1864. Retired 1865. Elected 1871. Retired 1874. Elected 1882 by, 1882, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Central Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884 > William Edward Stanbridge (1816-94): Elected 1881 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 8,044 enrolled, 3,762 (46.8%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James S Butters 1,255 33.4 John H Knipe 1,215 32.3 John TURNER 1,292 34.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,762 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Butters was MLA for Portland 1868-69, 1869-71. See by-election below. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Turner (1839-1916): Elected 1888 Born: 3 January 1839, Sussex Career: To Port Phillip 1850. Auctioneer, financier. Prahran Council, Mayor 1882. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Election declared void October 1888: see by-election below -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Eastern Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Brown (1829-1903): Elected 1883 by, 1886 > John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James BELL * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell (1836-1908) Elected 1882, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 16 September 1889 Minister for Defence from 16 September 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Western Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Coutts (1843-97): Elected 1882, 1886 > George Young (1848-91): Elected 1882, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr George LE FEVRE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Le Fevre (1848-91): Elected 1887 by, 1888 Resigned August 1889 Later career: See by-election, below -------------------------------------------------------------------- Le Fevre resigned because of what "The Argus" called "an informality in his declaration." Other members for North Yarra Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James George Beaney (1828-91): Elected 1883 by, 1884 > William Henry Roberts (1847-1900): Elected 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir William J CLARKE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Henry James (1848-98): Elected 1887 by James retired in 1890 Died 2 October 1898 > Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr Frank S DOBSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872, 1882, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South-Eastern Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 15 May 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidney AUSTIN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidney Austin (1846-1906): Elected 1888 Born: 16 May 1846, Somerset Career: To Victoria 1864. Pastoralist near Hamilton, woolbroker. Winchelsea Shire Council, Geelong City Council. Related to Edwin H Auston MLA, Hon Austin A Austin MLA and MLC, Edward A Austin MLA and Hon Thomas L Austin MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Connor (1834-99): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 by, 1883. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886 by > Francis Ormond (1829-89): Elected 1882 by, 1882, 1886 Died 5 May 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir James MacBAIN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James MacBain (1828-92): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874, 1877. Retired 1880. Elected 1880by, 1882, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Yarra Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Simon Fraser (1832-1919): Elected 1874, 1877, February 1880, July 1880. Retired 1883. Elected 1886 > Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by. Resigned 1880. Elected 1882. Accepted office 1883. Elected 1883 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David HAM * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Ham (1830-1908): Elected 1886 by, 1888 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Wellington Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Justice -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Gore (1840-1909): Elected 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- S Winter COOKE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Winter Cooke (1847-1929): Elected 1888 Born 13 March 1847, near Harrow Victoria Career: Educated Trinity College Cambridge. Barrister. Pastoralist at Branxholme. Portland Shire Council, President 1882. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1888-90 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Forrest Cumming (1842-1918): Elected 1881 by Resigned November 1888 Died 30 July 1918 > Nathan Thornley (?-1903): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1888-90 ==================================================================== For the Supplementary Elections held in September 1889, go back to the index page and click "1889." NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 27 November 1888, following the voiding of the election of Hon John Turner -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James S BUTTERS 1,823 49.6 John H Knipe 423 11.5 Hon John Turner 1,428 38.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,674 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Butters was MLA for Portland 1868-69, 1869-71. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Turner (1839-1916): Elected 1888. Election declared void 1888. Defeated 1888 by. Died 22 May 1916 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Stewart Butters (1832-1912): Elected 1868. Expelled 1869. Elected 1869 by. Retired 1871. Elected 1888 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 4 December 1888, following the resignation of Hon Thomas F Cumming -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar WYNNE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1888 by Born: 15 July 1850, London Career: To Melbourne 1850s. Solicitor 1874. Pastoralist and horse- breeder, company director. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== April 1889, following the resignation of Hon David C Sterry -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph H ABBOTT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904): Elected 1876. Disqualified 1876. Elected 1889 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 20 June 1889, following the death of Hon Francis Ormond -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathaniel Levi 233 06.5 Thomas Russell 1,187 33.0 Donald S WALLACE 2,180 83.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,600 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Levi was MLA for Maryborough 1861-65, Melbourne East 1866-67. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Donald Smith Wallace (1844-1900): Elected 1889 by Born: 10 August 1844, near Ballan Career: Pastoralist at Ballan and elsewhere. Prominent racehorse owner (owned Carbine). -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,493 enrolled, 4,976 (58.6%) voted ==================================================================== 16 July 1889, following the resignation of Hon Walter P Simpson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacob Cohn 2,458 49.4 Frederick ILLINGWORTH 2,518 50.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,976 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Illingworth (1844-1908): Elected 1889 by Born: 24 September 1844, Yorkshire Career: To Port Phillip 1848. Merchant, Melbourne and Bendigo. Banker and land speculator. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== August 1889, following the resignation of Hon Dr George Le Fevre -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr George LE FEVRE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Le Fevre (1848-91): Elected 1887 by, 1888. Resigned 1889. Elected 1889 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE ==================================================================== October 1889, following the death of Hon James Lorimer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Benjamin BENJAMIN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Benjamin Benjamin (1834-1905): Elected 1889 by Born: 2 September 1834, London Career: To Port Phillip 1843. Tea merchant and importer. Melbourne City Council, Mayor 1887. Philanthropist and Jewish community leader. Knighted 1889. Brother-in-law of Edward Cohen MLA. --------------------------------------------------------------------