VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1894 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 13 September 1894 to 10 September 1896 Voting figures are taken from Colin Hughes and Don Aitkin, “Voting for the Australian state upper houses, 1890-1984,” ANU Press 1986. Candidates’ given names are taken from “The Argus.” See also the supplementary elections held in September 1895. VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 9,200 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George DAVIS * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Davis (1833-96): Elected 1888. Accepted office 1892. Elected 1892 by, 1894 Died 25 August 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The by-election caused by Davis's death was held after the September 1896 Legislative Council election, and appears under By-elections on that page. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Gippsland Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Jolley Crooke (1861-1940): Elected 1893 by > William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880, 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 27 September 1894 to 13 February 1895 Minister of Defence from 13 February 1895 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 13 February 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Sargeant (1836-1908): Elected 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Melbourne Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Selth Coppin (1819-1906): Elected 1858. Resigned 1863. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1883, 1886. Defeated 1889. Elected 1889 Coppin retired in 1895 Died 14 March 1906 > Cornelius Job Ham (1837-1909): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 > Robert Reid (1842-1904): Elected 1892 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Defence to 27 December 1894 Minister of Health to 27 December 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William H S OSMAND * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Seville Osmand (1824-1901): Elected 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Nelson Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Dowling (1820-1914): Elected 1886, 1892 > Samuel Williamson (1840-1901): Elected 1891 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 14 March 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,612 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph STERNBERG * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Sternberg (1852-1928): Elected 1891 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Northern Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904): Elected 1876. Disqualified 1876. Elected 1889 by, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 27 December 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Simmie (1828-1906): Elected 1889 > William Irving Winter (1840-1901): Elected 1884 by, 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE 5,518 enrolled ==================================================================== 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. Accepted office 1892. Elected 1892 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council Knighted 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Central Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Embling (1840-1912): Elected 1892 > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884, 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon A Otto SACHSE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Otto Sachse (1860-1920): Elected 1892 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Eastern Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Brown (1829-1903): Elected 1883 by, 1886, 1892 > John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874, 1884, 1890 NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James BELL * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell (1836-1908) Elected 1882, 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Western Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Coutts (1843-97): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 14 March 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Duncan Elphinstone McBryde (1853-1920): Elected 1891 by McBryde retired in 1896 Later career: See South-Eastern Province 1901 > Joseph Major Pratt (1834-1917): Elected 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office 27 September 1894 to 20 December 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Fredrick S GRIMWADE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fredrick Sheppard Grimwade (1840-1910): Elected 1891 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Yarra Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nathaniel Levi (1830-1908): Elected 1861 by, 1861, 1864, 1866. Defeated 1868. Elected 1892 > William Pitt (1855-1918): Elected 1891 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 15,005 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir William J CLARKE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878, 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Brunton (1831-1908): Elected 1890 > Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 15,600 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr Frank S DOBSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872, 1882, 1888, 1894 Died 1 June 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South-Eastern Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880, 1890 > James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876, 1886, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sidney AUSTIN * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sidney Austin (1846-1906): Elected 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Connor (1834-99): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 by, 1883. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886 by, 1890 > Donald Smith Wallace (1844-1900): Elected 1889 by, 1892 Resigned November 1894 Died 27 May 1900 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE 18,209 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Edward MILLER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Miller (1848-1932): Elected 1893 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Yarra Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Mark Davies (1840-1919): Elected 1889 > Simon Fraser (1832-1919): Elected 1874, 1877, February 1880, July 1880. Retired 1883. Elected 1886, 1892 > Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by. Resigned 1880. Elected 1882. Accepted office 1883. Elected 1883 by. Accepted office 1890. Elected 1890 by, 1884. Accepted office 1890. Elected 1890 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Defence 27 September 1894 to 20 December 1894 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works 27 September 1894 to 20 December 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sargood resigned in opposition to the Turner government's decision to impose a land tax. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 8,881 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon David HAM * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Ham (1830-1908): Elected 1886 by, 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Wellington Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, 1884, 1890 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Health from 27 September 1894 Solicitor-General from 27 September 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Morey (1832-1907): Elected 1889 > Thomas David Wanliss (1830-1923): Elected 1893 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 6,849 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon S Winter COOKE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Winter Cooke (1847-1929): Elected 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 27 September 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1894-96 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Nathan Thornley (?-1903): Elected 1882, 1892 > Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1888 by. Accepted office 1893. Elected 1893 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General to 27 September 1894 Solicitor-General to 27 September 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1894-96 ==================================================================== SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== 17 October 1894, following acceptance of office by Hon Sir Frederick T Sargood -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick T SARGOOD Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by. Resigned 1880. Elected 1882. Accepted office 1883. Elected 1883 by. Accepted office 1890. Elected 1890 by, 1884. Accepted office 1890. Elected 1890 by. Accepted office 1894. Elected 1894 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE ==================================================================== 17 October 1894, 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, 1884, 1890. Accepted office 1894. Elected 1894 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 4 January 1895, following the resignation of Hon Donald S Wallace -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph H GREY Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Henry Grey (1846-1935): Elected 1895 by Born: About 1846, Wiltshire Career: To Melbourne 1854. Solicitor 1889. Resigned July 1896. Later career: Convicted of embezzlement and forgery 1901. Died 12 June 1935 ------------------------------------------------------------------- GIPPSLAND PROVINCE ==================================================================== 5 March 1895, following acceptance of office by Hon William McCulloch -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William McCULLOCH * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880, 1890. Accepted office 1894. Elected 1894 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 2 July 1895, following the death of Hon Dr Frank S Dobson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James C CAMPBELL Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Callender Campbell (1838-1916): Elected 1895 by Born: 17 July 1838, Co Londonderry Career: To Melbourne 1858. Auctioneer, partner of Hon William McCulloch MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 4 August 1896, following the resignation of Hon Joseph H Grey -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Henry WRIXON Unopposed --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wrixon was MLA for Belfast 1868-77, Portland 1880-94. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry John Wrixon (1839-1915): Elected 1868. Accepted office 1870. Elected 1870 by, 1871, 1874. Retired 1877. Elected February 1880, July 1880, 1883, 1886, 1889, 1892. Resigned July 1894. Elected 1896 by ---------------------------------------------------------------------