VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 10 SEPTEMBER 1896 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 10 September 1896 to 8 September 1898 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.” VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 9,371 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William McCULLOCH * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880, 1890. Accepted office 1894. Elected 1894 by, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Defence Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Gippsland Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Edward Jolley Crooke (1861-1940): Elected 1893 by > Charles Sargeant (1836-1908): Elected 1889, 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 14,014 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Robert REID * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Reid (1842-1904): Elected 1892 by, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Melbourne Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cornelius Job Ham (1837-1909): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 > 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 > Arthur Snowden (1829-1918): Elected 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 5,297 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Samuel WILLIAMSON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Samuel Williamson (1840-1901): Elected 1891 by, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Nelson Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Dowling (1820-1914): Elected 1886, 1892 > William Henry Seville Osmand (1824-1901): Elected 1888, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,599 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William I WINTER * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Irving Winter (1840-1901): Elected 1884 by, 1890, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Northern Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joseph Henry Abbott (1830-1904): Elected 1876. Disqualified 1876. Elected 1889 by, 1892 > George Simmie (1828-1906): Elected 1889, 1895 > Joseph Sternberg (1852-1928): Elected 1891 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE 5,473 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nicholas FITZGERALD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884, 1890, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Central Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Embling (1840-1912): Elected 1892 > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 9,285 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John A WALLACE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874, 1884, 1890, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Eastern Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Brown (1829-1903): Elected 1883 by, 1886, 1892 > Arthur Otto Sachse (1860-1920): Elected 1892 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 12,834 enrolled, 6,200 (48.3%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Duncan 2,922 47.3 Pharez PHILLIPS 3,254 52.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 24 (00.4%) informal 6,176 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Duncan was MLA for Borung 1889-92. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pharez Phillips (1855-1914): Elected 1896 Born: 22 November 1855, Mt Blackwood Victoria Career: Merchant, Warracknabeal and Beulah. Pioneer Mallee wheat- farmer. St Arnaud Shire Council, Borung Shire Council. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Western Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Coutts (1843-97): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 Died 3 May 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 3 May 1897 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Bell (1836-1908) Elected 1882, 1888, 1894 > Joseph Major Pratt (1834-1917): Elected 1889, 1895 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE 11,044 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William PITT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pitt (1855-1918): Elected 1891 by, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Yarra Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Fredrick Sheppard Grimwade (1840-1910): Elected 1891 by, 1894 > Nathaniel Levi (1830-1908): Elected 1861 by, 1861, 1864, 1866. Defeated 1868. Elected 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 11,591 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas BRUNTON * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brunton (1831-1908): Elected 1890, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878, 1888, 1894 Died 15 May 1897 > Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882, 1886, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE 14,025 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon James BALFOUR * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880, 1890, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South-Eastern Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876, 1886, 1892 Buchanan retired in 1898. Died 11 September 1914 > James Callender Campbell (1838-1916): Elected 1895 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 7,404 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Joseph H CONNOR * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Sidney Austin (1846-1906): Elected 1888, 1894 > 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE 14,564 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir 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, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Yarra Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Simon Fraser (1832-1919): Elected 1874, 1877, February 1880, July 1880. Retired 1883. Elected 1886, 1892 > George Godfrey (1834-1920): Elected 1895 > Edward Miller (1848-1932): Elected 1893 by, 1894 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 8,681 enrolled ==================================================================== 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, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Health Solicitor-General -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Wellington Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Ham (1830-1908): Elected 1886 by, 1888, 1894 > Edward Morey (1832-1907): Elected 1889, 1895 > Thomas David Wanliss (1830-1923): Elected 1893 by Wanliss retired in 1898. Died 19 April 1923 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE 6,524 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Agar WYNNE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Agar Wynne (1850-1934): Elected 1888 by. Accepted office 1893. Elected 1893 by, 1896 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1896-98 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Samuel Winter Cooke (1847-1929): Elected 1888, 1894 > Nathan Thornley (?-1903): Elected 1882, 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1896-98 ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE ==================================================================== 30 September 1896, following the death of Hon George Davis -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William PEARSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Pearson (1864-1919): Elected 1896 by Born: 25 June 1864, near Sale Victoria Career: Pastoralist near Sale. Sale Borough Council, Rosedale Shire Council. Son of Hon William Pearson MLC. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 4 June 1897, following the death of Hon David Coutts -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas COMRIE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Comrie (1834-1910): Elected 1897 by Born: February 1834, Perthshire Career: To Melbourne 1857. Merchant, Tarnagulla. Tarnagulla Borough Council, mayor several times. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 20 June 1897, following the death of Hon Sir William Clarke -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Rupert T H CLARKE Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rupert Turner Havelock Clarke (1865-1926): Elected 1897 by Born: 16 March 1865, Sunbury Victoria Career: Educated Oxford University. Pastoralist, landowner, banker. Grandson of Hon William J T Clarke MLC, son of Hon Sir William Clarke MLC, brother of Hon Sir Francis Clarke MLC and Hon William K R Clarke MLC, uncle of Hon Michael Clarke MLC. --------------------------------------------------------------------