Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1893–1897 explained

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1893 election and the 1897 election.

Party affiliations were relatively loose during the period. In the table below, "Ministerial" relates to supporters of Henry Dobson, who served as Premier of Tasmania until 14 April 1894, and "Liberal" refers to an opposition group which came to support Sir Edward Braddon, who served as Premier for the rest of the term.

NamePartyDistrictYears in office
Ministerial/Liberal 1893–1902
Ministerial 1886–1897
Liberal 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Opposition/Independent 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Liberal 1879–1888; 1893–1901
Independent/Liberal 1893–1900
Ministerial 1875–1903
Opposition/Independent 1882–1889; 1893–1903
Ministerial 1893–1903
Independent 1893–1894; 1897–1899;
1912–1913; 1925–1928
Liberal 1878–1882; 1887–1898
Ministerial/Liberal 1886–1900
Independent/Liberal 1878–1912
Ministerial/Independent 1884–1913
Ministerial 1891–1900
Ministerial/Liberal 1886–1903
Independent 1886–1897
Liberal 1873–1878; 1894–1898
Independent 1887–1897
Ministerial 1893–1900; 1903–1906
Independent/Liberal 1887–1903
Ministerial 1884–1902
Ministerial 1891–1897
Opposition/Independent 1891–1897
Liberal 1891–1903; 1906–1909
Ministerial 1886–1903; 1909–1922
Independent 1893–1897
Ministerial 1886–1909
Liberal 1893–1900
Independent/Liberal 1883–1899; 1900
Liberal 1891–1903; 1910–1919
Ministerial 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Liberal 1893–1894
Liberal 1876–1899
Liberal 1874–1903
Ministerial 1891–1903
Ministerial 1891–1897; 1901–1903
Liberal 1894–1903; 1906–1909
Ministerial 1893–1903

Notes

In December 1893, the election of the Independent member for Cumberland, Don Urquhart, who had won the seat from incumbent member Nicholas John Brown by 12 votes, was declared void. At the close of nominations for the resulting by-election on 24 February 1894, Brown was re-elected unopposed.

The seat of Montagu was created after the election, and a by-election was held on 2 March 1894 to choose a member for the seat. Don Urquhart won the by-election.

On 14 April 1894, following the fall of the Dobson government, Edward Braddon was invited to form a government. These members were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections. Additionally, Sir Philip Fysh opted to transfer from his Legislative Council seat to contest a North Hobart vacancy created by the resignation of Frederick William Piesse from the House. On 24 April 1894, Fysh and Andrew Inglis Clark were returned unopposed, whilst Alfred Pillinger was returned six days later in a contested election. Piesse, meanwhile, ran for and won the Council vacancy caused by Fysh's resignation from that House in a by-election on 8 May 1894.

In May 1894, Norman Cameron, the Independent member for Deloraine, resigned and recontested his seat in a by-election. He was defeated by Liberal candidate Jonathan Best on 25 May 1894.

Sources

. Colin Hughes. Graham, B. D.. Voting for the South Australian, Western Australian and Tasmanian Lower Houses, 1890-1964. 1976. Australian National University. Canberra. 0-7081-1334-6.