Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1900–1903 explained

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1900 election and the 1903 election.

Party affiliations were relatively loose during the period, although a Liberal grouping had formed over the 1890s around Sir Edward Braddon, the former Premier of Tasmania, and Andrew Inglis Clark. A separate grouping, generally described as Ministerial, supported Elliott Lewis, who was Premier for the entire parliamentary term. Only one Labor candidate ran in the election, in only the second contest entered by the party.

The 1900 election was the second to use a limited version of the Hare-Clark system within Hobart and Launceston, which were given 6 and 4 seats respectively, while still using first past the post single-member constituencies elsewhere in the state. Following this term, the system largely returned to its pre–1897 state, but at the 1909 election, the entire State was redivided into five six-seat electorates using the Hare-Clark system.

NamePartyDistrictYears in office
Liberal 1898–1902
Liberal 1893–1902
Ministerial/Liberal 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Ministerial 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Liberal 1879–1888; 1893–1901
Ministerial 1893–1900
Independent/Ministerial 1875–1903
Liberal/Independent 1882–1889; 1893–1903
Independent/Ministerial 1899–1903
Ministerial 1893–1903
Ministerial 1878–1912
Ministerial/Independent 1884–1913
Ministerial 1886–1903
Independent/Ministerial 1897–1937
Independent 1893; 1897–1901
Ministerial 1899–1903
Independent/Ministerial 1882–1886; 1900–1903
Independent/Liberal 1897–1903
Ministerial 1887–1903
Ministerial 1884–1902
Independent/Liberal 1900–1912
Liberal/Ministerial 1898–1900; 1900–1903;
1917–1919
Ministerial 1900–1911
Ministerial 1891–1903; 1906–1909
Ministerial 1886–1903; 1909–1922
Independent/Liberal 1900–1906
Liberal 1888–1893; 1901–1909
Liberal 1900–1903
Ministerial 1886–1909
Liberal 1902–1903
Liberal 1883–1899; 1900
Ministerial 1891–1903; 1910–1919
Liberal 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Liberal 1900–1909
Independent/Ministerial 1900–1904
Liberal 1899–1905
Liberal 1874–1903
Ministerial 1899–1903
Independent/Liberal 1900–1912; 1913–1922
Ministerial 1891–1903
Liberal 1902–1903
Liberal 1891–1897; 1901–1903
Independent/Liberal 1894–1903; 1906–1909
Independent/Liberal 1900–1903
Ministerial 1893–1903

Notes

On 17 April 1900, Liberal member for Hobart, Edward Miles, resigned. Liberal candidate Herbert Nicholls won the resulting by-election on 15 May 1900.

On 14 November 1900, Ministerial member for Hobart, John Bradley, died. Independent candidate Charles Hoggins won the resulting by-election on 5 December 1900.

On 29 March 1901, Liberal member for West Devon, Sir Edward Braddon, resigned to contest the inaugural federal election. Liberal candidate Sir John McCall won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1901.

In September 1901, Independent member for Launceston, Alexander Fowler, resigned. Liberal candidate Samuel Sutton won the resulting by-election on 4 October 1901.

On 3 April 1902, the Liberal member for Latrobe, William Aikenhead, died. Liberal candidate Henry Murray was elected unopposed on 19 April 1902.

In March 1902, Ministerial member for Launceston, William Hartnoll, resigned to contest a federal by-election following the death of Frederick Piesse. Liberal candidate David Storrer won the resulting by-election on 22 April 1902. Ironically, Storrer himself resigned the seat several months after the following election to defeat Hartnoll in Bass.

On 26 May 1902, the Liberal member for Selby, Frank Archer, died. At the resulting by-election on 11 June 1902, Liberal candidate Thomas Massey was elected unopposed.

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.