Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1903–1906 explained

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 2 April 1903 election and the 29 March 1906 election.

The Hare-Clark system being trialled in Hobart and Launceston came to an end at the 1903 election, and several seats in the rural region between the two centres either merged or changed substantially. Possibly the most significant result was the failure of the Premier of Tasmania, Elliott Lewis, to win a seat—formerly the member for abolished Richmond, he ran for the new Central Hobart seat, and was beaten by Herbert Nicholls, an opposition backbencher with only two years' parliamentary experience, by a substantial margin. The election also saw an increased participation by the fledgling Labor Party, which won four of the six seats it contested, all of which were in mining areas of the state. Future Labor premier John Earle was beaten in Waratah by four votes, whilst future federal MHR Jens Jensen and senator James Long also commenced their parliamentary careers.

NamePartyDistrictYears in office
Liberal 1903–1909
Liberal/Independent 1903–1906
Liberal/Ministerial 1889–1893; 1903–1909
Liberal/Independent 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Ministerial 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Liberal/Ministerial 1903–1906; 1909–1921
Liberal 1903–1909
Ministerial/Independent 1903–1906
Ministerial 1875–1903
Liberal/Ministerial 1903–1909
Labor 1903–1906
Ministerial 1878–1912
Independent 1884–1913
Ministerial 1886–1903
Independent/Ministerial 1903–1906
Ministerial 1897–1937
Liberal/Independent 1903–1906
Liberal/Ministerial 1893–1900; 1903–1906
Liberal/Ministerial 1903–1913; 1916–1925
Liberal/Ministerial 1900–1912
Ministerial 1900–1911
Labor 1903–1910; 1922–1925;
1928–1934
Labor/Ind.Labor 1903–1906
Labor 1903–1910
Liberal 1900–1906
Liberal 1888–1893; 1901–1909
Ministerial 1886–1909
Liberal 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Liberal 1900–1909
Ministerial 1900–1904
Liberal 1903–1920
Liberal 1899–1905
Liberal/Ministerial 1903–1912
Liberal/Independent 1903–1906
Liberal 1900–1912; 1913–1922
Liberal 1902–1903
Liberal/Ministerial 1903–1909
Ministerial 1903–1909
Ministerial 1903–1909

Notes

On 12 May 1903, the Ministerial member for Longford, Henry Dumaresq, resigned. Ministerial candidate Alfred Youl was elected unopposed.

On 22 September 1903, the Ministerial member for Cumberland and Speaker of the House, Nicholas John Brown, died. Ministerial candidate John Wood won the resulting by-election on 9 October 1903.

In November 1903, the Liberal member for West Launceston, David Storrer, resigned to contest the Federal seat of Bass against William Hartnoll, who Storrer had replaced in the Assembly the previous year. Liberal candidate Matthew Robinson won the resulting by-election on 10 December 1903.

In July 1904, the Labor member for Lyell, James Long, resigned. He was returned unopposed on 13 July 1904.

In July 1904, the Ministerial member for South Hobart, Robert Patterson, resigned. Ministerial candidate Stafford Bird won the resulting by-election on 30 July 1904.

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.