Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council, 1885–1891

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1885 and 1891. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.

Elections

Date	Electorates
4 May 1885	Cambridge; Hobart (1)
? May 1886	Hobart (1); Launceston (1); North Esk
? May 1887	Hobart (1); Meander; Pembroke
8 May 1888	Huon; Launceston (1); Mersey
7 May 1889	Derwent; Tamar; Westmorland
6 May 1890	Buckingham; Macquarie; South Esk

Members

Name	Division	Years in office	Elected
James Agnew[7]	Jordan Macquarie[2]	1877–1881; 1884–1887	1884
James Aikenhead[3]	Tamar	1870–1885	1882
Donald Cameron	North Esk	1868–1886	1880
Audley Coote[5]	Tamar	1886–1895	1889
William Crosby	Hobart	1885–1909	1885
William Dodery	Longford Westmorland[2]	1877–1907	1889
Sir Adye Douglas[4][9]	South Esk Launceston	1855–1856; 1884–1886; 1890–1904	1885
Sir Philip Fysh	Buckingham	1866–1869; 1870–1873; 1884–1894	1890
Walter Gellibrand	Derwent	1871–1901	1889
James Gibson[4]	South Esk	1886–1899	1890
Frederick Grubb	Meander	1879–1911	1887
William Hart[3]	Launceston	1885–1904	1888
William Hodgson[10]	Pembroke	1881–1891	1887
Henry Lamb[10]	Pembroke	1891–1899	b/e
Alfred Lord[8]	Cambridge	1890–1897	1891
John Lord[8]	Cambridge	1873–1890	1885
John Hair McCall	Mersey	1888–1901	1888
Alexander McGregor	Hobart	1880–1896	1886
William Moore[1]	Mersey Russell	1877–1909	1885
Alfred Page[7]	Macquarie	1887–1909	1890
Henry Rooke	North Esk	1886–1901	1886
George Salier[6]	Hobart	1886–1892	1887
John Scott[5][9]	Tamar Launceston[2]	1880–1890	1885
Thomas Smart[6]	Hobart	1881–1886	1881
James Smith[1]	Mersey	1885–1888	b/e
John Watchorn	Huon	1882–1905	1888

Notes

¹ On 20 November 1885, following the creation of the seat of Russell in north-western Tasmania, William Moore, the member for Mersey, transferred to the seat. His old seat was filled by James Smith.

² In December 1885, a redistribution of the Council occurred.

• The Longford division was renamed Westmorland. The member for Longford, William Dodery, was unaffected.
• The Jordan division was abolished and largely recreated as Macquarie; the member for Jordan, James Agnew, was required to stand for an extraordinary election on 18 February 1886, at which he was reelected.
• A new two-member division of Launceston was created while Tamar changed from a two-member to a single-member division.

³ When the second seat in Tamar was abolished, the incumbent, James Aikenhead, retired. At the resulting Launceston by-election on 21 December 1895, William Hart was elected.

⁴ In February 1886, Adye Douglas, the member for South Esk, resigned. James Gibson won the resulting by-election on 26 March 1886.

⁵ An extraordinary election for the second Launceston seat was declared for 13 July 1886. Tamar MHA John Scott resigned to contest it, and hence by-elections for both Tamar and Launceston were required. Scott was elected in Launceston, whilst Audley Coote was elected in Tamar.

⁶ In January 1886, Thomas Smart, one of the three members for Hobart, resigned. George Salier won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1886.

⁷ Shortly after his Government's defeat on 29 March 1887, the Premier of Tasmania and member for Macquarie, James Agnew, retired from politics. Alfred Page won the resulting by-election on 26 July 1887.

⁸ On 13 January 1890, John Lord, the member for Cambridge, died. Alfred Lord was elected unopposed on 29 January 1890.

⁹ On 3 June 1890, John Scott, one of the two members for Launceston, died. Sir Adye Douglas was elected unopposed on 17 June 1890.

¹⁰ On 19 March 1891, William Hodgson, the member for Pembroke, died. Henry Lamb won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1891.

Sources

• Hughes, Colin A.; Aitkin, Don (1986). Voting for the Australian State Upper Houses, 1890-1984. Canberra: Australian National University. ISBN 0-9097-7918-X. 
• Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856

Members of the Parliament of Tasmania

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