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Electoral District Of East Devon
The electoral district of East Devon, sometimes referred to as Devon East, was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based on Tasmania's north coast in the town of Devonport and the surrounding rural area. The seat was created as a single-member seat ahead of the 1871 election following the abolition of the Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ... seat. In 1886, it became a two-member seat, and at the 1897 election, it was abolished and split into the electorates of Devonport and Latrobe. Members for East Devon References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Former electoral districts of Tasmania 1871 establishments in Australia 1897 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian House Of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. The other is the Legislative Council or Upper House. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Hobart. The Assembly has 25 members, elected for a term of up to four years, with five members being elected in each of five electorates, called divisions. Each division has approximately the same number of electors. Voting for the House of Assembly is by a form of proportional representation using the single transferable vote (STV), known as the Hare-Clark electoral system. By having multiple members for each division, the voting intentions of the electors are more closely represented in the House of Assembly. Since 1998, the quota for election in each division, after distribution of preferences, has been 16.7% (one-sixth). Under the preferential proportional voting system in place, the lowest-polling candidates are eliminated, and their votes distributed as prefere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmania
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Devonport, Tasmania
Devonport ( ; Palawa Kani: ''Tiagarra'') is a city in northern Tasmania, Australia, located on the lands of the Pannilerpanner clan of the Palawa nation. It is situated at the mouth of the Mersey River. Devonport had an urban population of 26,150 at the 2021 Australian census. History The first European settlement before 1850 was on a block of land at Frogmore, near present-day Latrobe. In 1850, a settler named Oldaker occupied land at present-day Devonport. Saw milling and coal mining developed with settlers arriving from England in 1854 on board the sailing ship 'Balmoral'. During the 1850s the twin settlements of Formby and Torquay were established on opposite banks at the mouth of the Mersey River. Torquay on the eastern shore was the larger community with police, post, magistrate, at least three hotels, shipyards and stores. A river ferry service connected the two communities. Between 1870 and 1880 the shipping industry grew and work was undertaken to deepen the mouth of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1871 Tasmanian Colonial Election
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Electoral District Of Devon
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The electoral district of Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the north coastal and north-western regions of Tasmania, and its major town was Devonport. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1871 election, being split into the electorates of Wellington, East Devon and West Devon. Members for Devon References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Tasmanian Colonial Election
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word '' computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Associ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Devonport
The electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast. The seat was created in a redistribution ahead of the 1897 election out of the abolished seat of East Devon. It was itself abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. The circumstances of its first two by-elections were initiated when the member for Devonport, John Henry, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 21 June 1898, Ministerial candidate William Aikenhead was elected. However, the election was declared void. In October 1898, the Ministerial member for neighbouring Latrobe, Henry Murray Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psychologist at Harvard University, where from 1959 to 1962 he conducted a series of psychologically damaging and purposefully abusive experiments on minors and under ..., resigned to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Latrobe
The Electoral district of Latrobe was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at Latrobe on Tasmania's north coast near the town of Devonport. The seat was created in a redistribution ahead of the 1897 election out of the former seat of East Devon, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. The circumstances of its first by-election were initiated when the member for neighbouring Devonport, John Henry, resigned. At the resulting by-election on 21 June 1898, Ministerial candidate William Aikenhead was elected. However, the election was declared void. In October 1898, the Ministerial member for Latrobe, Henry Murray Henry Alexander Murray (May 13, 1893 – June 23, 1988) was an American psychologist at Harvard University, where from 1959 to 1962 he conducted a series of psychologically damaging and purposefully abusive experiments on minors and underg ..., resigned to cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphus Rooke
Adolphus Frederick Rooke (27 April 1814 – 12 December 1881) was an English-born settler in Van Diemen's Land (later Tasmania) who worked as a brewer and farmer, and was one of the first members elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly in 1856. Rooke was born in Hartford, Cheshire in England, and emigrated to the colony of Van Diemen's Land around 1836. Acquiring large land holdings in Deloraine, Rooke concentrated on agriculture, working as a farmer and a brewer. In 1856, he acted on his considerable interest in politics and nominated as a candidate for the first Tasmanian colonial elections. He was elected unopposed as the member for Deloraine, which he held until his retirement in November 1862. In June 1868, he won the seat again but resigned after several months in January 1869. He took a third and final tilt at politics in 1871, holding the seat of East Devon East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Monaghan Dooley
James Monaghan Dooley (1822–1891) was an Australian politician from 1 October 1872 until his death on 5 February 1891. James Monaghan Dooley was born in County Tipperary, Ireland. He came from a farming background, however he trained in Dublin for a career in surveying. He spent some time working in England and there became involved in survey work for railways, expertise he later brought to the colony of Tasmania. Also whilst there, he met and married his wife, Alice Ainsworth, in Preston, Lancashire. In 1855, Dooley and Alice came to Tasmania, settling first at Hamilton-on-Forth with their three children. A baby, John Patrick, had died in Dublin before the journey began. Five more children were to be born at Forth, but the eldest, Mary Ann, died there in 1861 of scarlet fever. In 1870 the family moved to Latrobe and lived in Gilbert Street; their home being called 'The Wattles'. Of the family, two daughters (Rose and Alice) remained unmarried; George Alfred died as a young ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Young (Australian Politician)
Arthur Young (1816 – 27 March 1906) was an Australian politician. Young was born in Aberdeenshire in 1816. In 1886 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of East Devon East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census). .... He served until 1891. He died in 1906 in Devonport. References 1816 births 1906 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Henry (Australian Politician)
John Henry (1 September 1834 – 14 September 1912) was an Australian politician, member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Treasurer of Tasmania. Henry was born in Lerwick, Shetland Isles, Scotland, the third of seven sons of John Henderson Henry, a merchant, and his wife Christina, ''née'' Henderson. Henry migrated to Melbourne with his father and three brothers in May 1854. Henry was for a number of years Warden of the Mersey Marine Board. Henry was returned to the House of Assembly for East Devon on 22 May 1891 and after that seat was abolished, was returned for Devonport on 8 January 1897. In August 1892 he accepted office as Treasurer in the Henry Dobson ministry. He was a director of the Mount Lyell Prospecting Association from 1885. Henry was a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Mersey from 16 August 1901 until resigning on 18 July 1902. He was appointed CMG in the 1907 Birthday Honours. Henry died on 14 September 1912 at Devonport, Tasmani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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