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Electoral District Of Launceston
The electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area. The seat was created as a three-member seat ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1871 election, when it was divided up into the seats of Central, North and South Launceston. At the 1897 election, the Hare-Clark electoral model was trialled in Launceston and Hobart, with Launceston being recreated as a 4-member seat. It continued for two terms, before being broken up again in 1903 into Central, North, East and West Launceston. In 1909, the entire state adopted Hare-Clark, and the Launceston region became part of the Bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), includ ... [...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 prefer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Clerke
Alexander Clerke (17 March 1804 – 20 March 1877) was an Irish politician in Tasmania, who was a member of the electoral division of Longford from 1853 to 1856. Life Clerke grew up in a middle class family in Skibbereen. He trained as an engineer while his brother, Thomas, became a lawyer and moved to New York, United States. In 1853, he became the member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council The Tasmanian Legislative Council is the upper house of the Parliament of Tasmania in Australia. It is one of the two chambers of the Parliament, the other being the House of Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in the state capital, ... in Longford, and stayed in that position for three years. He died on 20 March 1877, three days after his 73rd birthday, in Tasmania. References 1804 births 1877 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians Members of the Tasmanian Legislative Council Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fowler
Alexander Richard Fowler (19 September 1847 – 22 July 1911) was an Australian politician. Fowler was born in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire in 1847. In January 1893 he was elected to the 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 m ..., representing the seat of North Launceston, but he was defeated later that year. He returned to the House in 1897 as one of the members for Launceston, serving until his resignation in 1901. He died in 1911 in Launceston. References 1847 births 1911 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Whitefoord Smith
Ronald Whitefoord Smith (1855 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian politician. Smith was born in Sandy Bay in Van Diemen's Land in 1855. In 1897 he was elected to the 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 m ..., representing the seat of Launceston. He served until his defeat in 1900. He died in 1909 in Hobart. References 1855 births 1909 deaths Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly Colony of Tasmania people {{Australia-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew John Clarke
Matthew John Clarke (7 March 1863, Downpatrick – 13 April 1923, Launceston, Tasmania) was an Australian politician. Between 20 January 1897 and 9 March 1900 he was one of the 4 members for Launceston at the Tasmanian House of Assembly. He was educated at the Royal University of Ireland and the University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first prop .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Clarke, Matthew John Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly 1863 births 1923 deaths 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hartnoll
William Hartnoll (17 April 1841 – 11 July 1932) was an Australian politician. Born in Longford, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before becoming a shopkeeper, auctioneer and landowner. In 1884 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for South Launceston, transferring to Launceston in 1897. He was Minister for Lands and Works from 1892 to 1894. Parliament of Australia, 7 July 2009. In 1901, Hartnoll contested the first federal election as a |
Thomas Chapman (Australian Politician)
Thomas Daniel Chapman (31 October 1815His exact birth year is unclear but 1815 is widely accepted, although his baptism date is registered as 18 Dec 1814 (Biggleswade, Bedfordshire); this article uses the birth year from the – 17 February 1884) was the Premier of Tasmania from 2 August 1861 until 20 January 1863. He served as a member of the Tasmanian Parliament for 26 years from August 1856 until his death in 1884.Chapman served 26 years because for a period of time 1864-1866 he was not a member of parliament due to bankruptcy Early life Chapman immigrated to Tasmania at around 1841 with his younger brother George (George returned to England after having married in Tasmania). He set up a business in Hobart and became a leading merchant during the early 1850s. He married Catherine Swan and had four daughters and five sons. Chapman was an advocate against the transportation of convicts to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania). Political career Chapman was first elected to the Tasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Scott (Tasmanian Politician)
John Scott may refer to: Academics * John Scott (1639–1695), English clergyman and devotional writer * John Witherspoon Scott (1800–1892), American minister, college president, and father of First Lady Caroline Harrison * John Work Scott (1807–1879), American president of Washington College * John Scott (medical school dean) (1851–1914), New Zealand professor, artist, and medical school dean * John Scott (sociologist) (born 1949), British sociologist * John R. Scott Sr. (1840/41–1929), president of Edward Waters College, minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church * John Paul Scott (geneticist) (1909–2000), American behavior geneticist and comparative psychologist Arts and entertainment * John Scott (engraver) (1774–1827), English engraver * John Scott (1849–1919), English artist * John Beldon Scott, American art historian * John T. Scott (1940–2007), African-American sculptor, painter, printmaker, and collagist * John Scott of Amwell (1730–1783) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lette
Henry Elmes Lette (christened 10 August 1829 – 15 August 1892) was an Australian cricketer and politician. His middle name is frequently misreported as "Elms". Cricket Lette was a left-arm underarm bowler who played for Tasmania. He was born in Curramore and died in Launceston. Lette made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1851–52 season, against Victoria. From the lower order, he scored 2 runs in the first innings in which he batted, and a duck in the second. Lette bowled 29 overs in the match, taking 7 wickets. Politics Lette represented Launceston in the House of Assembly from November 1862, and was Chairman of Committees of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from July 1877 to 1892. Lette represented Central Launceston from 1 September 1871 and North Launceston from 30 May 1877. Family Lette married Mary Elizabeth Lansdale Harrison on 8 June 1854. Their children included *Elizabeth Mary Lette (born 1855) married Francis Bourke on 28 April 1879. G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Dowling
Henry Dowling (1810 – 17 September 1885) was a newspaper editor and politician in colonial Tasmania. He was the older brother of artist Robert Hawker Dowling. Dowling was born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, son of Rev. Henry Dowling Snr (1780–1869), a Baptist minister and Elizabeth Darke (1782–1853). Dowling junior was educated at the Free Grammar School, Colchester, and was afterwards apprenticed to the printing business. In 1830 he emigrated to Van Diemen's Land (later renamed to Tasmania), and was for some time on the staff of the ''Hobart Town Courier'', but in the following year he purchased from John Pascoe Fawkner the ''Launceston Independent'', and changing its name to the ''Launceston Advertiser'', conducted it for some years with much success. In 1839 Dowling proceeded to England, having received the appointment of Immigration Agent for Tasmania, in which capacity he was the means of introducing into the colony many settlers whose names were well known in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Byron Miller
Robert Byron Miller (19 April 1825 – 5 October 1902) was a lawyer and politician in colonial Tasmania. Miller was born in London, England, the eldest son of Robert Miller, a barrister, and his wife Jane Matilde, ''née'' Montmorini. Miller had a younger brother, Maxwell Miller, who also became a Tasmanian politician. Miller was educated at private schools and King's College, London, and entered as a student at the Middle Temple in April 1843, and was called to the bar in January 1848. Miller decided to emigrate to Tasmania, arriving at Hobart Town in January 1855; he was admitted a barrister in the Supreme Court of Tasmania in August 1855. Having entered Parliament on 31 May 1861 as member for Launceston. He was Solicitor-General in the Thomas Chapman ministry in 1862, and Attorney-General in the James Whyte Ministry from January 1863 to November 1866, and was sworn of the Executive Council. On 3 October 1866 he resigned his Launceston seat and successfully contested th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
