Members Of The Tasmanian House Of Assembly, 1862–1866
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1862 elections and the 1866 elections. Notes : On 20 January 1863, James Whyte became Premier of Tasmania and appointed Charles Meredith and Robert Byron Miller to the Ministry. They were therefore required to resign and contest ministerial by-elections, at which they were both returned on 5 February 1863. : In March 1863, John Meredith, the member for Deloraine, resigned. Charles Grant won the resulting by-election on 18 May 1863. : In June 1863, James Grant, the member for Fingal, resigned. John Swan won the resulting by-election on 28 July 1863. : In September 1863, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. Alfred Horne won the resulting by-election on 24 November 1863. : In January 1864, Edward Abbott, the member for Clarence, resigned to successfully contest the Legislative Council division of Cambridge. David Lewis won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1864. : In May 1 ...
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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 ...
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Electoral District Of Devon
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 {{Australia-gov-stub ...
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Electoral District Of Richmond (Tasmania)
The Electoral district of Richmond was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Its capital was the town of Richmond to the north of Hobart. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1903 election. Its first member, Thomas Gregson, served as the second Premier of Tasmania for a few weeks in 1857. Members for Richmond References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

Thomas Gregson
Thomas George Gregson (7 February 1796 – 4 January 1874) was the second Premier of Tasmania, serving from 26 February 1857 until 25 April 1857. Early life Gregson was born in Buckton, Northumberland, England, the son of John Gregson who was the nephew of Anthony Gregson, Snr. (d. 1806) the squire of Lowlynn. John Gregson possibly lived at Lowlynn with his family but was not the landowner of that estate. In 1806 Anthony Gregson Jnr inherited: Thomas George Gregson was to inherit from his bachelor cousin Anthony Gregson but after a family dispute Lowlynn passed to another family member a Henry Knight, son of the Rev. Thomas Knight of Ford. Thomas Gregson was educated in Edinburgh and migrated to Van Diemen's Land, (later renamed Tasmania) in 1821 with his wife as the result of the family differences. He brought over £3000 with him and was given a grant of 2500 acres (10 km²). Subsequently, he received an additional 1000 acres (4 km²). Gregson was made a magistr ...
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Electoral District Of Fingal
The Electoral district of Fingal was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was located in Fingal in Tasmania's east and also included the coastal towns of St Marys and St Helens, and inland districts such as Avoca and Mathinna. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. Members for Fingal References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which was disestablished for administrative purposes in 1994. ...

James Grant (Australian Politician)
James Grant may refer to: Politics and law * Sir James Grant, 1st Baronet (died 1695), Scottish lawyer * Sir James Grant, 6th Baronet (1679–1747), Scottish Whig politician *Sir James Grant, 8th Baronet (1738–1811), Scottish member of parliament *James Grant (Texas politician) (1793–1836), Texas-Mexico politician, physician and military participant in the Texas Revolution * James Grant (newspaper editor) (1802–1879), British newspaper editor * James Grant (Iowa politician) (1812–1891), U.S. political leader in Iowa *James Macpherson Grant (1822–1885), Victoria (Australia) politician * James Alexander Grant (1831–1920), Scottish-born Canadian physician and politician *James Benton Grant (1848–1911), U.S. governor of Colorado * Sir James Augustus Grant, 1st Baronet (1867–1932), British Conservative Party member of parliament * Jim Grant (lawyer) (born 1937), Canadian lawyer * James W. Grant (born 1943), U.S. congressman from Florida * J. W. Grant (born 1982), member of ...
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Electoral District Of Deloraine
The electoral district of Deloraine was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Its population centre was the town of Deloraine in Tasmania ) , nickname = , image_map = Tasmania in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Tasmania in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdi ...'s north-east between the centres of Launceston and Devonport. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. Members for Deloraine References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Deloraine {{Australia-gov-stub ...
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Charles Grant (1836–1880)
Charles or Charlie Grant may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Charles Jameson Grant (), American editorial cartoonist * Charles L. Grant (1942–2006), American novelist * Charles Grant (actor) (born 1957), American actor * Charles Grant (dancer), a featured dancer at the Eleo Pomare Dance Company * Charles Grant (game designer) (died 1979), Scottish game author Military * Charles Grant (Royal Navy officer) (1770–1824), Royal Navy Commodore * Charles James William Grant (1861–1932), Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross * Charles Grant (British Army officer) (1877–1950), British Army General Politics * Charles Grant (British East India Company) (1746–1823), British politician * Charles Grant, 1st Baron Glenelg (1778–1866), Scottish politician * Charles Henry Grant (1831–1901), engineer and politician in colonial Tasmania (Australia) * Charles Grant (Australian politician) (1878–1943), Australian Senator Fictional Characters *Charles Grant, fictional character ...
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Electoral District Of Westbury
The Electoral district of Westbury was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It centred on the town of Westbury near Tasmania's second city of Launceston. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished when the Tasmanian parliament adopted the Hare-Clark electoral model in 1909. By far its longest-serving member was Thomas Reibey, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 20 July 1876 until 9 August 1877 and Speaker Speaker may refer to: Society and politics * Speaker (politics), the presiding officer in a legislative assembly * Public speaker, one who gives a speech or lecture * A person producing speech: the producer of a given utterance, especially: ** I ... of the House from 12 July 1887 to 30 April 1891. Members for Westbury References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Westbury {{Australia-gov-stub ...
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Adye Douglas
Sir Adye Douglas (31 May 1815 – 10 April 1906) was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886. Early life The son of Captain Henry Osborne Douglas, and his wife Eleanor, Douglas was born in Thorpe, Norfolk, England of Scottish descent. His father was an army officer, but his grandfather, Billy Douglas was an admiral and five uncles were post-captains. Douglas was educated in Hampshire and Caen, France, before doing his articles with a Southampton law firm. He migrated to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) aboard the ''Louisa Campbell'' in 1839. Early career Douglas was admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania, but went to Victoria where he ran a sheep farm near Kilmore with his brother. He tired of farming, and in 1842 he returned to Launceston, where he established his own law firm, which still operates today. Douglas was very interested in t ...
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Electoral District Of Norfolk Plains
The Electoral district of Norfolk Plains was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based near the town of Longford to the south of Launceston, Tasmania's second city, and also included the towns of Carrick and Perth. The seat was created ahead of the Assembly's first election held in 1856, and was abolished at the 1886 election, being replaced with the new Longford seat. Members for Norfolk Plains References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Norfolk Plains Longford is a town in the northern midlands of Tasmania, Australia. It lies 145 m above sea level at the convergence of the Macquarie River and the South Esk River, 21 km south of Launceston and a 15-minute drive from the airport. It ...