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Members Of The Tasmanian House Of Assembly, 1856–1861
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the inaugural 1856 elections and the 1861 elections. Notes : In January 1857, William Crooke, the member for Franklin, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 27 February 1857. : In May 1857, William Weston, the member for Ringwood, resigned to contest (and win) the Longford seat in the Legislative Council. Robert Kermode was elected unopposed on 20 May 1857. : In May 1857, William Champ, one of the three members for Launceston and Tasmania's first Premier, resigned. John Crookes won the resulting by-election on 8 June 1857. : In August 1857, Adye Douglas, one of the three members for Launceston, resigned.. James Matthews won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1857. : In October 1857, John Rogers, one of the three members for Launceston, resigned. Alexander Clerke won the resulting by-election on 16 November 1857. : On 11 May 1859, John Gregson, the member for Norfolk Plai ... [...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] |
Electoral District Of Franklin
The Electoral district of Franklin was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered all of southern and southwestern Tasmania, and its main population centre was the town of Franklin in Tasmania's Huon Valley. Other centres included Castle Forbes Bay, Geeveston, Dover and Southport. 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 Franklin References * * * Parliament of Tasmania (2006)The Parliament of Tasmania from 1956 Franklin Franklin may refer to: People * Franklin (given name) * Franklin (surname) * Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class Places Australia * Franklin, Tasmania, a township * Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ... 1856 establishments in Australia 1909 disestablishments in Australia {{Australia-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fenton (Australian Politician)
Michael Fenton (1789 – 6 April 1874) was a politician in colonial Tasmania. He was the first Speaker of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. Biography Michael Fenton was born in Castle Town, County Sligo, Ireland, the third son of Michael Fenton, who served as the high sheriff of Sligo. Fenton was a captain in the 13th Light Infantry Regiment. After service in India and Burma, he sold his commission and emigrated to Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) in 1829, settling on a grant of land at Fenton Forest, near Glenora, on the River Derwent. He was appointed a member of the nominee Tasmanian Legislative Council by Sir John Franklin in 1840, and was one of the "Patriotic Six" who resigned their seats in the Council in order to frustrate the financial policy of Governor John Eardley-Wilmot, in October 1845. However, he was reappointed by royal warrant in March 1847. In 1851 Fenton became one of the first elected members of the Legislative Council, representing New Norfolk. In 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Dunn (Tasmanian Politician)
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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Crookes
John Edward Crookes (7 March 1890 – 8 September 1948) was an English cricketer. Crookes was a right-handed batsman. Crookes made his county cricket debut for Lincolnshirein the 1909 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk. Crookes would represent Lincolnshire in 10 Minor Counties matches. His final Minor Counties match came in 1910 against Suffolk. Ten years later Crookes represented Hampshire in three first-class match in 1920 County Championship. Crookes made his debut against Warwickshire. Crookes played two further matches for the club, against Worcestershire and Somerset. The 1920 season was the only season in which Crookes represented the club. Crookes died in Cuddington, Surrey on 8 September 1948. External linksJohn Crookesat Cricinfo ESPN cricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Crooke (politician)
William Crooke (baptised 4 August 1815 – 10 December 1901) was a surgeon and politician in colonial Australia. He served in both houses of the parliament of Tasmania during the 1850s. Biography Born in Derreen, County Cork, Ireland, Crooke was baptised on 4 August 1815. Around 1839–41, he arrived in Van Diemen's Land, which would become known as Tasmania. He was a surgeon in the convict department of St Mary's Hospital in Hobart Town. From 1843 to 1847, he held the position of house surgeon at the Royal Hobart Hospital, General Hospital, Hobart Town. He served as a member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Electoral district of Buckingham, Buckingham from 1855 to 1856, which he unsuccessfully contested in 1853, before serving in the Tasmanian House of Assembly for Electoral district of Franklin, Franklin from 1856 to 1857. He proposed unsuccessfully for the Tasmanian government to fund £20,000 per year (equivalent to more than AUD, A$3 million in 2015) for the establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Cohen (Australian Politician) (born 1984), American player of American and Canadian football
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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] |
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] |
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 West Launceston is a residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of Launceston in the Launceston LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about south-west of the town of Launceston. The 2016 census recorded a population of 4212 fo .... In 1909, the entire state adopted Hare-Clark, and the Launceston regio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Champ
William Thomas Napier Champ (15 April 1808 – 25 August 1892) was a soldier and politician who served as the first Premier of Tasmania from 1856 to 1857. He was born in the United Kingdom. Early life Champ was born in Maldon, Essex, England the son of Captain Thomas Champ and his wife Mary Anne ''née'' Blackaller. Champ was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He joined the army as an ensign when 18 years old and later became an adjutant. Army and police career Champ was serving with the 63rd Regiment of Foot as an ensign by 1826 and was posted with them to Sydney, New South Wales in October 1828. Some of the regiment was detached as a garrison force for the Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, Van Diemens Land (now Tasmania) in 1829, and Champ was amongst them. As a lieutenant with the 63rd, he took part in the Black War campaign which was an attempt to segregate Tasmanian Aborigines near the end of 1830. The 63rd left New South Wales and Van Diemens Land in 1834 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
