This is a list of members of 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 ...

between the 1882 elections and the 1886 election.

Notes

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'' on 3 June 1882. : At the 1882 election,

George Keach George William Keach (12 July 1824 – 10 February 1893) was an Australian politician. Keach was born in England in 1824. In 1870 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Campbell Town Campbell Town is a tow ...

, the member for

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, was re-elected, but was declared not to have been duly elected. William Brown won a subsequent by-election on 28 July 1882. : On 1 December 1882, one of the two members for

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, Christopher O'Reilly, resigned. Richard Lucas won the resulting by-election on 20 January 1883. : On 15 August 1884, Sir Adye Douglas, the member for

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, became

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and Chief Secretary. As such he was required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, however he opted to contest the recently vacated Legislative Council division of South Esk, which he won on 21 August 1884. At the close of nominations on 27 August 1884 for the by-election called to select his successor in Fingal, John Davies was elected unopposed. : Two other members were required to resign on 15 August 1884 and contest ministerial by-elections; they were both re-elected unopposed a week later. : On 15 October 1884, the member for

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, died.

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 Tas ...

won the resulting by-election on 12 November 1884. : In February 1885, the member for Selby, Charles Grubb, resigned. William Sidebottom won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1885. : On 11 February 1885, the member for

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and former Premier

William Giblin William Robert Giblin (4 November 1840 – 17 January 1887) was Premier of Tasmania ( Australia) from 5 March 1878 until 20 December 1878 and from 1879 until 1884. Early life Giblin was born at Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania), son of ...

resigned.

James Norton Smith James William Norton Smith (1846 – 12 January 1911) was an Australian politician. Smith was born in Nailsworth in Gloucestershire in 1846. In 1885 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Wellington Well ...

won the resulting by-election on 2 March 1885. : In July 1885, the member for

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, William Brock, resigned.

George Stokell George Stokell (22 October 1826 – 5 May 1898) was an Australian politician. Stokell was born in Van Diemen's Land in 1826. In 1885 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly The House of Assembly, or Lower House, is one of the two c ...

won the resulting by-election on 1 August 1885. : On 22 August 1885, the member for

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Henry Butler Henry Butler (September 21, 1948 – July 2, 2018) was an American jazz and blues pianist. He learned piano, drums, and saxophone in school. He received a college degree and graduate degree and taught at the New Orleans Center for Creative ...

, died.

Alfred Lord Alfred Edwin Lord (15 October 1858 – 11 October 1905) was an Australian politician. Lord was born in Hobart in 1858. In 1886 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly, representing the seat of Brighton, but he was defeated the follow ...

won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885. : In December 1885, the member for Central Launceston, William Hart, resigned to contest the Legislative Council division of Launceston, which he won on 21 December 1885. No election was held to replace him and the Assembly seat was abolished at the following election.

Sources

* Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
{{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1882-1886 Members of Tasmanian parliaments by term 19th-century Australian politicians