This is a list of members of the
Tasmanian Legislative Council between 1915 and 1921. Terms of the Legislative Council did not coincide with Legislative Assembly elections, and members served six year terms, with a number of members facing election each year.
Elections
Members
Notes
: On 13 October 1919,
Richard McKenzie, the member for
Westmorland
Westmorland (, formerly also spelt ''Westmoreland'';R. Wilkinson The British Isles, Sheet The British IslesVision of Britain/ref> is a historic county in North West England spanning the southern Lake District and the northern Dales. It had an ...
, died.
John Cheek
John William Cheek, CBE (15 February 1855 – 26 February 1942) was an Australian politician, who was an Independent member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council representing the electoral division of Westmorland
The Electoral division of Westm ...
was elected unopposed on 15 November 1919.
: On 30 October 1920,
Arthur Loone, the member for
South Esk, resigned to contest a seat in the
Australian Senate
The Senate is the upper house of the Bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives (Australia), House of Representatives. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Chapter ...
under the
Nationalist banner. He was unsuccessful, and was re-elected unopposed to his Council seat.
: On 8 November 1920,
Ellis Dean
Ellis Dean (1 July 1854 – 8 November 1920) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Macquarie Plains, Tasmania. In 1901 he was elected to the Tasmanian Legislative Council as the member for Derwent. He represented the seat until his ...
, the member for
Derwent, died.
Louis Shoobridge (senior) won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1921.
Sources
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* Parliament of Tasmania (2006)
The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856
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