Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1872–1877

This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1872 and the 1877.

Name District Years in office
John Balfe[X][13] South Launceston
West Hobart 		1857–1872; 1874–1880
William Belbin South Hobart 1871–1891
Charles Bromby[12] Central Launceston 1876–1878
1881–1882
Nicholas John Brown[7] Cumberland 1875–1903
Henry Butler Brighton 1856–1862; 1866–1885
James Castley[X] South Launceston 1872–1874
Thomas Chapman East Hobart 1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke[5] Ringwood 1857–1860; 1862–1863;
1872–1874
James Cox[4] North Launceston 1872–1874; 1880–1882
Andrew Crawford[11] West Devon 1876–1877
James Dooley East Devon 1872–1891
Sir Adye Douglas Fingal 1856–1857; 1862–1884
Philip Fysh[2] East Hobart 1873–1878; 1894–1898
Robert Gayer[10] Queenborough 1876–1878
William Gellibrand[5] Ringwood 1871–1872; 1874–1886
William Giblin Central Hobart 1869–1885
George Gilmore[8][12] Central Launceston 1875–1876; 1877–1878
James Gray[13] West Hobart 1872–1877; 1882–1889
James Gunn Sorell 1872–1882
Samuel Henry Deloraine 1872–1880
William Hodgson Richmond 1861–1881
Frederick Houghton[11] Norfolk Plains 1859–1861; 1872–1876
Frederick Innes[1][3][4] Selby
North Launceston 		1856–1862; 1872–1877
John Alexander Jackson[10] Queenborough 1871–1876
George Keach Campbell Town 1870–1882
Henry Lette[8] Central Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892
David Lewis Clarence 1864–1882
Charles Meredith[11] West Devon
Norfolk Plains 		1856–1879
John Millar[6] Westbury 1871–1874
John Mitchell Glamorgan 1871–1880
William Moore Wellington 1871–1877
David Murray Selby 1873–1877
Sir Robert Officer Glenorchy 1856–1877
Christopher O'Reilly Kingborough 1871–1882; 1906–1909
Alfred Pillinger[9] Oatlands 1876–1899
Thomas Reibey[6] Westbury 1874–1903
Alexander Riddoch New Norfolk 1872–1882
George Salier North Hobart 1866–1869; 1870–1886
James Scott George Town 1869–1877; 1878–1884
James Reid Scott Selby 1866–1872
John Swan[7] Cumberland 1863–1875
Samuel Tulloch[13] South Launceston 1877–1878
John Whitehead Morven 1869–1880
George Wilson[9] Oatlands 1871–1876
Russell Young Franklin 1871; 1872–1877

Notes

1 In November 1872, James Reid Scott, the member for Selby, resigned. Frederick Innes, the Premier of Tasmania, was elected unopposed on 18 November 1872.
2 In July 1873, Thomas Chapman, the member for East Hobart, resigned. Philip Fysh was elected unopposed on 12 August 1873.
3 In November 1873, Frederick Innes, the member for Selby, resigned. David Murray won the resulting by-election on 16 December 1873.
4 In February 1874, James Cox, the member for North Launceston, resigned. Frederick Innes was elected unopposed on 31 March 1874.
5 In April 1874, Alexander Clerke, the member for Ringwood, resigned. William Gellibrand was elected unopposed on 15 May 1874.
6 In April 1874, John Millar, the member for Westbury, resigned. Thomas Reibey was elected unopposed on 23 May 1874.
7 In January 1875, John Swan, the member for Cumberland, resigned. Nicholas John Brown won the resulting by-election on 29 January 1875.
8 In April 1875, Henry Lette, the member for Central Launceston, resigned. George Gilmore was elected unopposed on 21 May 1875.
9 In June 1876, George Wilson, the member for Oatlands, resigned. Alfred Pillinger won the resulting by-election on 17 July 1876.
10 In June 1876, John Alexander Jackson, the member for Queenborough, resigned. Robert Gayer won the resulting by-election on 21 July 1876.
11 On 20 July 1876, Charles Meredith was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election. However, his nomination was ruled informal, and on 3 August 1876, the seat was declared for the only candidate, Andrew Crawford. Meredith was not without a seat for long, however—Frederick Houghton, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat.
12 On 20 July 1876, George Gilmore was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was defeated on 3 August 1876 by Charles Bromby.
13 In March 1877, James Gray, the member for West Hobart, resigned. John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1877. Balfe, in running for the seat, had vacated his South Launceston seat, which was filled at the 27 April 1877 by-election by Samuel Tulloch.

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