Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1866–1871

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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 1866 elections and the 1871 elections.

Name District Years in office
Robert Archer [7] Ringwood 1869–1871
William Archer [3] Deloraine 1860–1862; 1866–1868
John Balfe Franklin 1857–1872; 1874–1880
William Barnes [8] George Town 1866–1869
Hugh Barrett [12] Hobart Town 1866–1871
Henry Butler [M2] Brighton 1856–1862; 1866–1885
Charles Cansdell [2] [5] Hobart Town 1865–1866; 1867–1869
Thomas Chapman [M1] Hobart Town 1856–1864; 1866–1873
Henry Cook [5] Hobart Town 1869–1871
John Crookes [M1] Launceston 1857–1862; 1866
William Crowther [1] Hobart Town 1866
John Davies Devon 1861; 1862–1871
William Lambert Dobson [M1] [9] Campbell Town 1861–1862; 1864–1870
William Dodery [10] Norfolk Plains 1861–1870
Adye Douglas Westbury 1856–1857; 1862–1884
Henry Douglas [3] Deloraine 1869–1871
William Giblin [4] [M3] Hobart Town 1869–1885
George Gibson [7] Ringwood 1866–1869
John Gleadow [6] Morven 1866–1869
Thomas Gregson Richmond 1856–1872
William Hodgson Sorell 1861–1881
George Keach [9] Campbell Town 1870–1882
Henry Lette Launceston 1862–1875; 1877–1892
David Lewis Clarence 1864–1882
James Lord Oatlands 1862–1871
John Lord [M1] Hobart Town 1864–1871
Charles Meredith Kingborough 1856–1879
John Meredith [13] Glamorgan 1861–1863; 1865–1871
Robert Byron Miller [2] Hobart Town 1861–1867
Sir Robert Officer Glenorchy 1856–1877
Josiah Pratt [1] [11] Hobart Town 1867–1870
Charles Rocher [10] Norfolk Plains 1870–1872
James Scott [8] George Town 1869–1877; 1878–1884
James Reid Scott Selby 1866–1872
George Salier [4] [11] Hobart Town 1866–1869; 1870–1886
John Scott Launceston 1865–1871
William Sharland New Norfolk 1861–1872
Edward Shaw [13] Glamorgan 1871
William Sibley Cumberland 1865–1871
John Swan [2] Fingal 1863–1875
Robert Walker Queenborough 1862–1871
John Whitehead [6] Morven 1869–1880
Russell Young [12] Hobart Town 1871; 1872–1877

Notes

1 In December 1866, William Crowther, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Josiah Pratt won the resulting by-election on 2 January 1867.
2 In July 1867, Robert Byron Miller, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Charles Cansdell won the resulting by-election on 19 August 1867.
3 In January 1869, William Archer, the member for Deloraine, resigned. Henry Douglas was elected unopposed on 12 February 1869.
4 In February 1869, George Salier, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. William Giblin won the resulting by-election on 24 March 1869.
5 In May 1869, Charles Cansdell, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. Henry Cook won the resulting by-election on 22 June 1869.
6 In June 1869, John Gleadow, the member for Morven, resigned. John Whitehead was elected unopposed on 1 July 1869.
7 In June 1869, George Gibson, the member for Ringwood, resigned. Robert Archer won the resulting by-election on 6 July 1869.
8 In June 1869, William Barnes, the member for George Town, resigned. James Scott was elected unopposed on 15 July 1869.
9 In February 1870, William Lambert Dobson, the member for Campbell Town, resigned. George Keach won the resulting by-election on 10 March 1870.
10 In July 1870, William Dodery, the member for Norfolk Plains, resigned. Charles Rocher won the resulting by-election on 8 August 1870.
11 In October 1870, Josiah Pratt, one of the five members for Hobart Town, resigned. George Salier won the resulting by-election on 28 November 1870.
12 On 26 January 1871, Hugh Barrett, one of the five members for Hobart Town, died. Russell Young won the resulting by-election on 27 February 1871.
13 In March 1871, John Meredith, the member for Glamorgan, resigned. Edward Shaw won the resulting by-election on 11 April 1871.

Ministerial by-elections

M1 On 24 November 1866, William Lambert Dobson was appointed to the Ministry by the new Premier of Tasmania, Richard Dry, and was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was returned unopposed on 4 December 1866. Not so fortunate was Colonial Treasurer Thomas Chapman, one of the five members for Hobart Town, who was defeated by John Lord on 3 December 1866. John Crookes resigned his Launceston seat, which Chapman won at the resulting by-election on 31 December 1866.
M2 On 27 October 1869, James Milne Wilson appointed Henry Butler to the Ministry. He was returned unopposed at the resulting ministerial by-election on 8 November 1869.
M3 On 5 February 1870, James Milne Wilson appointed William Giblin to the Ministry. He was returned unopposed at the resulting ministerial by-election on 14 February 1870.

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