Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1903–1906

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This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 2 April 1903 election and the 29 March 1906 election.

The Hare-Clark system being trialled in Hobart and Launceston came to an end at the 1903 election, and several seats in the rural region between the two centres either merged or changed substantially. Possibly the most significant result was the failure of the Premier of Tasmania, Elliott Lewis, to win a seat—formerly the member for abolished Richmond, he ran for the new Central Hobart seat, and was beaten by Herbert Nicholls, an opposition backbencher with only two years' parliamentary experience, by a substantial margin. The election also saw an increased participation by the fledgling Labor Party, which won four of the six seats it contested, all of which were in mining areas of the state. Future Labor premier John Earle was beaten in Waratah by four votes, whilst future federal MHR Jens Jensen and senator James Long also commenced their parliamentary careers.

NameParty District Years in office
Charles Allen Liberal Westbury 1903–1909
William Batchelor Liberal/Independent North Launceston 1903–1906
William Bennett Liberal/Ministerial Cambria 1889–1893; 1903–1909
Jonathan Best Liberal/Independent Deloraine 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford Bird [5] Ministerial South Hobart 1882–1903; 1904–1909
Frank Bond Liberal/Ministerial East Hobart 1903–1906; 1909–1921
George Brettingham-Moore Liberal West Hobart 1903–1909
Julian Brown Ministerial/Independent New Norfolk 1903–1906
Nicholas John Brown [2] Ministerial Cumberland 1875–1903
William Brownell Liberal/Ministerial Franklin 1903–1909
George Burns Labor Queenstown 1903–1906
Edward Crowther Ministerial Queenborough 1878–1912
John George Davies Independent Fingal 1884–1913
Henry Dumaresq [1] Ministerial Longford 1886–1903
Henry Dumbleton Independent/Ministerial Devonport 1903–1906
John Evans Ministerial Kingborough 1897–1937
John Gibson Liberal/Independent North Esk 1903–1906
George Gilmore Liberal/Ministerial Waratah 1893–1900; 1903–1906
Alexander Hean Liberal/Ministerial Sorell 1903–1913; 1916–1925
Thomas Hodgman Liberal/Ministerial Monmouth 1900–1912
John Hope Ministerial Kentish 1900–1911
Jens Jensen Labor George Town 1903–1910; 1922–1925;
1928–1934
William Lamerton Labor/Ind.Labor Zeehan 1903–1906
James Long [4] Labor Lyell 1903–1910
Carmichael Lyne Liberal Ringarooma 1900–1906
Sir John McCall Liberal West Devon 1888–1893; 1901–1909
Charles Mackenzie Ministerial Wellington 1886–1909
Henry Murray Liberal Latrobe 1891–1900; 1902–1909
Herbert Nicholls Liberal Central Hobart 1900–1909
Robert Patterson [5] Ministerial South Hobart 1900–1904
Herbert Payne Liberal Burnie 1903–1920
William Propsting Liberal North Hobart 1899–1905
Frederick Rattle Liberal/Ministerial Glenorchy 1903–1912
Matthew Robinson [3] Liberal/Independent West Launceston 1903–1906
Robert Sadler Liberal Central Launceston 1900–1912; 1913–1922
David Storrer [3] Liberal West Launceston 1902–1903
Charles Stewart Liberal/Ministerial East Launceston 1903–1909
John Wood [2] Ministerial Cumberland 1903–1909
Alfred Youl [1] Ministerial Longford 1903–1909

Notes

1 On 12 May 1903, the Ministerial member for Longford, Henry Dumaresq, resigned. Ministerial candidate Alfred Youl was elected unopposed.
2 On 22 September 1903, the Ministerial member for Cumberland and Speaker of the House, Nicholas John Brown, died. Ministerial candidate John Wood won the resulting by-election on 9 October 1903.
3 In November 1903, the Liberal member for West Launceston, David Storrer, resigned to contest the Federal seat of Bass against William Hartnoll, who Storrer had replaced in the Assembly the previous year. Liberal candidate Matthew Robinson won the resulting by-election on 10 December 1903.
4 In July 1904, the Labor member for Lyell, James Long, resigned. He was returned unopposed on 13 July 1904.
5 In July 1904, the Ministerial member for South Hobart, Robert Patterson, resigned. Ministerial candidate Stafford Bird won the resulting by-election on 30 July 1904.

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