This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly

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...

between the 20 January 1897 election and the 9 March 1900 election.

Party affiliations were relatively loose during the period, although a Liberal grouping had formed over the 1890s around Sir Edward Braddon

Edward Braddon

Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon, KCMG , Australian politician, was the Premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899, and was a Member of the First Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives...

, the Premier of Tasmania until 12 October 1899, and Andrew Inglis Clark

Andrew Inglis Clark

Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified engineer, however he re-trained as a barrister in order to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him...

. A separate grouping, generally described as Ministerial, supported Elliott Lewis

Elliott Lewis

Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton....

, who was Premier for the final five months of the parliamentary term. As was common at such changes in Tasmanian politics, several Liberal MHAs affiliated with the new government by the time of the 1900 election.

The 1897 election was the first to use a limited version of the Hare-Clark

Single transferable vote

The single transferable vote is a voting system designed to achieve proportional representation through preferential voting. Under STV, an elector's vote is initially allocated to his or her most preferred candidate, and then, after candidates have been either elected or eliminated, any surplus or...

 system within Hobart and Launceston, which were given 6 and 4 seats respectively, while still using first past the post single-member constituencies elsewhere in the state. It was renewed and adjusted periodically until the 1909 election, when the entire State was redivided into five electorates using the Hare-Clark system.

Name	Party	District	Years in office
William Aikenhead	Ministerial/Liberal	Devonport Electoral district of Devonport The Electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast.... /Latrobe Electoral district of Latrobe The Electoral district of Latrobe was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at Latrobe on Tasmania's north coast near the town of Devonport....	1898–1902
Frank Archer	Liberal	Selby Electoral district of Selby The Electoral district of Selby was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Lilydale in Tasmania's northeastern region, and extended into what are today considered Launceston's outer eastern suburbs....	1893–1902
Jonathan Best Jonathan Best Jonathan Best was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1894 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Deloraine. He was defeated in 1897 but served again from 1899 to 1909, when proportional representation was introduced...	Ministerial	Deloraine Electoral district of Deloraine The Electoral district of Deloraine was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Deloraine in Tasmania's north-east between the centres of Launceston and Devonport....	1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913
Stafford Bird	Independent/Ministerial	Franklin Electoral district of Franklin The Electoral district of Franklin was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered all of southern and southwestern Tasmania, and its main population centre was the town of Franklin in Tasmania's Huon Valley...	1882–1903; 1904–1909
Sir Edward Braddon Edward Braddon Sir Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon, KCMG , Australian politician, was the Premier of Tasmania from 1894 to 1899, and was a Member of the First Australian Parliament in the House of Representatives...	Liberal	West Devon Electoral district of West Devon The Electoral district of West Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region surrounding the northern coastal town of Devonport....	1879–1888; 1893–1901
John Bradley	Liberal/Ministerial	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1893–1900
Nicholas John Brown	Independent	Cumberland Electoral district of Cumberland (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Cumberland was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in central Tasmania in towns such as Bothwell, Hamilton and Ouse, and until 1894 included much of the West Coast before the mining districts of Zeehan and Queenstown became...	1875–1903
William Brown William Brown (Tasmanian politician) William Thomas Henry Brown was an Australian politician. He was born in Hobart. In 1882 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Campbell Town. He retired in 1889 but was re-elected in 1893, serving until his resignation in 1903. Brown died in Hobart in 1926....	Independent/Liberal	Campbell Town Electoral district of Campbell Town The Electoral district of Campbell Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the towns of Campbell Town and Ross in the Midlands region of Tasmania between Hobart and Launceston....	1882–1889; 1893–1903
William Burbury	Ministerial/Independent	Oatlands Electoral district of Oatlands The Electoral district of Oatlands was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Oatlands to the north of Hobart....	1899–1903
Daniel Burke	Ministerial	Cressy Electoral district of Cressy The Electoral district of Cressy was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Cressy to the south west of Launceston....	1893–1903
Norman Cameron	Ministerial	Deloraine Electoral district of Deloraine The Electoral district of Deloraine was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Deloraine in Tasmania's north-east between the centres of Launceston and Devonport....	1893–1894; 1897–1899; 1912–1913; 1925–1928
Andrew Inglis Clark Andrew Inglis Clark Andrew Inglis Clark was an Australian barrister, politician, electoral reformer and jurist. He initially qualified engineer, however he re-trained as a barrister in order to effectively fight for social causes which deeply concerned him...	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1878–1882; 1887–1898
Matthew Clarke	Liberal	Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....	1897–1900
Alfred Crisp	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1886–1900
Edward Crowther	Liberal/Ministerial	Kingborough Electoral district of Kingborough The Electoral district of Kingborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region to the immediate south of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and included the Huon Valley towns of Cygnet, Huonville, Kettering, Margate and Sandfly.The seat was created as a...	1878–1912
John Davies	Independent/Ministerial	Fingal Electoral district of Fingal The Electoral district of Fingal was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around Fingal in Tasmania's east and also included the coastal towns of St Marys and St Helens, and inland districts such as Avoca and Mathinna.The seat was created ahead of the...	1884–1913
Henry Dobson Henry Dobson Henry Dobson , was an Australian politician, who served as a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and later of the Australian Senate...	Ministerial	Brighton Electoral district of Brighton (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Brighton was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Brighton to the north of Hobart....	1891–1900
Henry Dumaresq	Liberal/Ministerial	Longford Electoral district of Longford The Electoral district of Longford was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Longford near Tasmania's second city, Launceston....	1886–1903
John Evans John Evans (Australian politician) Sir John William Evans, CMG was an Australian politician, a member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly and Premier of Tasmania from 11 July 1904 to 19 June 1909.-Early life and nautical career:...	Independent	Kingborough Electoral district of Kingborough The Electoral district of Kingborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region to the immediate south of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and included the Huon Valley towns of Cygnet, Huonville, Kettering, Margate and Sandfly.The seat was created as a...	1897–1937
Alexander Fowler	Liberal/Independent	Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....	1893; 1897–1901
Sir Philip Fysh Philip Fysh Sir Philip Oakley Fysh, KCMG was an Australian politician, Premier of Tasmania and a member of the first federal ministry....	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1873–1878; 1894–1898
James Gaffney James Gaffney (politician) James Joseph Gaffney was an Australian politician. He was born in Launceston, Tasmania. In 1899 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for Lyell, serving until he retired in 1903 to run for the Australian House of Representatives without success. Gaffney died in Launceston...	Liberal/Ministerial	Lyell Electoral district of Lyell The Electoral district of Lyell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the towns of Queenstown and Strahan in the West Coast region of Tasmania....	1899–1903
George Gilmore	Ministerial	George Town Electoral district of George Town The Electoral district of George Town was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of George Town in Tasmania's Tamar Valley region north of Launceston....	1893–1900; 1903–1906
Charles Hall	Independent	Waratah Electoral district of Waratah (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Waratah was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Waratah in western Tasmania....	1897–1903
John Hamilton	Liberal/Ministerial	Glenorchy Electoral district of Glenorchy The Electoral district of Glenorchy was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the northern suburbs of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and included New Town, Moonah and Glenorchy....	1887–1903
William Hartnoll William Hartnoll William Hartnoll 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 Tasmanian House of Assembly as the member for South Launceston, transferring to Launceston...	Ministerial	Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....	1884–1902
John Henry	Ministerial	Devonport Electoral district of Devonport The Electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast....	1891–1897
Charles Hoggins	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1898–1900; 1900–1903; 1917–1919
George Leatham	Liberal/Ministerial	New Norfolk Electoral district of New Norfolk The Electoral district of New Norfolk was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of New Norfolk, northwest of the Tasmanian capital, Hobart....	1891–1903; 1906–1909
Elliott Lewis Elliott Lewis Sir Neil Elliott Lewis, KCMG , Australian politician, was Premier of Tasmania on three occasions. He was also a member of the first Australian federal ministry, led by Edmund Barton....	Ministerial	Richmond Electoral district of Richmond (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Richmond was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Richmond to the north of Hobart....	1886–1903; 1909–1922
Charles Mackenzie	Ministerial	Wellington Electoral district of Wellington (Tasmania) The Electoral district of Wellington was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in north-western Tasmania in the town of Stanley, and included King Island...	1886–1909
William McWilliams William McWilliams William James McWilliams was the inaugural leader of the Country Party of Australia.Born in Bream Creek, near Sorell, Tasmania, the son of Irish immigrants who ran the local school. Originally trained as a teacher, McWilliams became a journalist in 1877, rising to editor of the Launceston...	Liberal/Independent	Ringarooma Electoral district of Ringarooma The Electoral district of Ringarooma was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Ringarooma in north-eastern Tasmania....	1893–1900
Edward Miles Edward Miles Edward Thomas Miles was born in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land and during his lifetime served as a merchant seaman, a Free Trade Party Member of the Tasmanian Parliament and Minister and as an entrepreneur...	Liberal	Glamorgan Electoral district of Glamorgan The Electoral district of Glamorgan was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Swansea in eastern Tasmania, and included Bicheno, Little Swanport and the Freycinet Peninsula...	1883–1899; 1900
Edward Mulcahy	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1891–1903; 1910–1919
Henry Murray Henry Murray (Australian politician) Henry Murray was an Australian politician. He was born at Evandale, Tasmania. In 1891 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Free Trade member for East Devon. His seat was abolished in 1897 and he transferred to Latrobe, moving to Devonport in 1898...	Ministerial/Independent	Latrobe Electoral district of Latrobe The Electoral district of Latrobe was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at Latrobe on Tasmania's north coast near the town of Devonport.... /Devonport Electoral district of Devonport The Electoral district of Devonport was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based at the town of Devonport on Tasmania's north coast....	1891–1900; 1902–1909
William Page	Independent	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1897–1900
Alfred Pillinger	Liberal	Oatlands Electoral district of Oatlands The Electoral district of Oatlands was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Oatlands to the north of Hobart....	1876–1899
William Propsting William Propsting William Bispham Propsting, CMG was an Australian politician and member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, who served as Premier of Tasmania from 9 April 1903 to 11 July 1904.-Early life:...	Liberal	Hobart Electoral district of Hobart The Electoral district of Hobart was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart....	1899–1905
Thomas Reibey Thomas Reibey Thomas Reibey was an Australian politician and Premier of Tasmania from 20 July 1876 until 9 August 1877....	Liberal	Westbury Electoral district of Westbury The Electoral district of Westbury was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Westbury near Tasmania's second city of Launceston....	1874–1903
Frederick Shaw	Ministerial	Glamorgan Electoral district of Glamorgan The Electoral district of Glamorgan was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Swansea in eastern Tasmania, and included Bicheno, Little Swanport and the Freycinet Peninsula...	1899–1903
Ronald Smith	Liberal	Launceston Electoral district of Launceston The Electoral district of Launceston was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's second city, Launceston, and the surrounding rural area....	1897–1900
John Charles von Steiglitz	Ministerial	Evandale Electoral district of Evandale The Electoral district of Evandale was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Evandale to the south of Launceston....	1891–1903
Don Urquhart Don Urquhart Donald Campbell "Don" Urquhart was an Australian politician. He was born in London. In 1893 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as the Free Trade member for Cumberland. His election was declared void in December 1893, but in 1894 he won election to the seat of Montagu...	Liberal/Independent	Montagu Electoral district of Montagu The Electoral district of Montagu was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It covered the West Coast region of Tasmania and its main centre of population was the town of Zeehan....	1894–1903; 1906–1909
Joseph Woollnough Joseph Woollnough Joseph Boss Williams Woollnough was an Australian politician. He was the Free Trade member for Sorell in the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1893 to 1903. He died in 1917 at Salwood in Queensland....	Ministerial	Sorell Electoral district of Sorell The Electoral district of Sorell was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based around the town of Sorell east of Tasmania's capital, Hobart, and included the Tasman Peninsula....	1893–1903

Sources

• Parliament of Tasmania (2006). The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856