Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1856–1861
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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 inaugural 1856 elections and the 1861 elections.
Name District Years in office
Edward Abbott Clarence
Electoral district of Clarence (Tasmania)
The Electoral district of Clarence was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the region across the Derwent River from Hobart in what is now the eastern suburbs, including Bellerive and Rokeby as well as the South Arm Peninsula.The seat was created...

 
1856–1864
Robert Adams Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1859–1866
William Race Allison  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....

 
1856–1865
Henry Anstey 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....

 
1856–1859
John Archer Norfolk Plains
Electoral district of Norfolk Plains
The Electoral district of Norfolk Plains was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based near the town of Longford to the south of Launceston, Tasmania's second city, and also included the towns of Carrick and Perth....

 
1859–1861
William Archer Devon
Electoral district of Devon
The Electoral district of Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the north coastal and north-western regions of Tasmania, and its major town was Devonport....

 
1860–1862; 1866–1868
John Balfe 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...

 
1857–1872;
1874–1880
William Boys Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1857–1861
Henry Butler  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....

 
1856–1862; 1866–1885
William Champ
William Champ
William Thomas Napier Champ was a soldier and politician who became the first Premier of Tasmania.-Early life:...

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....

 
1856–1857
Thomas Chapman Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1856–1864; 1866–1873
Alexander Clerke 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....

 
1857–1860; 1862–1863;
1872–1874
Joseph Cohen
Joseph Cohen
Joseph Cohen was a Canadian lawyer, academic, and politician.Born in Russayn, Russian Empire, the son of Myer Cohen, a Jewish clergyman, and Rebecca Benyash, Cohen emigrated to Canada in 1892 settling in Montreal, Quebec. He studied at the High School of Montreal, McGill University, and at the...

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....

 
1860–1861
William Crooke 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...

 
1856–1857
John Crookes
John Crookes
John Edward Crookes was an English cricketer. Crookes was a right-handed batsman.Crookes made his county cricket debut for Lincolnshirein the 1909 Minor Counties Championship against Suffolk. Crookes would represent Lincolnshire in 10 Minor Counties matches...

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....

 
1857–1862; 1866
Adye Douglas
Adye Douglas
Sir Adye Douglas was an Australian lawyer and politician, and first class cricket player, who played one match for Tasmania. He was Premier of Tasmania from 15 August 1884 to 8 March 1886....

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....

 
1856–1857; 1862–1884
James Dunn  Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1856–1861
Michael Fenton  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....

 
1856–1861
Thomas Field  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....

 
1856–1862
Thomas Gellibrand  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...

 
1856–1861
James Gibson Devon
Electoral district of Devon
The Electoral district of Devon was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the north coastal and north-western regions of Tasmania, and its major town was Devonport....

 
1856–1860
John Gregson Norfolk Plains
Electoral district of Norfolk Plains
The Electoral district of Norfolk Plains was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based near the town of Longford to the south of Launceston, Tasmania's second city, and also included the towns of Carrick and Perth....

 
1856–1859
Thomas Gregson
Thomas Gregson
Thomas George Gregson was the second Premier of Tasmania, serving from 26 February 1857 until 25 April 1857.-Early life:...

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....

 
1856–1872
Ronald Gunn 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....

 
1856–1860
Charles Henty  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....

 
1856–1862
Frederick Houghton Ringwood
Electoral district of Ringwood
The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city....

 
1859–1861; 1872–1876
Frederick Innes
Frederick Innes
Frederick Maitland Innes was Premier of Tasmania from 4 November 1872 to 4 August 1873.The son of Francis Innes, army officer, and his wife Prudence, née Edgerleyan, Innes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Innes was educated at Heriot's, Edinburgh, and Kelso Grammar School in Kelso...

Morven
Electoral district of Morven
The Electoral district of Morven 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....

 
1856–1862; 1872–1877
Robert Kermode Ringwood
Electoral district of Ringwood
The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city....

 
1857–1859; 1861–1862
Frederick Lipscombe 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...

 
1859–1861
James MacLanachan 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....

 
1859–1862
Duncan McPherson  Queenborough
Electoral district of Queenborough
The Electoral district of Queenborough was an electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in the southern suburbs of Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, in particular Sandy Bay, and surrounding districts such as Cascades, Taroona and Kingston.The seat was created as a...

 
1856–1861
George Marshall 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....

 
1860–1861
James Matthews 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....

 
1857–1861
Charles Meredith
Charles Meredith (Tasmania)
Charles Meredith was an Australian grazier and politician, Tasmanian colonial treasurer for several years in the mid-to-late 19th century.-Early life:...

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...

 
1856–1879
Maxwell Miller Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1856–1861; 1862–1864
Askin Morrison 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....

 
1856–1860
Alfred Nicholas 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...

 
1856–1859
Robert Nutt Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....

 
1856–1859
Sir Robert Officer  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....

 
1856–1877
John Rogers 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....

 
1856–1857
Adolphus Rooke  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....

 
1856–1862; 1868–1869;
1871–1872
Isaac Sherwin 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....

 
1860–1866
Francis Smith Hobart Town
Electoral district of Hobart Town
The Electoral district of Hobart Town was a multi-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in Tasmania's capital city, Hobart, and its suburbs....


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...

 
1856–1860
Francis von Steiglitz 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...

 
1860–1861
Frederick von Steiglitz 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...

 
1856–1857
William Weston Ringwood
Electoral district of Ringwood
The Electoral district of Ringwood was a single-member electoral district of the Tasmanian House of Assembly. It was based in an agricultural region to the southwest of Launceston, Tasmania's second city....

1856–1857

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