ELECTIONS TO THE TASMANIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL 1856-1901
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GLAMORGAN 
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GLAMORGAN
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Nominations 12 March, polling 1855
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Candidate                 Party                 Votes   %
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Francis Cotton                                      19  25.7
Charles MEREDITH                                    55  74.3
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Total                                               74
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Charles Meredith (1811-80): Elected 1855
Born: 1811, Wales
Career: To VDL 1821. Farmer.
Resigned August 1856
Later career: see House of Assembly, Glamorgan 1856
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No by-election was held because the District of Glamorgan was 
abolished at the 1856 election.