VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF AUGUST-DECEMBER 1870 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 28 November 1870 to 9 August 1872 VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 19 August, polling 27 August 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- George W Cole * J B Johnston -------------------------------------------------------------------- Owing to a dispute between the candidates and the returning officer concerning the validity of both nominations, both candidates withdrew their nominations on 26 August, and a fresh writ was issued. CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 10 December -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George W COLE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Ward Cole (1793-1879): Elected 1859 by, 1860, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Central Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Turner a'Beckett (1808-92): Elected 1858, 1868 > James Graham (1819-98): Appointed 1853. Resigned 1854. Elected 1866. > John O'Shanassy (1818-83): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Accepted office 1858. Elected 1858 by, 1859, 1861, 1864. Retired 1866. Elected 1868 by > Henry Sallows Walsh (1804-77): Elected 1869 by Resigned May 1871 Died 8 July 1877 -------------------------------------------------------------------- EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 2 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William HIGHETT * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Highett (1807-80): Elected 1857 by, 1860, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Eastern Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Stirling Hore Anderson (1821-83): Elected 1858 by, 1859. Accepted office 1860. Elected 1860 by, 1861. Defeated 1864. Elected 1866 by, 1866 > Henry Morgan Murphy (1815-91): Elected 1864 > Robert Turnbull (1819-72): Elected 1863 by > Benjamin Williams (1804-74): Elected 1856, 1858, 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 2 September -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William H F MITCHELL * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811-84): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Defeated 1858. Elected 1859 by, 1860. Accepted office 1862. Elected 1862 by, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Western Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Campbell (1810-96): Elected 1862 > Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864 > Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Commissioner of Public Works from 14 June 1872 Vice-President of the Board of Land and Works from 14 June 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 17 August, polling 29 August 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William DEGRAVES * 893 69.8 John Halfey 386 30.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,279 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Halfey was MLA for Sandhurst 1864-67 -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Degraves (1821-83): Elected 1860, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Arthur Callander a'Beckett (1833-1901): Elected 1868 by > John Pinney Bear (1823-89): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by > William Henry Pettet (1814-71): Elected 1864 Died 2 December 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 24 August -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John CUMMING * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Cumming (1830-83): Elected 1870 by, 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Western Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Henty (1800-82): Elected 1856, 1862 > Robert Culbertson Hope (1812-78): Elected 1867 by > Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868 > Philip Russell (1822-92): Elected 1869 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 31 August, polling 12 September 1870 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas McKELLAR 542 69.5 P J Martin 238 30.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 780 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas McKellar (1819-1900): Elected 1870 Born: 15 June 1819, Argyllshire Career: To Port Phillip 1849. Pastoralist. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Western Province 1870-72 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Niel Black (1804-80): Elected 1859 by, 1862 > Robert Simson (1819-96): Elected 1868 > William Skene (1809-77): Elected 1870 by > James Ford Strachan (1810-75): Elected 1856. Resigned 1866. Elected 1866 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1870-72 ==================================================================== CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 9 June, polling 21 June 1871 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Henry S Walsh -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- James T Harcourt 862 40.0 Hon Archibald MICHIE 1,286 60.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,148 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Harcourt was MLA for Richmond 1868-71. 2. Michie was an appointed MLC 1852-53, MLA for Melbourne 1856-59, for St Kilda 1859-61, for Polwarth and Grenville South 1863-64, for St Kilda 1864-65, for Ballarat West 1870-71 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Michie (1813-99): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by, 1859. Defeated 1861. Elected 1863 by, 1864. Defeated 1866. Elected 1870 by. Defeated 1871. Elected 1871 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 23 December 1871, polling 4 January 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of William Pettet -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas F HAMILTON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Ferrier Hamilton (1820-1905): Elected 1872 by Born: 1820, Scotland Career: To Sydney 1839, to Port Phillip 1840s. Patoralist. Gisborne Shire President. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Nominations 4 July, polling 16 July 1872 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following acceptance of office by Hon Alexander Fraser -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Alexander FRASER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Fraser (1802-88): Elected 1858 by, 1866. Accepted office 1872. Elected 1872 by --------------------------------------------------------------------