VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== SUPPLEMENTARY ELECTION OF 12 SEPTEMBER 1889 ==================================================================== Amendments to the Electoral Act in 1889 enlarged the Legislative Assembly from 86 to 95 members. It was therefore decided to enlarge the Legislative Council by six members, from 42 to 48, to preserve the relative sizes of the two houses as specified in the Constitution Act. The six Council provinces with the largest enrolments each elected one new member in September 1889. VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE 8,337 enrolled, 2,514 (30.2%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr George Moore 1,227 48.8 Charles SARGEANT 1,287 51.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,514 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Sargeant (1836-1908): Elected 1889 Born: About 1836, Berkshire Career: To Australia 1843, sawmiller at Warragul. Buln Buln Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE 16,718 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George S COPPIN Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Coppin was MLC for South Western Province 1858-63, MLA for Melbourne East 1874-77, 1883-89. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Selth Coppin (1819-1906): Elected 1858. Resigned 1863. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1883, 1886. Defeated 1889. Elected 1889 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE 8,501 enrolled, 5,783 (68.0%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- George SIMMIE 3,078 53.2 Joseph Sternberg 2,705 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,783 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Sternberg, see Northern Province, 1891 by-election -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Simmie (1828-1906): Elected 1889 Born: About 1828, Perthsire Career: To Melbourne 1852. Miner, contractor. Pastoralist near Echuca. -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE 10,729 enrolled, 4,275 (39.8%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Clark 899 21.0 Thomas Comrie 1,513 35.4 Joseph M PRATT 1,544 36.1 John Thomson 319 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,275 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Clark was MLA for Wimmera 1877-80. 2. For Comrie, see North-Western Province, 1897 3. Thomson was MLA for Evelyn 1863-65. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Major Pratt (1834-1917): Elected 1889 Born: December 1834, London Career: To Melbourne 1852. Miner, storekeeper, auctioneer. Inglewood Borough Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE 17,652 enrolled, 8,251 (46.7%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Blanshard 2,137 25.9 John M DAVIES 3,508 42.5 Derbin Willder 2,606 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,251 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blanshard and Willder were described as Liberal candidates. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Mark Davies (1840-1919): Elected 1889 Born: 8 February 1840, Essex Career: To Port Phillip 1849. Solicitor 1863. Banker and land speculator. Brother of Hon Sir Matthew Davies MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 8,169 enrolled ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward MOREY Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward Morey (1832-1907): Elected 1889 Born: 27 March 1832, Kent Career: To Victoria 1853. Miner, company director. Patoralist near Skipton. Ballarat City Council. --------------------------------------------------------------------