11 On 20 July 1876,
Charles Meredith was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election. However, his nomination was ruled informal, and on 3 August 1876, the seat was declared for the only candidate,
Andrew Crawford. Meredith was not without a seat for long, howeverβ
Frederick Houghton, the member for
Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat.
12 On 20 July 1876,
George Gilmore was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was defeated on 3 August 1876 by
Charles Bromby.
13 In March 1877,
James Gray, the member for
West Hobart, resigned.
John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1877. Balfe, in running for the seat, had vacated his
South Launceston seat, which was filled at the 27 April 1877 by-election by
Samuel Tulloch.
Sources
Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
ISBN0-7246-4147-5.
11 On 20 July 1876,
Charles Meredith was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election. However, his nomination was ruled informal, and on 3 August 1876, the seat was declared for the only candidate,
Andrew Crawford. Meredith was not without a seat for long, howeverβ
Frederick Houghton, the member for
Norfolk Plains, resigned, and on 24 August 1876, Meredith was elected unopposed to that seat.
12 On 20 July 1876,
George Gilmore was appointed to the Ministry. He was therefore required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election, at which he was defeated on 3 August 1876 by
Charles Bromby.
13 In March 1877,
James Gray, the member for
West Hobart, resigned.
John Balfe won the resulting by-election on 18 April 1877. Balfe, in running for the seat, had vacated his
South Launceston seat, which was filled at the 27 April 1877 by-election by
Samuel Tulloch.
Sources
Newman, Terry (1994). Representation of the Tasmanian People. Tasmanian Parliamentary Library.
ISBN0-7246-4147-5.