Members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, 1903–1906
This is a list of members of the Tasmanian House of Assembly between the 2 April 1903 election and the 29 March 1906 election.
The Hare-Clark system being trialled in Hobart and Launceston came to an end at the 1903 election, and several seats in the rural region between the two centres either merged or changed substantially. Possibly the most significant result was the failure of the Premier of Tasmania, Elliott Lewis, to win a seat—formerly the member for abolished Richmond, he ran for the new Central Hobart seat, and was beaten by Herbert Nicholls, an opposition backbencher with only two years' parliamentary experience, by a substantial margin. The election also saw an increased participation by the fledgling Labor Party, which won four of the six seats it contested, all of which were in mining areas of the state. Future Labor premier John Earle was beaten in Waratah by four votes, whilst future federal MHR Jens Jensen and senator James Long also commenced their parliamentary careers.
| Name | Party | District | Years in office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles Allen | Liberal | Westbury | 1903–1909 |
| William Batchelor | Liberal/Independent | North Launceston | 1903–1906 |
| William Bennett | Liberal/Ministerial | Cambria | 1889–1893; 1903–1909 |
| Jonathan Best | Liberal/Independent | Deloraine | 1894–1897; 1899–1912; 1913 |
| Stafford Bird[5] | Ministerial | South Hobart | 1882–1903; 1904–1909 |
| Frank Bond | Liberal/Ministerial | East Hobart | 1903–1906; 1909–1921 |
| George Brettingham-Moore | Liberal | West Hobart | 1903–1909 |
| Julian Brown | Ministerial/Independent | New Norfolk | 1903–1906 |
| Nicholas John Brown[2] | Ministerial | Cumberland | 1875–1903 |
| William Brownell | Liberal/Ministerial | Franklin | 1903–1909 |
| George Burns | Labor | Queenstown | 1903–1906 |
| Edward Crowther | Ministerial | Queenborough | 1878–1912 |
| John George Davies | Independent | Fingal | 1884–1913 |
| Henry Dumaresq[1] | Ministerial | Longford | 1886–1903 |
| Henry Dumbleton | Independent/Ministerial | Devonport | 1903–1906 |
| John Evans | Ministerial | Kingborough | 1897–1937 |
| John Gibson | Liberal/Independent | North Esk | 1903–1906 |
| George Gilmore | Liberal/Ministerial | Waratah | 1893–1900; 1903–1906 |
| Alexander Hean | Liberal/Ministerial | Sorell | 1903–1913; 1916–1925 |
| Thomas Hodgman | Liberal/Ministerial | Monmouth | 1900–1912 |
| John Hope | Ministerial | Kentish | 1900–1911 |
| Jens Jensen | Labor | George Town | 1903–1910; 1922–1925; 1928–1934 |
| William Lamerton | Labor/Ind.Labor | Zeehan | 1903–1906 |
| James Long[4] | Labor | Lyell | 1903–1910 |
| Carmichael Lyne | Liberal | Ringarooma | 1900–1906 |
| Sir John McCall | Liberal | West Devon | 1888–1893; 1901–1909 |
| Charles Mackenzie | Ministerial | Wellington | 1886–1909 |
| Henry Murray | Liberal | Latrobe | 1891–1900; 1902–1909 |
| Herbert Nicholls | Liberal | Central Hobart | 1900–1909 |
| Robert Patterson[5] | Ministerial | South Hobart | 1900–1904 |
| Herbert Payne | Liberal | Burnie | 1903–1920 |
| William Propsting | Liberal | North Hobart | 1899–1905 |
| Frederick Rattle | Liberal/Ministerial | Glenorchy | 1903–1912 |
| Matthew Robinson[3] | Liberal/Independent | West Launceston | 1903–1906 |
| Robert Sadler | Liberal | Central Launceston | 1900–1912; 1913–1922 |
| David Storrer[3] | Liberal | West Launceston | 1902–1903 |
| Charles Stewart | Liberal/Ministerial | East Launceston | 1903–1909 |
| John Wood[2] | Ministerial | Cumberland | 1903–1909 |
| Alfred Youl[1] | Ministerial | Longford | 1903–1909 |