8–22 September (House of Assembly)
6–17 October (Legislative Council) 1861 → | Dates 8 Sep 1856 – 17 Oct 1856 | |
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The 1856 Tasmanian colonial elections took place from 8 to 22 September 1856 (for the House of Assembly) and 6 to 17 October 1856 (for the Legislative Council). The elections were the first to be held under the Electoral Act 1856, which established responsible government in Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land) and created a bicameral parliament consisting of the 30-member Tasmanian House of Assembly and the 15-member Tasmanian Legislative Council.
Members were elected by first-past-the-post voting.
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Tasmanian colonial election, 1856 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA