William Propsting

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William Propsting (1903)

William Bispham Propsting CMG (born June 4, 1861 in Hobart , Tasmania ; † December 3, 1937 ibid) was a politician of the Liberal Democrat Tasmania , who was Prime Minister of Tasmania between 1903 and 1904 .

Life

Propsting was elected as a candidate for the Liberal Democrat Tasmania in the elections on February 16, 1899 in the constituency of Hobart for the first time as a member of the House of Representatives (Tasmanian House of Assembly) , the lower house of the Tasmanian parliament, and initially belonged to it until the electoral district was dissolved in April 1903 on. During his membership in parliament he served as opposition leader between October 1901 and April 1903 .

In the elections of April 2, 1903, he was then re-elected to the House of Assembly in the North Hobart constituency , where he represented the interests of the Liberal Democrats until he resigned in March 1906.

Shortly thereafter, Propsting became Prime Minister on April 9, 1903 as the successor to the Conservative Elliott Lewis and held this office until he was replaced by the Conservative John William Evans on July 11, 1904. In his government he also took over the office of Treasurer. .

After the end of his term in office, he served again as opposition leader between July 1904 and December 1905. On December 22, 1905, Propsting was elected as a non-party member of the Legislative Council , the upper house of the Tasmanian Parliament, in the constituency of Hobart, and was a member of both chambers of parliament for four months until he resigned from the House of Assembly in March 1906 .

On July 26, 1926, after the resignation of Tetley Gant , Propsting became the new President of the Legislative Council and held this office for more than eleven years until his death on December 3, 1937. He was then succeeded on December 7, 1937 by Thomas Murdoch . For his longstanding political services, he was named Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (CMG) in 1932 .

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SURNAME Propsting, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Propsting, William Bispham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Hobart , Tasmania
DATE OF DEATH December 3, 1937
Place of death Hobart , Tasmania