Sir Herbert Nicholls was an Australian judge and politician, who was Chief Justice of Tasmania from 1914 to 1937, and as an independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly from 1900 to 1909.
14 Facts About Herbert Nicholls
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Nicholls was born in Ballarat, Victoria in 1868, to the English journalist Henry Richard Nicholls and his Irish-born wife Ellen Minchin.
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Herbert Nicholls was educated in Ballarat, until his family moved to Hobart, Tasmania in 1883 so his father could take up the editorship of The Mercury newspaper.
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Herbert Nicholls graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tasmania in 1896, and became a barrister.
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At a 1900 by-election, Herbert Nicholls was elected as an independent member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly, as one of the members representing the multi-member electoral district of Hobart.
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Herbert Nicholls was the first graduate of the University of Tasmania to be elected to parliament.
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From 1903 to 1904, Herbert Nicholls held two ministries in the cabinet of William Propsting: Attorney-General and Minister administering the Education Act.
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Dobson declined the appointment for personal reasons, and Herbert Nicholls was offered the role and accepted.
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Herbert Nicholls resigned from the Tasmanian Parliament on 1 January 1909.
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Herbert Nicholls was serving as administrator in October 1923, when the Nationalist government of Sir Walter Lee lost a confidence motion on the floor of the house.
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Herbert Nicholls refused to dissolve the parliament and call an election, and appointed Joseph Lyons as Premier of a minority Labor government when Lee resigned.
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Herbert Nicholls was lieutenant-governor and administrator of the state for nearly three years from December 1930 to August 1933 between the end of Sir James O'Grady's term and the appointment of Sir Ernest Clark.
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Herbert Nicholls was made Knight Bachelor in 1916 for his work as chief justice.
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Herbert Nicholls was a frequent visitor to the western highlands region where the lake is located, which was a practically unexplored area at the time.