Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1873–1878

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1873 to 1878, as elected at the 1873 state elections.

Name Electorate Term in office
Francis Amhurst[10][26] Bowen 1875–1877; 1878–1881
William Bailey Wide Bay 1873–1888
Frank Beattie[3] Fortitude Valley 1874–1878; 1879–1886
Joshua Peter Bell Dalby 1862–1879
Henry Beor[26] Bowen 1877–1880
Adam Black [9][12] Logan 1875
Charles Hardie Buzacott [30] Rockhampton 1873–1877
Oscar de Satge[25] Normanby 1869–1872; 1873–1877;
1881–1882
James Dickson Enoggera 1873–1888; 1892–1901
John Douglas[8] Maryborough 1863–1866; 1867–1868;
1875–1880
George Edmondstone[29] Wickham 1860–1867; 1869–1877
Thomas Henry FitzGerald [10] Bowen 1867–1869; 1873–1875
James Foote West Moreton 1873–1878; 1880–1888;
1892–1893
George Fox[25] Normanby 1877–1878; 1901–1914
Simon Fraser Bundamba 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
William Fryar [28] East Moreton 1873–1877
James Garrick[28] East Moreton 1867–1868; 1877–1883
Charles Graham [16] Clermont 1872–1876
William Graham[7] Darling Downs 1875–1878
Samuel Griffith Oxley 1872–1893
George Grimes[23] Bulimba 1876–1878
William Henry Groom Toowoomba 1862–1901
Charles Haly[15] Leichhardt 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1869–1871; 1876–1878
William Hemmant [20] Bulimba 1871–1876
Albert Hockings[29] Wickham 1877–1878
William Hodgkinson[13] Burke 1873–1875; 1888–1893
Francis Ivory Burnett 1873–1878
James Johnston [20][23] Bulimba 1876
James Kidgell[24] Gympie 1877–1878
Henry E. King[6] Ravenswood 1870–1873; 1874–1883
Richard Kingsford[11] South Brisbane 1875–1883
Charles Lilley [3] Fortitude Valley 1860–1873
Robert Lord [24] Gympie 1873–1877
Jacob Low[4] Balonne 1874–1883
Arthur Macalister [19] Ipswich 1860–1871; 1872–1876
Edward MacDevitt [6] Ravenswood 1870–1874
Peter MacDonald Blackall 1873–1878
John MacFarlane[32] Ipswich 1878–1894
John MacFarlane[30] Rockhampton 1877–1878; 1879–1880
Thomas McIlwraith Maranoa 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
Peter McLean[17] Logan 1876–1883
John Murtagh Macrossan Kennedy 1873–1878; 1879–1891
William Miles[1][14][22] Carnarvon
Northern Downs		 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop Morehead Mitchell 1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil Moreton [8] Burnett 1870–1871; 1873–1875;
1883–1888
James Morgan Warwick 1870–1871; 1873–1878
William Edward Murphy[18] Cook 1876–1878
Philip Nind [5][9] Logan 1873–1875
Patrick O'Sullivan[21] Burke 1860–1863; 1867–1868;
1876–1883; 1888–1893
Arthur Hunter Palmer Port Curtis 1866–1881
James Augustus Parker [13][21] Burke 1875–1876
Edward Pechey [27] Aubigny 1873–1877
Patrick Perkins[27] Aubigny 1877–1884; 1888–1893
de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse[33] Fassifern 1878–1883
John Pettigrew Stanley 1873–1878
Ratcliffe Pring[1][31] Carnarvon
Brisbane City		 1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
Edmund Royds [15] Leichhardt 1864–1868; 1872–1875
John Scott Clermont
Leichhardt
Springsure
Leichhardt
Legislative Council		 1868–1868
1870–1873
1873–1878
1878–1888
1888–1890
Walter Jervoise Scott Mulgrave 1871–1878
Frederick Shaw [12][17] Logan 1875–1876
Thomas Stephens [11] South Brisbane 1863–1865
John Stevenson[16] Clermont 1876–1893
Robert Stewart[31] Brisbane City 1873–1878
John Malbon Thompson Bremer 1868–1881
George Thorn[2][19][32] Fassifern
Ipswich		 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Henry Thorn [22] Northern Downs 1867–1868; 1873–1876
John Thorn[2][33] Fassifern 1874–1878
John Tyrel[14] Carnarvon 1876–1883
Adam Walker [4] Balonne 1873–1874
William Henry Walsh Warrego 1865–1878
Edward Wienholt [7] Darling Downs 1870–1875

Notes

1 On 8 January 1874, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Carnarvon, was appointed to the Macalister Ministry as Attorney-General. He therefore was required to resign his seat and stand for a ministerial by-election. He lost the seat to William Miles at the resulting by-election on 20 January 1874.
2 On 8 January 1874, George Thorn, member for Fassifern, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. John Thorn won the resulting by-election on 24 January 1874.
3 On 14 February 1874, Charles Lilley, member for Fortitude Valley, resigned. Frank Beattie (politician) won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1874.
4 The election of Adam Walker, the member for Balonne, was voided on 27 May 1874, and Jacob Low was appointed in his place.
5 The election of Philip Nind, the member for Logan, was voided on 27 May 1874. He retained his seat at the resulting by-election on 8 June 1874.
6 On 13 November 1874, Edward MacDevitt, member for Ravenswood, resigned. Henry Edward King won the resulting by-election on 9 December 1874.
7 On 1 February 1875, Edward Wienholt, member for Darling Downs, resigned. William Graham won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1875.
8 On 16 March 1875, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Maryborough, resigned. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 2 April 1875.
9 On 3 April 1875, Philip Nind, member for Logan, resigned. Adam Black won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1875.
10 On 5 May 1875, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Bowen, resigned. Francis Amhurst won the resulting by-election on 14 May 1975.
11 On 13 May 1875, Thomas Stephens, member for South Brisbane, resigned. Richard Kingsford won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1875.
12 On 3 October 1875, Adam Black, member for Logan, resigned. Frederick Shaw won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1875.
13 On 13 September 1875, William Hodgkinson, member for Burke, resigned. James Augustus Parker won the resulting by-election on 26 October 1875.
14 On 14 October 1875, William Miles, member for Carnarvon, resigned. John Tyrel won the resulting by-election on 8 January 1876.
15 On 8 December 1875, Edmund Royds, member for Leichhardt, resigned. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1876.
16 On 4 January 1876, Charles Graham, member for Clermont, resigned. John Stevenson won the resulting by-election on 4 February 1876.
17 On 12 April 1876, Frederick Shaw, member for Logan, resigned. Peter McLean won the resulting by-election on 9 May 1876.
18 The Additional Members Act 1875 created the new seat of Cook. On 1 June 1876, William Edward Murphy became its first member at a special election.
19 On 14 June 1876, Arthur Macalister, member for Ipswich, resigned. George Thorn won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1876.
20 On 26 June 1876, William Hemmant, member for Bulimba, resigned. James Johnston won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1876.
21 On 21 June 1876, James Augustus Parker, member for Burke, resigned. Patrick O'Sullivan won the resulting by-election on 22 August 1876.
22 On 30 October 1876, Henry Thorn, member for Northern Downs, resigned. William Miles won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1876.
23 On 7 November 1876, James Johnston, member for Bulimba, died. George Grimes won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1876.
24 On 9 March 1877, Robert Lord, member for Gympie, resigned. James Kidgell won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1877.
25 On 20 March 1877, Oscar de Satge, member for Normanby, resigned. George Fox won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.
26 On 24 March 1877, Francis Amhurst, member for Bowen, resigned. Henry Beor won the resulting by-election on 23 April 1877.
27 On 9 April 1877, Edward Pechey, member for Aubigny, resigned. Patrick Perkins won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1877.
28 On 24 April 1877, William Fryar, member for East Moreton, resigned. James Garrick won the resulting by-election on 10 May 1877.
29 On 28 April 1877, George Edmondstone, member for Wickham, resigned. Albert Hockings won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1877.
30 On 26 October 1877, Charles Hardie Buzacott, member for Rockhampton, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 20 November 1877.
31 On 1 February 1878, Robert Stewart, member for Brisbane City, resigned. Ratcliffe Pring won the resulting by-election on 12 February 1878.
32 On 12 February 1878, George Thorn, member for Ipswich, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 7 March 1878.
33 On 12 March 1878, John Thorn, member for Fassifern, resigned. de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse won the resulting by-election on 9 April 1878.

See also

Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)
Arthur Macalister (1874–1876)
George Thorn (1876–1877)
John Douglas (1877–1879)

References

Preceded by
6th Assembly		 7th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1873–1878		 Succeeded by
8th Assembly