Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from its creation on 1 May 1860 to 31 December 1869. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Prior to 1860, Queensland was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Starting with 11 members, by 26 April 1861, the council had increased to 21 members. From then until the end of the decade, the mean membership was slightly over 20, ranging from 16–17 for a period from July 1865 to February 1866, to 23-24 for a period from July 1863 to April 1864.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

Chairman of Committees:

Members

Name Date appointed Date left Reason for leaving
John Balfour 1860-05-01 1864-04-23 Resignation
William Barker 1861-04-26 1863-07-22 Resignation
John Alexander Bell 1866-09-26 1872-11-21
Francis Bigge 1860-05-01 1873-05-16
John Bramston 1863-07-03 1869-11-17 Resignation
Alfred Henry Brown 1861-04-26 1863-05-13 Resignation
Irwin Browne 1863-07-03 1882-08-14
Alfred Compigne 1860-05-01 1864-04-23 Resignation
John Douglas 1866-02-22 1866-07-25 Elected to Assembly
John Douglas 1868-12-11 1869-11-13 Resignation
Henry Fitz 1860-05-23 1873-05-16
George Fullerton 1860-05-01 1864-05-22 Seat vacated
John Galloway 1860-05-01 1865-05-01 Resignation
John Galloway 1869-11-13 1872-04-17
James Garrick 1869-11-13 1870-12-08
James Gibbon 1866-02-22 1887-02-19
St. George Richard Gore 1863-07-03 1871-08-16
Henry Harden 1868-06-10 1870-06-01
George Harris 1860-05-23 1876-08-31
Johann Heussler 1866-09-26 1870-10-08
William Hobbs 1861-04-26 1880-10-18
Louis Hope 1862-04-24 1882-11-01
Frederick Isaac 1864-08-25 1865-07-12 Death
James Laidley 1860-05-01 1864-08-16 Resignation
William Landsborough 1862-12-20 1865-09-23 Resignation
John McConnel 1861-04-26 1868-07-16 Resignation
John McDougall 1860-05-01 1895-09-13
Robert Massie 1860-05-01 1862-05-14 Resignation
Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior 1866-02-22 1892-12-31
Charles Nicholson 1860-05-01 1863-06-23 Unknown
Francis North 1863-07-03 1864-12-09 Death
Albert Norton 1867-09-11 1868-05-29 Resignation
Maurice Charles O'Connell 1860-05-01 1879-03-23
John Panton 1866-02-22 1866-10-02 Death
Ratcliffe Pring 1862-04-24 1863-05-26 Elected to Assembly
Daniel Foley Roberts 1860-05-23 1889-07-26
Henry Simpson 1868-07-29 1882-04-29
Stephen Simpson 1860-05-23 1865-02-03 Resignation
Richard Joseph Smith 1863-07-03 1866-06-12 Resignation
William Thornton 1866-09-26 1879-09-08
John Watts 1864-04-08 1864-10-31 Elected to Assembly
William Duckett White 1861-04-26 1880-08-05
Western Wood 1861-04-26 1868-03-20 Resignation
William Yaldwyn 1868-06-10 1877-05-15
William Henry Yaldwyn 1860-05-01 1863-06-13 Resignation
William Henry Yaldwyn 1865-05-01 1866-08-28 Death

References

Preceded by
New house
Queensland Legislative Council
1860–1869
Succeeded by
1870–1879