Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the 4th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1868 to 1870, as elected at the 1868 state elections held between 14 September 1868 and 6 October 1868 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]

Name Electorate Term in office
Archibald Archer[6] Rockhampton 1867–1869; 1878–1886;
1888–1896
Robert Travers Atkin[2][9] Clermont
East Moreton 		1868–1869; 1870–1872
Joshua Peter Bell Northern Downs 1862–1879
John Robinson Benson[10] Clermont 1870–1870
Rt Hon John Bright[5] Kennedy 1869–1870
Archibald Buchanan[8] Mitchell 1870; 1871–1873
Oscar de Satge[2][10] Clermont 1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
John Douglas[1] East Moreton 1863–1866; 1867–1868;
1875–1880
George Edmondstone[3] Town of Brisbane 1860–1867; 1869–1877
Gilbert Eliott Wide Bay 1860–1870
John Ferrett[12] West Moreton 1860–1863; 1870–1873
Thomas Henry FitzGerald[5] Kennedy 1867–1869; 1873–1875
Frederick Forbes West Moreton 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1868–1873
Arthur Francis[9] East Moreton 1867–1870
Simon Fraser Town of Brisbane 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
Alexander Fyfe [11] Rockhampton 1870–1873
William Henry Groom Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901
Charles Haly[4] Burnett 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1869–1871; 1876–1878
Hon Arthur Hodgson[7] Warrego 1868–1869
Samuel Hodgson[12] West Moreton 1868–1870
Henry Jordan[1] East Moreton 1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890
Edward Lamb[8] Mitchell 1867–1869
Charles Lilley Hamlet of Fortitude Valley 1860–1873
Arthur Macalister Eastern Downs 1860–1871; 1872–1876
Thomas McIlwraith[7] Warrego 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
Robert Mackenzie[4] Burnett 1860–1869
William Miles Maranoa 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Henry Milford [6][11] Rockhampton 1869–1870
John Murphy Town of Ipswich 1867–1870
Kevin O'Doherty Town of Brisbane 1867–1873
Hon Arthur Hunter Palmer Port Curtis 1866–1881
Ratcliffe Pring Burnett 1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
Theophilus Parsons Pugh[3] Town of Brisbane 1863–1869
Robert Ramsay Western Downs 1867–1873
Charles Royds Leichhardt 1860–1864; 1868–1872
Gordon Sandeman Leichhardt 1863–1870
Thomas Blacket Stephens Town of South Brisbane 1863–1875
James Taylor Western Downs 1860–1870
John Malbon Thompson Town of Ipswich 1868–1881
George Thorn West Moreton 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Edmond Thornton Warwick 1868–1870; 1871–1873
William Henry Walsh Maryborough 1865–1878
Henry Williams Town of Ipswich 1868–1870

Notes

1 On 11 December 1868, John Douglas, member for East Moreton, resigned. Henry Jordan won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1868.
2 On 29 January 1869, Robert Travers Atkin, member for Clermont, resigned. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 4 March 1869.
3 On 30 January 1869, Theophilus Parsons Pugh, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. George Edmondstone was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 10 February 1869.
4 On 6 April 1869, Robert Mackenzie, former Premier and member for Burnett, retired from politics and departed for Europe. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 21 April 1869.
5 On 11 June 1869, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Kennedy, resigned. Rt Hon John Bright, an English Radical politician who was endorsed as a form of protest, won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1869. He never took his seat in the Queensland Parliament.
6 On 19 November 1869, Archibald Archer, member for Rockhampton, resigned. Henry Milford won the resulting by-election on 6 December 1869, although did not take his seat.
7 On 23 November 1869, Arthur Hodgson, the member for Warrego, resigned. Thomas McIlwraith won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1870.
8 On 3 December 1869, Edward Lamb, member for Mitchell, resigned. Archibald Buchanan won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1870; however, it emerged he had not nominated as a candidate and had been elected against his own wishes, and he resigned two days later.
9 On 17 February 1870, Arthur Francis, member for East Moreton, resigned due to insolvency. After Robert Cribb withdrew his nomination, Robert Travers Atkin was elected unopposed on 17 February 1870.
10 On 4 April 1870, Oscar de Satge, member for the Clermont resigned. John Robinson Benson won the resulting by-election on 4 May 1870.
11 On 7 June 1870, Henry Milford, member for Rockhampton since a December 1869 by-election, resigned. He stood again at the resulting by-election on 20 June 1870, but was defeated by Alexander Fyfe.
12 On 13 June 1870, Samuel Hodgson, member for West Moreton, resigned. John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870.

See also

Robert Mackenzie (1867–1868)
Charles Lilley (1868–1870)

References

  1. ↑ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929". Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
Preceded by
3rd Assembly		 4th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1868–1870 		Succeeded by
5th Assembly