Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 23 September – 24 October 1856 to those of 26 August – 26 September 1859.[1] The Assembly was created in 1856.

Victorian Legislative Assembly districts 1856-1859
Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
Name Electorate Term in Office
Travers Adamson The Murray 1856–1859
William Anderson Evelyn and Mornington 1886–1889; 1894–1898
Butler Aspinall Talbot 1856–1864; 1866–1870
John Baragwanath [1] Rodney 1856–1857
Francis Beaver Belfast 1856–1859
Robert Bennett East Bourke 1856–1857; 1859–1864
David Blair Talbot 1856–1859; 1868–1871
John Brooke Geelong 1856–1864
Daniel Cameron [2] Ovens 1856–1857
Colin Campbell Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville 1856–1859; 1874–1877
Daniel Campbell Richmond 1856–1859
Hugh Childers [3] Portland 1856–1857
Andrew Clarke [4] South Melbourne 1856–1858
James Davis Alberton 1856–1859
Charles Gavan Duffy Villiers and Heytesbury 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
Thomas Embling Collingwood 1856–1861; 1866–1867
George Evans Richmond 1856–1864
Thomas Fellows [5] St Kilda 1856–1858; 1868–1872
John Foster Williamstown 1856–1857
Alexander Fyfe [6] Geelong 1856–1857
John Goodman [7] The Murray 1856–1858
James Grant Sandhurst Boroughs 1856–1870; 1871–1885
Augustus Greeves [8] East Bourke 1856–1857; 1857–1859;
1860–1861; 1864–1865
Charles Griffith [9] Dundas and Follett 1856–1858
William Haines [10] South Grant 1856–1858; 1860–1864
William Hammill Wimmera 1856–1857
George Harker Collingwood 1856–1860; 1864–1865; 1871–1874
Edward Henty Normanby 1856–1861
George Horne Warrnambool 1856–1861
Daniel Hughes Portland 1856–1859
John Humffray North Grant 1856–1864; 1868–1871
George Johnson Kyneton Boroughs 1856–1859
John King [11] Gippsland 1856–1857
Peter Lalor North Grenville 1856–1871; 1874–1889
Henry Langlands /
(John O'Shanassy)#		 Melbourne 1857–1859
James McCulloch Wimmera 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
Robert McDougall West Bourke 1856–1857
Archibald Michie Melbourne 1856–1861; 1863–1865; 1870–1871
David Moore Melbourne 1856–1859; 1864–1867
Francis Murphy Murray Boroughs 1856–1865; 1866–1871
John Myles South Grant 1856–1861
Patrick O'Brien South Bourke 1856–1859
John O'Shanassy# Kilmore 1856–1865; 1877–1883
John Owens Loddon 1856–1859; 1861–1863
Alexander Palmer [12] Castlemaine Boroughs 1856–1857
Charles Pasley [13] South Bourke 1856–1857
Patrick Phelan West Bourke 1856–1860
Vincent Pyke [14] Castlemaine Boroughs 1856–1857; 1859–1862
Charles Read [15] Geelong 1856–1858
Andrew Rutherford [16] Colac 1856–1857
William Rutledge Villiers and Heytesbury 1856–1859
Frederick Sargood [17] St Kilda 1856–1857
Charles Sladen [18] Geelong 1856–1857
John Smith Melbourne 1856–1879
Peter Snodgrass Anglesey 1856–1867
William Stawell [19] Melbourne 1856–1857
Ebenezer Syme Loddon 1856–1859
Jeremiah Ware Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville 1856–1859
Jonathan Binns Were [20] Brighton 1856–1857
Horatio Wills South Grant 1856–1859

Notes

^# O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, deciding to represent the latter he resigned from Melbourne.[2] The by-election for Melbourne in January 1857 was won by Henry Langlands.

1 Baragwanath resigned in December 1857, replaced by John Everard in an January 1858 by-election.
2 Cameron resigned in March 1857, replaced by John Wood in an April 1857 by-election.
3 Childers resigned in February 1857, replaced by John Findlay in a July 1857 by-election.
4 Clarke resigned in August 1858, replaced by Robert Anderson in an October 1858 by-election.
5 Fellows resigned in May 1858, replaced by John Crews in a May 1858 by-election.
6 Fyfe resigned in November 1857, replaced by George Board in a February 1858 by-election
7 Goodman resigned in January 1858, replaced by William Forlonge in a January 1858 by-election. Forlonge resigned in January 1859, replaced in turn by William Nicholson in a January 1859 by-election
8 Greeves resigned in March 1857, replaced by Richard Heales in a March 1857 by-election
9 Griffith resigned in February 1858, replaced by William Mollison in an April 1858 by-election
10 Haines left Parliament around November 1858, replaced by John Bell in a January 1859 by-election.
11 King resigned in September 1857, replaced by John Johnson in a November 1857 by-election
12 Palmer resigned in July 1857, replaced by Richard Davies Ireland in an August 1857 by-election
13 Pasley resigned in July 1857, replaced by Sidney Ricardo in a July 1857 by-election.
14 Pyke resigned in February 1857, replaced by Robert Sitwell in a March 1857 by-election
15 Read resigned in February 1858, replaced by James Harrison in an April 1858 by-election
16 Rutherford resigned in July 1857, replaced by Theodore Hancock in a July 1857 by-election
17 Sargood resigned in December 1857, replaced by Henry Chapman in a January 1858 by-election.
18 Sladen resigned in March 1857, replaced by Alexander Thomson in December 1857
19 Stawell resigned in February 1857, replaced by James Service in March 1857
20 Were resigned in February 1857, replaced by Charles Ebden in a March 1857 by-election


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1853–1856 • 1856–1858 • 1858–1860

Legislative Assembly

1856–1859 • 1859–1861

References

  1. ↑ "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Political Condition. The New Parliament". The Argus. Trove. 29 October 1856. Retrieved 19 April 2013.