Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2 – 19 August 1861.[1]

The Assembly was created in 1856. The following districts were abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858, taking effect at the 1859 elections: Alberton, Anglesey, Castlemaine Boroughs, Colac, Dundas and Follett (renamed to Dundas), Evelyn and Mornington, Geelong, Gippsland, Loddon, Melbourne, North Grant, North Grenville, Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville, South Melbourne and Talbot.[2]

The following districts were created in 1859: Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Avoca, Dalhousie, North Gippsland, Polwarth and South Grenville, Sandridge, South Gippsland, Ararat, Castlemaine, Creswick, East Bourke Boroughs, Emerald Hill, Maldon, Mandurang, Maryborough, Ripon and Hampden, West Melbourne, Ballaarat East, Ballaarat West, East Melbourne, Grenville, North Melbourne, Gippsland North, Mornington, Dundas (renamed from Dundas and Follett) and Evelyn.[2]


Victorian Legislative Assembly districts, 1859-1877

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
Name Electorate Term in Office
Robert S. H. Anderson Emerald Hill 1858–1864
Henry Amsinck West Bourke 1859–1861
Butler Cole Aspinall [a] Castlemaine 1856–1864; 1866–1870
John Bailey Ballaarat West 1859–1861
George Barton North Melbourne 1859–1861
George Brodie [b] Mandurang 1859–1861
John Henry Brooke Geelong West 1856–1864
Robert Bennett East Bourke 1856–1857; 1859–1864
Robert Caldwell West Melbourne 1859–1861
Thomas Carpenter Mandurang 1859–1861; 1864–1865
James Gattie Carr South Grant 1859–1861; 1868–1870
John Cathie Ballaarat East 1859–1864
James Cowie [c] Geelong East 1859–1860
Charles Don Collingwood 1859–1864
Charles Gavan Duffy Villiers and Heytesbury 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
Charles Ebden [d] Brighton 1857–1861
Thomas Embling Collingwood 1856–1861; 1866–1867
George Samuel Evans Avoca 1856–1864
John Everard [e] Rodney 1858–1859; 1861; 1864;
1868–1871; 1874
Robert Firebrace Wimmera 1859–1861
James Francis Richmond 1859–1874; 1878–1884
William Frazer Creswick 1859–1870
Robert Gillespie Grenville 1859–1862
James Macpherson Grant Avoca 1856–1870; 1871–1885
Thomas Hadley Kyneton Boroughs 1859–1861
George Harker [f] Maldon 1856–1860; 1864–1865; 1871–1874
James Harrison [g] Geelong West 1858–1860
Richard Heales East Bourke Boroughs 1857–1864
John Henderson Sandhurst 1859–1861
Edward Henty Normanby 1856–1861
John Hood Belfast 1859–1864
George Horne [h] Warrnambool 1856–1861
John Houston Crowlands 1859–1865
Robert Howard Sandhurst 1859–1861; 1862–1865
John Humffray Ballaarat East 1856–1864; 1868–1871
Alexander Hunter [i] East Melbourne 1859–1861
Richard D. Ireland [j] Maryborough 1857–1864; 1866–1867
John Johnson North Gippsland 1857–1861; 1862–1864
James Johnston St Kilda 1859–1864
Alexander Keefer [k] Ovens 1859–1860
John Charles King [l] Evelyn 1859
Mark Last King West Bourke 1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879
Peter Lalor South Grant 1856–1871; 1874–1889
Thomas Loader West Melbourne 1859–1864
Richard Henry Lock Grenville 1859–1861; 1874–1877
William Lyall Mornington 1859–1861
John Macadam [m] Castlemaine 1859–1861; 1861–1864
James Macintosh East Bourke 1859–1861
James McCulloch East Melbourne 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
William McLellan Ararat 1859–1877; 1883–1897
Donald Norman McLeod [n] Portland 1859–1860
Angus McMillan [o] South Gippsland 1859–1860
Archibald Michie St Kilda 1856–1861; 1863–1865; 1870–1871
William Mollison Dundas 1858–1858; 1859–1864
Francis Murphy Murray Boroughs 1856–1865; 1866–1871
John Myles South Grant 1856–1861
Hibbert Newton South Bourke 1859–1861
William Nicholson Sandridge 1859–1864
William O'Hea Ararat 1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881
John O'Shanassy Kilmore 1856–1865; 1877–1883
Patrick Phelan [p] West Bourke 1856–1860
Michael Prendergast Maryborough 1859–1861
Vincent Pyke Castlemaine 1856–1857; 1859–1862
David Reid The Murray 1859–1862
Alexander Russell Villiers and Heytesbury 1859–1861
Robert Serjeant Ballaarat West 1859–1861
James Service Ripon and Hampden 1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886
John Sinclair North Melbourne 1859–1864
John Smith Creswick 1856–1861
Louis Smith South Bourke 1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;
1880–1883; 1886–1894
Peter Snodgrass Dalhousie 1856–1867
George Milner Stephen Collingwood 1859–1861
Alexander Thomson Geelong East 1857–1859; 1859–1861
George Frederic Verdon Williamstown 1859–1868
Joseph Wilkie Polwarth & South Grenville 1857–1861
John Wood Ovens 1857–1861; 1861–1864
John Woods Crowlands 1859–1864; 1871–1892
Alfred Woolley Richmond 1859–1861
a Aspinall resigned September 1860, replaced by James Chapman in a November 1860 by-election
b Brodie resigned in May 1861, replaced by James Sullivan in a May 1861 by-election
c Cowie resigned in January 1860, replaced by Augustus Greeves in a February 1860 by-election
d Ebden resigned in May 1861, replaced by George Higinbotham in a May 1861 by-election
e Everard left Parliament in December 1859, replaced by Wilson Gray in a January 1860 by-election
f Harker resigned in March 1860, replaced by James Martley in a March 1860 by-election
g Harrison resigned September 1860, replaced by Nicholas Foott in a November 1860 by-election
h Horne resigned February 1861, replaced by Thomas Manifold in a March 1861 by-election
i Hunter left Parliament in July 1861, replaced by Graham Berry in a July 1861 by-election
j Ireland lost the December 1860 by-election after being appointed Attorney-General,[3] replaced by Nathaniel Levi sworn in January 1861[4]
k Keefer resigned in March 1860, replaced by John Donald in a March 1860 by-election
l King resigned November 1859, replaced by William Bell in a January 1860 by-election. Bell resigned in March 1860, replaced by William Jones in a March 1860 by-election
m Macadam left Parliament in May 1861, replaced by Alexander John Smith (May to July 1861)
n McLeod resigned in September 1860, replaced by William Haines in a November 1860 by-election
o McMillan resigned November 1860, replaced by George Hedley in a January 1861 by-election
p Phelan's election was declared void in January 1860, replaced by John Carre Riddell in a February 1860 by-election


References

  1. "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "An Act to alter the Electoral Districts of Victoria and to increase the number of Members of the Legislative Assembly thereof." (PDF). Australasian Legal Information Institute. 1858. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
  3. "Mr. Ireland's Defeat". Bendigo Advertiser. 13 December 1860.
  4. "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.). 4 January 1861.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

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Legislative Assembly

1856–18591859–18611861–1864