Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1889–1892

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 28 March 1889 to the elections of 20 April 1892.[1] There were 95 seats in the Assembly from 1889,[2] up from 86 in the previous Parliament.[1]

The following districts were created or had new names in 1889: Albert Park, Anglesey, Benalla and Yarrawonga, Bogong, Borung, Carlton South, Clunes and Allandale, Dandenong and Berwick, Daylesford, Donald and Swan Hill, Dunolly, Eaglehawk, Eastern Suburbs, Essendon and Flemington, Gippsland Central, Gippsland East, Gippsland West, Gunbower, Hawthorn, Horsham, Jolimont and West Richmond, Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield, Korong, Kyneton (renamed from Kyneton Boroughs), Lowan, Maryborough, Melbourne, Melbourne South, Numurkah and Nathalia, Polwarth, Port Fairy (renamed from Belfast), Port Melbourne (renamed from Sandridge), Prahran, Sandhurst South, Shepparton and Euroa, South Yarra, Talbot and Avoca, Toorak, Wangaratta and Rutherglen, Warrenheip, Windermere.[3]

These districts were abolished before the 1889 elections: Avoca, Boroondara, Dalhousie, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Polwarth and South Grenville, South Bourke, Wimmera.[3]

Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
14th Parliament
Name Electorate Term in Office
William Anderson Villiers & Heytesbury 1880–1892
Charles Andrews, Sr. Geelong 1880; 1886–1894
Harry Armytage Grant 1889–1894
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes Sandhurst 1886–1894; 1897–1907
Richard Baker Lowan 1883–1894
William David Beazley Collingwood 1889–1912
George Bennett Richmond 1889–1908
Thomas Bent Brighton 1871–1894; 1900–1909
Robert Best Fitzroy 1889–1901
John Brock Benalla and Yarrawonga 1889–1892
Robert Burrowes Sandhurst 1866–1877; 1880–1893
Matthew Butterley Windermere 1889–1893
Robert Calvert Korong 1889–1892
Ewen Cameron Evelyn 1874–1914
Godfrey Carter Melbourne 1877–1883; 1885–1900
William Carter Williamstown 1889–1894
James Cheetham [a] Dunolly 1889–1890
William Clark Footscray 1879–1894
Albert Craven Benambra 1889–1913
David Davies Grenville 1877–1894
Matthew Henry Davies Toorak 1883–1892
Alfred Deakin Essendon & Flemington 1879–1879; 1880–1900
Frederick Derham Port Melbourne 1883–1892
Edward Dixon Prahran 1874–1880; 1889–1894
John Dow Kara Kara 1877–1893
John Gavan Duffy Kilmore, Dalhousie & Lancefield 1874–1886; 1887–1904
Walter Duncan Borung 1889–1892
Joseph Ferguson Ovens 1886–1894
Charles Forrest Polwarth 1886–1894; 1897–1911
Henry Foster Gippsland East 1889–1902
John Gardiner Carlton 1880–1891
Duncan Gillies Eastern Suburbs 1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903
William Gordon Castlemaine 1886–1894
George Graham Numurkah and Nathalia 1884–1914
James Graves Delatite 1877–1900; 1902–1904
Arthur Groom Gippsland West 1886–1892
George Hall Shepparton and Euroa 1880–1891
Albert Harris Gippsland Central 1883–1910
Joseph Harris South Yarra 1880–1894; 1897–1904
John Moore Highett Mandurang 1885–1893
Thomas Hunt Anglesey 1874–1892; 1903–1908
John Keys Dandenong and Berwick 1880–1894; 1897–1900
Joseph Kirton Ballarat West 1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908
George Langridge [b] Collingwood 1874–1891
John Laurens North Melbourne 1877–1892
William Howard Leonard Carlton South 1889–1892
Jonas Levien Barwon 1871–1877; 1880–1906
James McColl Gunbower 1886–1901
John McIntyre Maldon 1877–1880; 1881–1902
Allan McLean Gippsland North 1880–1901
William McLellan Ararat 1859–1877; 1883–1897
Walter Madden Horsham 1880–1894
William Maloney Melbourne West 1889–1903
Francis Mason Gippsland South 1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902
David Methven East Bourke Boroughs 1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904
William Mountain Melbourne South 1889–1892
James Munro Geelong 1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
Edward Murphy Warrenheip 1886–1900
John Murray Warrnambool 1884–1916
John Nimmo Albert Park 1877–1892
Charles Myles Officer Dundas 1880–1892
Bryan O'Loghlen Port Fairy 1878–1880; 1880–1883;
1888–1894; 1897–1900
Alfred Richard Outtrim Maryborough 1885–1902; 1904–1920
Henry Parfitt Wangaratta and Rutherglen 1889–1892
James Patterson Castlemaine 1870–1895
Alexander Peacock Clunes & Allandale 1889–1933
Charles Henry Pearson East Bourke Boroughs 1878–1892
Richard Richardson Creswick 1874–1886; 1889–1894
James Russell [c] Ballarat East 1880; 1883–1889
James Shackell Rodney 1883–1892
William Shiels Normanby 1880–1904
Charles Smith Jolimont & West Richmond 1883–1892
Louis Smith Mornington 1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;
1880–1883; 1886–1894
Thomas Smith Emerald Hill 1889–1904
William Collard Smith Ballarat West 1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
Samuel Staughton Sr. Bourke West 1880; 1883–1901
David Sterry Sandhurst South 1889–1904
James Stewart [d] Talbot and Avoca 1871–1877; 1889
Frank Stuart Melbourne East 1889–1894
John William Taverner Donald & Swan Hill 1889–1904
Charles Taylor [e] Hawthorn 1889–1894
William Trenwith Richmond 1889–1903
Albert Tucker Fitzroy 1874–1900
George Turner St Kilda 1889–1901
Ferguson Tuthill Bogong 1886–1892
William Uren Ripon & Hampden 1883–1892
William Webb Rodney 1889–1897; 1903–1904
James Wheeler Daylesford 1864–1867; 1880–1900
William Wilkinson [f] Bourke East 1889–1891
Henry Williams Eaglehawk 1877–1883; 1889–1902
John Woods Stawell 1859–1864; 1871–1892
Henry Wrixon Portland 1868–1877; 1880–1894
Alexander Young Grenville 1880–1894
Charles Young Kyneton 1874–1892
Ephraim Zox Melbourne East 1877–1899

Matthew Davies was Speaker, William McLellan was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Cheetham died 28 June 1890; replaced by William Tatchell sworn-in July 1890.
[b] Langridge died 24 March 1891, replaced by John Hancock, sworn-in June 1891.
[c] Russell died 17 October 1889; replaced by John Dunn, sworn-in November 1889.
[d] Stewart died 11 November 1889; replaced by Robert Bowman, sworn-in May 1890.
[e] Taylor is listed as member for Hawthorn in Hansard, but a newspaper report shows T. G. Atkinson won the election over Taylor.[4]
[f] Wilkinson died 6 August 1891; replaced by Robert Harper, sworn-in September 1891.
Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1886–1888 • 1888–1890 • 1890–1892

Legislative Assembly

1886–1889 • 1889–1892 • 1892–1894

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ↑ "General Election in Victoria". South Australian Register. 29 March 1889.