Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1858–1860
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1860.[1]
There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[2]
VLC Electoral Provinces, 1856–1882
- Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
| Name | Province | Term in Office |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas Turner à Beckett | Central | 1852–1856; 1858–1878 |
| John Barter Bennett | South | 1856–1863 |
| William Clarke | South | 1856–1861; 1863–1870 |
| George Coppin | South-Western | 1858–1863; 1889–1895 |
| John Pascoe Fawkner | Central | 1851–1869 |
| Thomas Howard Fellows | Central | 1854–1856; 1858–1868 |
| Alexander Fraser | North-Western | 1858–1881 |
| James Henty | South-Western | 1853–1882 |
| Stephen Henty | Western | 1856–1870 |
| Matthew Hervey | Eastern | 1853–1865 |
| William Highett | Eastern | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| John Hodgson | Central | 1853–1860 |
| John Hood [a] | Central | 1856–1859 |
| Robert Hope | South-Western | 1856–1864; 1867–1874 |
| Donald Kennedy | South | 1854–1864 |
| Dennis Keogh | North-Western | 1856–1860 |
| Thomas McCombie [b] | South | 1856–1859 |
| Henry Miller | Western | 1851–1866 |
| James Palmer | Western | 1851–1870 |
| John Patterson [c] | North-Western | 1856–1859 |
| Thomas Power | South | 1856–1864 |
| William Roope | South-Western | 1856–1860 |
| James Stewart | Eastern | 1856–1863 |
| James Strachan | South-Western | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Robert Thomson | Eastern | 1856–1863 |
| Daniel Tierney [d] | Western | 1856–1859 |
| George Urquhart [e] | North-Western | 1856–1860 |
| Charles Vaughan | Western | 1856–1864 |
| David Wilkie | North-Western | 1858–1868 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |
- a Hood resigned September 1859, replaced by George Ward Cole in a by-election October 1859
- b McCombie resigned October 1859, replaced by Gideon Rutherford in a by-election in November 1859
- c Patterson died 24 April 1859; replaced by William Mitchell around October 1859
- d Tierney was unseated on grounds of inadequate property in January 1859;[3] replaced by Niel Black in a by-election in February 1859
- e Urquhart resigned March 1860, replaced by George Rolfe in a by-election in May 1860
References
- ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ↑ "Tierney, Daniel Joseph". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
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