Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.[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 |
| Robert Stirling Hore Anderson | Eastern | 1866–1883 |
| John Pinney Bear | South | 1863–1878 |
| Niel Black | Western | 1859–1880 |
| William Campbell | North-Western | 1851–1854; 1862–1882 |
| William Clarke | South | 1856–1861; 1862–1870 |
| George Ward Cole | Central | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| William Degraves | South | 1860–1874 |
| John Pascoe Fawkner | Central | 1851–1869 |
| Thomas Howard Fellows [a] | Central | 1854–1856; 1858–1868 |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | North-Western | 1864–1908 |
| Alexander Fraser | North-Western | 1858–1881 |
| James Graham | Central | 1853–1854; 1866–1886 |
| James Henty | South-Western | 1853–1882 |
| Stephen Henty | Western | 1856–1870 |
| William Highett | Eastern | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| Caleb Jenner | South-Western | 1863–1886 |
| John Lowe [b] | South-Western | 1864–1867 |
| John McCrae | South-Western | 1860–1870 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Henry Morgan Murphy | Eastern | 1864–1873 |
| James Palmer | Western | 1851–1870 |
| William Henry Pettet | South | 1864–1871 |
| George Rolfe [c] | South-Western | 1860–1862; 1866–1867 |
| John Sherwin | South | 1866–1868 |
| Charles Sladen | Western | 1855–1856; 1864–1868 1876–1882 |
| James Strachan | Western | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Robert Turnbull | Eastern | 1851–1853; 1864–1872 |
| David Wilkie | North-Western | 1858–1868 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |
- [a] Fellows resigned in February 1868; replaced by John O'Shanassy, sworn-in March 1868.
- [b] Lowe died 17 January 1867; replaced by Robert Hope, sworn-in April 1867.
- [c] Rolfe was unseated in March 1867; replaced by Thomas Learmonth, sworn-in March 1867.
References
- ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
- Victorian Hansard, Session 1867 3. John Ferres, Melb. 1867.
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