Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868 to the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870.[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 |
| William à Beckett | South | 1868–1876 |
| Robert Anderson | Eastern | 1866–1883 |
| John Pinney Bear | South | 1863–1878 |
| Niel Black | Western | 1859–1880 |
| William Campbell | North-Western | 1851–1854; 1862–1882 |
| William J. T. Clarke | South | 1856–1861; 1862–1870 |
| George Ward Cole | Central | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| William Degraves | South | 1860–1874 |
| John Pascoe Fawkner [a] | Central | 1851–1869 |
| 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 |
| Robert Hope | South-Western | 1856–1864; 1867–1874 |
| Caleb Jenner | South-Western | 1863–1886 |
| Thomas Learmonth [b] | South-Western | 1866–1868 |
| John McCrae | South-Western | 1860–1870 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Henry Morgan Murphy | Eastern | 1864–1873 |
| John O'Shanassy | Central | 1851–1856; 1868–1874 |
| James Palmer | Western | 1851–1870 |
| William Henry Pettet | South | 1864–1871 |
| Francis Robertson | North-Western | 1860–1864; 1868–1886 |
| Robert Simson | Western | 1868–1878; 1880–1882 |
| James Strachan | Western | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Robert Turnbull | Eastern | 1851–1853; 1864–1872 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |
James Palmer was President of the Council, William Mitchell was Chairman of Committees.[3]
- [a] Fawkner died 4 September 1869; replaced by Henry Walsh, sworn-in September 1869.
- [b] Learmonth took leave of absence on or after September 1868[4][5] and resigned;[3] replaced by Philip Russell, sworn-in April 1869.
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.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Victorian Hansard, Session 1869 6. John Ferres, Melb. 1869.
- ↑ "Learmonth, Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ "Thursday, March 25, 1869". The Argus (Melbourne). 25 March 1869.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
| Members of the Parliament of Victoria | ||
| Legislative Council | ||
| Legislative Assembly |