Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1874–1876

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 12-25 March 1874 to the elections of 15 August to 15 November 1876.[1][2]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[3]

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
James Balfour South 1874–1913
John Pinney Bear South 1863–1878
Niel Black Western 1859–1880
William Campbell North-Western 1851–1854; 1862–1882
George Ward Cole Central 1853–1855; 1859–1879
John Cumming South-Western 1870–1880
Frank Dobson South 1870–1895
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Western 1864–1908
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Graham Central 1853–1854; 1866–1886
Thomas Hamilton South 1872–1884
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert Hope [a] South-Western 1856–1864; 1867–1874
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
Thomas McKellar [b] Western 1870–1875
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis Murphy Eastern 1851–1853; 1853–1856; 1872–1876
Francis Robertson North-Western 1860–1864; 1868–1886
Philip Russell [c] South-Western 1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. Sargood Central 1874–1880; 1882–1901
Robert Simson Western 1868–1878; 1880–1882
William Skene Western 1870–1876
James Strachan [d] Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Theodotus Sumner Central 1873–1883
John Wallace Eastern 1873–1901
Benjamin Williams [e] Eastern 1856–1874

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.[2]

[a] Hope retired in August 1874, replaced by Henry Cuthbert in a by-election the same month.[4]
[b] McKellar retired around May 1875, replaced by Samuel Wilson in June 1875.
[c] Russell retired in March 1875, replaced by George Belcher in an April 1875 by-election.[5]
[d] Strachan retired in September 1874, replaced by Thomas Bromell in by-election the same month.[6]
[e] Williams died 30 December 1874, replaced by William Wilson in a January 1875 by-election

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Victorian Hansard, Session 1874 18. John Ferres, Melb. 1874.
  3. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. "Legislative Council". The Australian (Melbourne). 29 August 1874. p. 14.
  5. "South-Western Province Election". The Argus (Melbourne). 10 April 1875. p. 7.
  6. "Legislative Council". The Australian (Melbourne). 19 September 1874. p. 14.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1872–18741874–18761876–1878

Legislative Assembly

1871–18741874–18771877–1880