Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1888–1890

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August 1888 to the elections of 11 September 1890.[1]

In 1888 there were fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members. However, there were additional elections in 1889 to increase by six the number of members in the Council.[2][3][4]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
Sidney Austin South-Western 1888–1904
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
James Beaney North Yarra 1883–1891
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Frederick Brown North-Eastern 1884–1903
James Buchanan South-Eastern 1876–1898
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
Joseph Connor South-Western 1886–1899
Samuel Cooke Western 1888–1901
George Selth Coppin [*] Melbourne 1858–1863; 1889–1895
David Coutts North-Western 1882–1897
Thomas Cumming [a] Western 1881–1888
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
Frank Dobson South-Eastern 1870–1895
John Mark Davies [*] South Yarra 1889–1895; 1899–1919
George Davis Gippsland 1888–1896
Thomas Dowling Nelson 1886–1904
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
Simon Fraser South Yarra 1886–1901
Henry Gore Wellington 1886–1892
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
David Ham Wellington 1886–1904
Charles James South 1887–1890
George Le fevre North Yarra 1887–1891
James Lorimer [b] Melbourne 1879–1889
James MacBain South Yarra 1880–1892
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
James Philip Macpherson Nelson 1887–1891
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
Edward Morey [*] Wellington 1889–1904
Francis Ormond [c] South-Western 1882–1889
William Osmand Nelson 1888–1901
William Pearson, Sr. Gippsland 1881–1893
Joseph Pratt [*] North-Western 1889–1907
William Roberts North Yarra 1886–1892
Charles Sargeant [*] Gippsland 1889–1898
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
James Service Melbourne 1888–1899
George Simmie [*] Northern 1889–1904
Walter Simpson [d] Northern 1886–1889
William Stanbridge North-Central 1881–1892
David Chaplin Sterry [e] Northern 1882–1889
Nathan Thornley Western 1882–1903
John Turner [f] North-Eastern 1888–1888
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
William Irving Winter Northern 1884–1901
George Young North-Western 1882–1891
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council, Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[*] Elected in the additional elections of 1889.[2][3]
[a] Cumming resigned November 1888, replaced by Agar Wynne, sworn-in November 1888.
[b] Lorimer died 6 September 1889; replaced by Benjamin Benjamin in 1889.
[c] Ormond died 5 May 1889; replaced by Donald Wallace, sworn-in July 1889.
[d] Simpson resigned June 1889; replaced by Frederick Illingworth, sworn-in July 1889.
[e] Sterry resigned March 1889; replaced by Joseph Henry Abbott, sworn-in April 1889.
[f] Turner's election was declared void in October 1888, replaced by James Stewart Butters, sworn-in December 1888.

References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The Electoral Districts Alteration Bill". The Argus. 5 November 1888. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. ↑ Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 60.
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