Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 10 September 1896 to the elections of 8 September 1898.[1]

From 1889 there were fourteen Provinces and a total of 48 members.[2]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
Joseph Henry Abbott Northern 1889–1904
Sidney Austin South-Western 1888–1904
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Frederick Brown North-Eastern 1884–1903
Thomas Brunton South 1890–1904
James Buchanan South-Eastern 1876–1898
James C. Campbell South-Eastern 1895–1910
William John Clarke [a] South 1878–1897
Joseph Connor South-Western 1886–1899
Samuel Cooke Western 1888–1901
David Coutts [b] North-Western 1882–1897
Edward Crooke Gippsland 1893–1922
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
Thomas Dowling Nelson 1886–1904
William Embling North-Central 1892–1912
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
Simon Fraser South Yarra 1886–1901
George Godfrey South Yarra 1895–1904
Frederick Grimwade North Yarra 1891–1904
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
David Ham Wellington 1886–1904
Nathaniel Levi North Yarra 1892–1904
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
Edward Miller South Yarra 1893–1913
Edward Morey Wellington 1889–1904
William Osmand Nelson 1888–1901
William Pearson (junior) Gippsland 1896–1916
Pharez Phillips North-Western 1896–1901
William Pitt North Yarra 1891–1910
Joseph Pratt North-Western 1889–1907
Robert Reid Melbourne 1892–1903
Arthur Sachse North-Eastern 1892–1920
Charles Sargeant Gippsland 1889–1898
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
James Service Melbourne 1888–1899
George Simmie Northern 1889–1904
Arthur Snowden Melbourne 1895–1904
Joseph Sternberg Northern 1891–1928
Nathan Thornley Western 1882–1903
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
Thomas Wanliss Wellington 1893–1898
Samuel Williamson Nelson 1891–1901
William Irving Winter Northern 1884–1901
Henry Wrixon South-Western 1896–1910
Agar Wynne Western 1888–1903
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

William Zeal was President of the Council, Frederick Brown was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Clarke died 15 May 1897; replaced by Rupert Clarke, sworn-in June 1897.
[b] Coutts died 3 May 1897; replaced by Thomas Comrie sworn-in June 1897.

References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 21 April 2014.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1895–1896 • 1896–1898 • 1898–1900

Legislative Assembly

1892–1894 • 1894–1897 • 1897–1900