Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from its creation on 1 May 1860 to 31 December 1869. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Prior to 1860, Queensland was part of the colony of New South Wales.

Starting with 11 members, by 26 April 1861, the council had increased to 21 members. From then until the end of the decade, the mean membership was slightly over 20, ranging from 16–17 for a period from July 1865 to February 1866, to 23–24 for a period from July 1863 to April 1864.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

Charles Nicholson (22 May 1860 – 26 August 1860)
Maurice Charles O'Connell (26 August 1860 – 23 March 1879)

Chairman of Committees:

Daniel Foley Roberts (30 May 1860 – 26 July 1889)

Members

The following members served in the Legislative Council between 1860 and 1869:^[1]

Name	Date appointed	Date left	Reason for leaving
John Balfour	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001864-04-23-000023 April 1864	Resignation
William Barker	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001863-07-22-000022 July 1863	Resignation
John Alexander Bell	000000001866-09-26-000026 September 1866	000000001872-11-21-000021 November 1872
Francis Edward Bigge	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001873-05-16-000016 May 1873
John Bramston	000000001863-07-03-00003 July 1863	000000001869-11-17-000017 November 1869	Resignation
Alfred Henry Brown	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001863-05-13-000013 May 1863	Resignation
Eyles Browne	000000001863-07-03-00003 July 1863	000000001882-08-14-000014 August 1882
Alfred Compigne	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001864-04-23-000023 April 1864	Resignation
John Douglas	000000001866-02-22-000022 February 1866	000000001866-07-25-000025 July 1866	Elected to Assembly
John Douglas	000000001868-12-11-000011 December 1868	000000001869-11-13-000013 November 1869	Resignation
Henry Fitz	000000001860-05-23-000023 May 1860	000000001873-05-16-000016 May 1873
George Fullerton	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001864-05-22-000022 May 1864	Seat vacated
John Galloway	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001865-05-01-00001 May 1865	Resignation
John Galloway	000000001869-11-13-000013 November 1869	000000001872-04-17-000017 April 1872
James Garrick	000000001869-11-13-000013 November 1869	000000001870-12-08-00008 December 1870
James Gibbon	000000001866-02-22-000022 February 1866	000000001887-02-19-000019 February 1887
St. George Richard Gore	000000001863-07-03-00003 July 1863	000000001871-08-16-000016 August 1871
Henry Harden	000000001868-06-10-000010 June 1868	000000001870-06-01-00001 June 1870
George Harris	000000001860-05-23-000023 May 1860	000000001876-08-31-000031 August 1876
John Heussler	000000001866-09-26-000026 September 1866	000000001870-10-08-00008 October 1870
William Hobbs	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001880-10-18-000018 October 1880
Louis Hope	000000001862-04-24-000024 April 1862	000000001882-11-01-00001 November 1882
Frederick Isaac	000000001864-08-25-000025 August 1864	000000001865-07-12-000012 July 1865	Death
James Laidley	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001864-08-16-000016 August 1864	Resignation
William Landsborough	000000001862-12-20-000020 December 1862	000000001865-09-23-000023 September 1865	Resignation
John McConnel	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001868-07-16-000016 July 1868	Resignation
John Frederick McDougall	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001895-09-13-000013 September 1895
Robert Massie	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001862-05-14-000014 May 1862	Resignation
Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior	000000001866-02-22-000022 February 1866	000000001892-12-31-000031 December 1892
Charles Nicholson	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001863-06-23-000023 June 1863	Returned to England
Francis North	000000001863-07-03-00003 July 1863	000000001864-12-09-00009 December 1864	Death
Albert Norton	000000001867-09-11-000011 September 1867	000000001868-05-29-000029 May 1868	Resignation
Maurice Charles O'Connell	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001879-03-23-000023 March 1879
John Panton	000000001866-02-22-000022 February 1866	000000001866-10-02-00002 October 1866	Death
Ratcliffe Pring	000000001862-04-24-000024 April 1862	000000001863-05-26-000026 May 1863	Elected to Assembly
Daniel Foley Roberts	000000001860-05-23-000023 May 1860	000000001889-07-26-000026 July 1889
Henry Simpson	000000001868-07-29-000029 July 1868	000000001882-04-29-000029 April 1882
Stephen Simpson	000000001860-05-23-000023 May 1860	000000001865-02-03-00003 February 1865	Resignation
Richard Joseph Smith	000000001863-07-03-00003 July 1863	000000001866-06-12-000012 June 1866	Resignation
William Thornton	000000001866-09-26-000026 September 1866	000000001879-09-08-00008 September 1879
John Watts	000000001864-04-08-00008 April 1864	000000001864-10-31-000031 October 1864	Elected to Assembly
William Duckett White	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001880-08-05-00005 August 1880
Western Wood	000000001861-04-26-000026 April 1861	000000001868-03-20-000020 March 1868	Resignation
William Yaldwyn	000000001868-06-10-000010 June 1868	000000001877-05-15-000015 May 1877
William Henry Yaldwyn	000000001860-05-01-00001 May 1860	000000001863-06-13-000013 June 1863	Resignation
William Henry Yaldwyn	000000001865-05-01-00001 May 1865	000000001866-08-28-000028 August 1866	Death

References

↑ "Alphabetical Register of Members of the Legislative Assembly 1860-2012 and the Legislative Council 1860-1922" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Retrieved 2 February 2014.

Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.

Preceded by New house	Queensland Legislative Council 1860–1869	Succeeded by 1870–1879

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