Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858.[1]

The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856.[2] On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected Victorian Parliament were published in the Government Gazette. [3] The new Council first met in November 1856.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[4]

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
John Allan North-Western 1856–1858
John Barter Bennett South 1856–1863
William J. T. Clarke South 1856–1861; 1863–1870
James Cowie South-Western 1853–1854; 1856–1858
Andrew Cruikshank[a] Western 1856–1858
John Pascoe Fawkner Central[4] 1851–1869
Nehemiah Guthridge Central 1856–1858
James Henty [p] South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
Matthew Hervey Eastern 1853–1865
John Hodgson [p] Central 1853–1860
John Hood Central 1856–1859
Robert Hope South-Western 1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Kaye[b] Eastern 1856–1857
Donald Kennedy South 1854–1864
Dennis Keogh North-Western 1856–1860
Thomas McCombie South 1856–1859
Henry Miller [p] [c] Central 1851–1866
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James Palmer Western[4] 1851–1870
John Patterson North-Western 1856–1859
Thomas Power South 1856–1864
William Roope South-Western 1856–1860
James Stewart Eastern 1856–1863
James Strachan [p] South-Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson Eastern 1856–1863
Daniel Tierney Western 1856–1859
George Urquhart North-Western 1856–1860
Charles Vaughan Western 1856–1864
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
a Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by Henry Miller in a by-election May 1858
b Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857,[5] replaced by William Highett in a by-election May 1857
c Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows in a by-election May 1858
p Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856

References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 45. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Sweetman, p.67
  4. ↑ Sweetman, p.183
  5. ↑ "Kaye, William". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1853–1856 • 1856–1858 • 1858–1860

Legislative Assembly

1856–1859 • 1859–1861

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