Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.[1]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[2]

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
Robert Stirling Hore Anderson Eastern 1866–1883
John Pinney Bear South 1863–1878
Niel Black Western 1859–1880
William Campbell North-Western 1851–1854; 1862–1882
William Clarke South 1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward Cole Central 1853–1855; 1859–1879
William Degraves South 1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner Central 1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows [a] Central 1854–1856; 1858–1868
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Western 1864–1908
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Graham Central 1853–1854; 1866–1886
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
John Lowe [b] South-Western 1864–1867
John McCrae South-Western 1860–1870
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan Murphy Eastern 1864–1873
James Palmer Western 1851–1870
William Henry Pettet South 1864–1871
George Rolfe [c] South-Western 1860–1862; 1866–1867
John Sherwin South 1866–1868
Charles Sladen Western 1855–1856; 1864–1868
1876–1882
James Strachan Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Turnbull Eastern 1851–1853; 1864–1872
David Wilkie North-Western 1858–1868
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
[a] Fellows resigned in February 1868; replaced by John O'Shanassy, sworn-in March 1868.
[b] Lowe died 17 January 1867; replaced by Robert Hope, sworn-in April 1867.
[c] Rolfe was unseated in March 1867; replaced by Thomas Learmonth, sworn-in March 1867.

References

  1. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1864–1866 • 1866–1868 • 1868–1870

Legislative Assembly

1864–1865 • 1866–1867 • 1868–1871

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