Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868 to the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870.^[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
aBeT !Thomas Turner à Beckett	Central	1852–1856; 1858–1878
aBeW !William à Beckett	South	1868–1876
And !Robert Anderson	Eastern	1866–1883
Bea !John Pinney Bear	South	1863–1878
Bla !Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
Cam !William Campbell	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
Cla !William J. T. Clarke	South	1856–1861; 1862–1870
Col !George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
Deg !William Degraves	South	1860–1874
Faw !John Pascoe Fawkner ^[a]	Central	1851–1869
Fit !Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Western	1864–1908
Fra !Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
Gra !James Graham	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
HeJ !James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
HeS !Stephen Henty	Western	1856–1870
Hig !William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
Hop !Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
Jen !Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
Lea !Thomas Learmonth ^[b]	South-Western	1866–1868
Mac !John McCrae	South-Western	1860–1870
Mit !William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Mur !Henry Morgan Murphy	Eastern	1864–1873
OSh !John O'Shanassy	Central	1851–1856; 1868–1874
Pal !James Palmer	Western	1851–1870
Pet !William Henry Pettet	South	1864–1871
Rob !Francis Robertson	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
Sim !Robert Simson	Western	1868–1878; 1880–1882
Str !James Strachan	Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Tur !Robert Turnbull	Eastern	1851–1853; 1864–1872
Wil !Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

James Palmer was President of the Council, William Mitchell was Chairman of Committees.^[3]

^[a] Fawkner died 4 September 1869; replaced by Henry Walsh, sworn-in September 1869.

^[b] Learmonth took leave of absence on or after September 1868^[4]^[5] and resigned;^[3] replaced by Philip Russell, sworn-in April 1869.

References

↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1869 (PDF). 6. John Ferres, Melb. 1869.
↑ "Learmonth, Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
↑ "Thursday, March 25, 1869". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 March 1869.

Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.

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