Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1876–1878

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 15 August – 15 November 1876 to the elections of 17 August to 16 September 1878.^[1]^[2]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.^[3]

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 à Beckett	Central	1852–1856; 1858–1878
And !Robert Anderson	Eastern	1866–1883
Balf !James Balfour	South	1874–1913
Bear !John Pinney Bear	South	1863–1878
Bel !George Belcher	South-Western	1875–1886
Blac !Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
Bro !Thomas Bromell ^[d]	Western	1874–1887
Buc !James Buchanan	South	1876–1898
Camp !William Campbell	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
Cole !George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
Cumm !John Cumming	South-Western	1870–1880
Cut !Henry Cuthbert	South-Western	1874–1907
Dobs !Frank Dobson	South	1870–1895
Fitz !Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Western	1864–1908
Fras !Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
Grah !James Graham	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
Ham !Thomas Hamilton	South	1872–1884
HenJ !James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
High !William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
Jenn !Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
Mitc !William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Murp !Francis Murphy ^[a]	Eastern	1851–1853; 1853–1856; 1872–1876
Robe !Francis Robertson	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
Sarg !Frederick Thomas Sargood	Central	1874–1880; 1882–1901
Sim !Robert Simson	Western	1868–1878; 1880–1882
Sla !Charles Sladen	Western	1855–1856; 1864–1868; 1876–1882
Sumn !Theodotus Sumner	Central	1873–1883
Wall !John Wallace	Eastern	1873–1901
WilS !Samuel Wilson	Western	1875–1881
WilW !William Wilson	Eastern	1875–1880

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.^[2]

^[a] Murphy resigned November 1876, replaced by Robert Dyce Reid the same month.

References

↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1876 (PDF). XXIV. John Ferres, Melb. 1877.
↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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

Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Assembly	1856–1859 1859–1861 1861–1864 1864–1865 1866–1867 1868–1871 1871–1874 1874–1877 1877–1880 1880–1883 1883–1886 1886–1889 1889–1892 1892–1894 1894–1897 1897–1900 1900–1902 1902–1904 1904–1907 1907–1908 1908–1911 1911–1914 1914–1917 1917–1920 1920–1921 1921–1924 1924–1927 1927–1929 1929–1932 1932–1935 1935–1937 1937–1940 1940–1943 1943–1945 1945–1947 1947–1950 1950–1952 1952–1955 1955–1958 1958–1961 1961–1964 1964–1967 1967–1970 1970–1973 1973–1976 1976–1979 1979–1982 1982–1985 1985–1988 1988–1992 1992–1996 1996–1999 1999–2002 2002–2006 2006–2010 2010–2014 2014–2018
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