Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1874–1876

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 12-25 March 1874 to the elections of 15 August to 15 November 1876.[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.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
Thomas Turner à BeckettCentral1852–1856; 1858–1878
William à BeckettSouth1868–1876
Robert AndersonEastern1866–1883
James BalfourSouth1874–1913
John Pinney BearSouth1863–1878
Niel BlackWestern1859–1880
William CampbellNorth-Western1851–1854; 1862–1882
George Ward ColeCentral1853–1855; 1859–1879
John CummingSouth-Western1870–1880
Frank DobsonSouth1870–1895
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Western1864–1908
Alexander FraserNorth-Western1858–1881
James GrahamCentral1853–1854; 1866–1886
Thomas HamiltonSouth1872–1884
James HentySouth-Western1853–1882
William HighettEastern1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert Hope [a]South-Western1856–1864; 1867–1874
Caleb JennerSouth-Western1863–1886
Thomas McKellar [b]Western1870–1875
William MitchellNorth-Western1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis MurphyEastern1851–1853; 1853–1856; 1872–1876
Francis RobertsonNorth-Western1860–1864; 1868–1886
Philip Russell [c]South-Western1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. Sargood Central1874–1880; 1882–1901
Robert SimsonWestern1868–1878; 1880–1882
William SkeneWestern1870–1876
James Strachan [d]Western1851–1866; 1866–1874
Theodotus SumnerCentral1873–1883
John WallaceEastern1873–1901
Benjamin Williams [e]Eastern1856–1874

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

[a] Hope retired in August 1874, replaced by Henry Cuthbert in a by-election the same month.[4]
[b] McKellar retired around May 1875, replaced by Samuel Wilson in June 1875.
[c] Russell retired in March 1875, replaced by George Belcher in an April 1875 by-election.[5]
[d] Strachan retired in September 1874, replaced by Thomas Bromell in by-election the same month.[6]
[e] Williams died 30 December 1874, replaced by William Wilson in a January 1875 by-election

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1874 (PDF). 18. John Ferres, Melb. 1874.
  3. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. "Legislative Council". The Australian. Melbourne. 29 August 1874. p. 14.
  5. "South-Western Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 10 April 1875. p. 7.
  6. "Legislative Council". The Australian. Melbourne. 19 September 1874. p. 14.
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