Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1886–1888

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 3 September 1886 to the elections of 31 August 1888.[1]

There were fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
James BeaneyNorth Yarra1883–1891
Francis Beaver [a]North Yarra1854–1856; 1882–1887
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Thomas Bromell [b]Nelson1874–1887
Frederick BrownNorth-Eastern1884–1903
James BuchananSouth-Eastern1876–1898
William John ClarkeSouth1878–1897
Joseph ConnorSouth-Western1886–1899
David CouttsNorth-Western1882–1897
Thomas Forrest CummingWestern1881–1888
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
Frank DobsonSouth-Eastern1870–1895
John DoughartyGippsland1880–1888
Thomas DowlingNelson1886–1904
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
Simon FraserSouth Yarra1886–1901
Henry GoreWellington1886–1892
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
David HamWellington1886–1904
Patrick HannaNorth-Eastern1882–1888
William Edward HearnMelbourne1878–1888
Thomas Henty [c]South1884–1887
James LorimerMelbourne1879–1889
James MacBainSouth Yarra1880–1892
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
Francis OrmondSouth-Western1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr.Gippsland1881–1893
Walter SimpsonNorthern1886–1889
William RobertsNorth Yarra1886–1892
William RobertsonSouth-Western1886–1888
William RossWestern1878–1888
Frederick T. SargoodSouth Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
William StanbridgeNorth-Central1881–1892
David Chaplin SterryNorthern1882–1889
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
James WilliamsonNelson1882–1888
William Irving WinterNorthern1884–1901
George YoungNorth-Western1882–1891
William ZealNorth-Central1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council, Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Beaver died 7 October 1887; replaced by George Le fevre, sworn-in November 1887.
[b] Bromell died 9 October 1887; replaced by James Philip Macpherson, sworn-in November 1887
[c] Henty died September 1887; replaced by Charles James, sworn-in October 1887.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  • Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
  • Victorian Hansard, Session 1887 (PDF). 54. Robert S. Brain, Melb. 1887.
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