Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1883–1888

This is a list of members of the 9th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1883 to 1888, as elected at the 1883 colonial elections held between 10 August 1883 and 30 October 1883 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Walter Adams[11]MinisterialMulgrave1886–1892
Robert AlandOppositionDrayton and Toowoomba1881–1893
William Allan[14]OppositionDarling Downs1881–1883; 1887–1896
John Annear[4]MinisterialMaryborough1884–1902
Archibald Archer[9]IndependentBlackall1867–1869; 1878–1886;
1888–1896
William BaileyMinisterialWide Bay1873–1888
John Lloyd Bale[7]MinisterialEnoggera1883–1885
Frank Beattie[10]MinisterialFortitude Valley1874–1878; 1879–1886
Maurice Hume BlackOppositionMackay1881–1993
William BrookesMinisterialNorth Brisbane1863–1867; 1882–1888
Samuel Brooks[10]MinisterialFortitude Valley1886–1888
William Villiers Brown[8]IndependentTownsville1885–1888; 1891–1893
John BucklandMinisterialBulimba1882–1892
Robert Bulcock[7]MinisterialEnoggera1885–1888
James Campbell[2]OppositionAubigny1884–1893
Thomas Campbell[3][6]IndependentCook1884–1885
Charles ChubbOppositionBowen1883–1888
Frederick Cooper[3]IndependentCook1878–1884
James CrombieOppositionMitchell1888–1898
James DicksonMinisterial/IndependentEnoggera1873–1888; 1892–1901
John DonaldsonOppositionWarrego1883–1893; 1896
Hon Charles Dutton[1]MinisterialLeichhardt1883–1888
John FergusonMinisterialRockhampton1881–1888
James FooteMinisterialBundamba1873–1878; 1880–1888;
1892–1893
Justin FoxtonMinisterialCarnarvon1883–1904
Simon FraserMinisterialSouth Brisbane1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
James Garrick[1]MinisterialMoreton1867–1868; 1877–1883
John GovettOppositionMitchell1882–1888
Samuel GriffithMinisterialNorth Brisbane1872–1893
Samuel GrimesMinisterialOxley1878–1902
William Henry GroomMinisterialDrayton and Toowoomba1862–1901
John HamiltonOppositionCook1878–1904
William HigsonMinisterialRockhampton1883–1888
Charles Lumley Hill[6]IndependentCook1878–1882, 1885–1888
Jacob Horwitz[12]MinisterialWarwick1878–1887
John Hurley[4]IndependentMaryborough1883–1884
Jean-Baptiste IsambertMinisterialRosewood1882–1892
John JessopOppositionDalby1882–1893
Henry JordanMinisterialSouth Brisbane1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890
Francis KatesMinisterialDarling Downs1878–1881; 1883–1888
William KellettMinisterialStanley1878–1888
James LalorOppositionMaranoa1878–1888
Isidor LissnerOppositionKennedy1883–1893; 1896–1899
Thomas MacDonald-Paterson[1][5]MinisterialMoreton1878–1885; 1896–1901
John MacFarlaneMinisterialIpswich1878–1894
Thomas McIlwraith[11]OppositionMulgrave1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
John McMaster[8]MinisterialFortitude Valley1885–1899; 1901–1904;
1907–1908
Thomas McWhannell[15]MinisterialGregory1882–1888
John Murtagh MacrossanOppositionTownsville1873–1878; 1879–1891
Matthew MellorMinisterialWide Bay1883–1893
Alfred Midgley[13]IndependentFassifern1883–1887
William Miles[14]MinisterialDarling Downs1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop MoreheadOppositionBalonne1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil MoretonMinisterialBurnett1870–1871; 1873–1875; 1883–1888
Arthur Morgan[12]IndependentWarwick1887–1896; 1898–1906
Frank Reid Murphy[8]OppositionBarcoo1885–1892
Hugh NelsonOppositionNorthern Downs1883–1898
Albert NortonOppositionPort Curtis1878–1893
Edward PalmerOppositionBurke1883–1893
William Pattison[9]OppositionBlackall1886–1893
Patrick Perkins[2]OppositionAubigny1877–1884; 1888–1893
Robert Philp[8]OppositionMusgrave1886–1915
Arthur RutledgeMinisterialKennedy1878–1893; 1899–1904
William SalkeldMinisterialIpswich1883–1893
John ScottOppositionLeichhardt1868, 1870–1888
Richard Bingham SheridanMinisterialMaryborough1883–1888
William SmythMinisterialGympie1883–1899
Ernest James StevensIndependentLogan1878–1896
John StevensonMinisterialNormanby1876–1893
George Thorn[13]IndependentFassifern1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Hiram Wakefield[5]MinisterialMoreton1885–1888
Donald Smith WallaceMinisterialClermont1883–1888
Peter WhiteIndependentStanley1883–1888

See also
  • Premier:
Samuel Griffith (Ministerial) (1883–1888)

Notes
1 The First Griffith Ministry was constituted on 13 November 1883. As a result, all new ministers had to resign their seats and contest them at ministerial by-elections; all except Charles Dutton, member for Leichhardt, were unopposed. Additionally, on the same day, James Garrick, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, who had lost his seat of Rockhampton at the election three months earlier, was elected unopposed for Moreton on 21 November 1883, whilst Dutton was re-elected on 7 December.
2 Following a petition alleging electoral fraud by Patrick Perkins or his supporters, on 21 February 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled the election of Patrick Perkins, the member for Aubigny, null and void. James Campbell was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 4 March 1884; although Perkins was able to contest the by-election, he decided not to do so.
3 On 4 March 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled Frederick Cooper, one of the members for Cook, was disqualified from sitting in the Legislative Assembly. Thomas Campbell, one of the unsuccessful candidates at the 1883 poll, was declared elected. The Brisbane Courier editorial on 27 February, anticipating a new election being called in Cook, said: "There was so much personation on both sides that a new election would be desirable, if it could be assumed that it would be conducted more free from abuse than its predecessor."
4 On 8 July 1884, John Hurley, the member for Maryborough, resigned after having been declared insolvent. John Annear won the resulting by-election on 25 July 1884.
5 On 22 April 1885, Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Hiram Wakefield won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1885.
6 On 4 August 1885, Thomas Campbell, the member for Cook, resigned after having been declared insolvent. Charles Lumley Hill won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885.
7 On 13 October 1885, John Lloyd Bale, the member for Enoggera, resigned due to ill health. Robert Bulcock was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 26 October 1885.
8 The Additional Members Act 1885 created three new seats: Barcoo, Musgrave and an additional seat each in Townsville and Fortitude Valley. The following members were elected:
9 On 23 January 1886, Archibald Archer, the member for Blackall, left for Europe on a prolonged visit, and resigned his seat. William Pattison won the resulting by-election on 13 April 1886.
10 On 16 April 1886, Frank Beattie, one of the members for Fortitude Valley, died. Samuel Brooks won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1886.
11 On 5 June 1886, Thomas McIlwraith, the member for Mulgrave, resigned. Walter Adams won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1886.
12 On 2 July 1887, Jacob Horwitz, the member for Warwick, resigned. Arthur Morgan was returned unopposed. won the resulting by-election on 18 July 1887.
13 On 19 July 1887, Alfred Midgley, the member for Fassifern, resigned. George Thorn, Jr. won the resulting by-election on 4 August 1887.
14 On 22 August 1887, William Miles, the member for Darling Downs, died. William Allan won the resulting by-election on 6 September 1887.
15 On 17 March 1888, Thomas McWhannell, the member for Gregory, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1888 election.

References
  1. "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  • Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
  • Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)
  • The General Election. List of Candidates Brisbane Courier, 26 April 1888, p. 6.
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