Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 11 May 1877.[1] Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

There was an electoral redistribution which came into effect in 1877, fourteen districts were created (Barwon, Benambra, Boroondara, Carlton, Delatite, Fitzroy, Footscray, Geelong, Grant, Kara Kara, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Stawell) and eight abolished (Kilmore, The Murray, Murray Boroughs, South Grant, Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Maryborough).[2]


Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
NameElectorateTerm in Office
John AndrewWest Melbourne1877–1880
John Mitchell BarrMaryborough & Talbot1877–1883
William BaylesVilliers & Heytesbury1864–1880
Henry BellBallarat West1877–1886
Thomas BentBrighton1871–1894; 1900–1909
Graham BerryGeelong1861–1865; 1869–1886
George BillsonOvens1877–1880; 1883–1886
John BirdGrenville1877–1880
W. G. Blackham [a]Sandhurst1877
Joseph BosistoRichmond1874–1889; 1892–1894
Robert BowmanMaryborough & Talbot1866–1870; 1877–1885; 1890–1893
Daniel BrophyBallarat East1877–1880; 1880–1883
Donald CameronWest Bourke1877–1880
Ewen Hugh CameronEvelyn1874–1914
Godfrey CarterSt Kilda1877–1883; 1885–1900
James CaseyMandurang1861–1862; 1863–1880
Alfred ClarkWilliamstown1871–1887
Robert ClarkSandhurst1877–1883
Robert ClarkWimmera1877–1880
William Mitchell CookEast Bourke Boroughs1876–1883
Thomas CooperCreswick1877–1889
Thomas CopePortland1868–1880
Benjamin George DaviesAvoca1861–1880
David DaviesGrenville1877–1894
Edward DixonSt Kilda1874–1880; 1889–1894
John DowKara Kara1877–1893
Charles Gavan DuffyNorth Gippsland1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
John Gavan DuffyDalhousie1874–1886; 1887–1904
Jeremiah Dwyer [b]Villiers & Heytesbury1877–1879
James Farrell [c]Castlemaine1866–1878
James FergussonSouth Bourke1871–1874; 1877–1880
George FinchamBallarat West1875–1886
Simon FraserRodney1874–1883
David GaunsonArarat1875–1881; 1883–1889; 1904–1906
Duncan GilliesRodney1861–1868; 1870–1877; 1877–1889
James Macpherson GrantAvoca1856–1870; 1871–1885
James GravesDelatite1877–1900; 1902–1904
Thomas HuntKilmore and Anglesey1874–1892; 1903–1904
John JamesBallarat East1869–1870; 1871–1886
Robert de Bruce JohnstoneGeelong1870–1881
George KerferdOvens1864–1886
Charles KernotGeelong1868–1871; 1876–1880; 1880–1882
Mark King [d]Footscray1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879
Peter LalorGrant1856–1871; 1874–1889
George LangridgeCollingwood1874–1891
John LaurensNorth Melbourne1877–1892
Jonas Levien [e]Barwon1871–1877; 1880–1906
Francis LongmoreRipon & Hampden1864–1883; 1894–1897
Andrew LyellEmerald Hill1877–1880
George Macartney [f]South Gippsland1869–1871; 1877–1878
James MacBainWimmera1864–1880
James McCulloch [g]Warrnambool1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
Robert Macgregor [h]Fitzroy1877–1879; 1880–1883
John McIntyreSandhurst1877–1880; 1881–1902
Charles MacMahon [i]West Melbourne1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886
John MacPherson [j]Dundas1864–1865; 1866–1878
John MaddenSandridge1874–1875; 1876–1883
James MiramsCollingwood1876–1886; 1887–1889
Thompson MooreMandurang1871–1880; 1883–1886
James MunroCarlton1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
John NimmoEmerald Hill1877–1892
William O'HeaPolwarth & South Grenville1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881
John OrrMoira1862–1867; 1872–1874; 1877–1880
John O'ShanassyBelfast1856–1865; 1877–1883
James PattersonCastlemaine1870–1895
James PurvesMornington1872–1880
Robert RamsayEast Bourke1870–1882
John ReesGrant1877–1889
Richard RichardsonCreswick1874–1886; 1889–1894
Henry SainsburyCreswick1877–1880
James ServiceMaldon1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886
George SharpeMoira1877–1880
Alexander Kennedy SmithEast Melbourne1877–1881
George Paton Smith [k]Boroondara1866–1871; 1874–1877
John Smith [l]West Bourke1856–1879
Louis SmithRichmond1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;
1880–1883; 1886–1894
William Collard SmithBallarat West1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
Frederick Leopold SmythNorth Gippsland1866–1875; 1877–1880
Joseph StoreyNorth Melbourne1877–1881
Albert TuckerFitzroy1874–1900
William TytherleighNormanby1877–1880
Henry Roberts WilliamsMandurang1877–1883; 1889–1902
John WoodsStawell1859–1864; 1871–1892
Peter WrightBenambra1861–1864; 1877–1880; 1886–1889
Charles YoungKyneton Boroughs1874–1892
Ephraim ZoxEast Melbourne1877–1899

Gavan Duffy was Speaker, John James was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Blackham resigned in July 1877,[3] replaced by Angus Mackay the same month.
[b] Dwyer left Parliament around November 1879, replaced by Joseph Jones who was sworn-in in December 1879.
[c] Farrell resigned around May 1878; replaced by Charles Henry Pearson, sworn-in July 1878.
[d] King died 13 February 1879; replaced by William Clark, sworn-in July 1879.
[e] Levien was unseated in December 1877 replaced by John Ince the same month.
[f] Macartney died 2 June 1878; replaced by Francis Mason, sworn-in July 1878.
[g] McCulloch resigned around May 1878; replaced by James Francis, sworn-in July 1878.
[h] Macgregor resigned around June 1879; replaced by Cuthbert Robert Blackett, sworn-in July 1879.
[i] McMahon resigned in February 1878, replaced by Bryan O'Loghlen the same month.
[j] Macpherson resigned July 1878; replaced by John Serjeant, sworn-in August 1878.
[k] G. P. Smith died 6 December 1877, replaced by Robert Murray Smith who was elected on 24 December 1877,[4] sworn-in in February 1878.
[l] J. Smith died 30 January 1879, replaced by Alfred Deakin who was sworn-in in July 1879.

References
  1. "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
  2. "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. "Blackham Resigns". Bendigo Advertiser. Trove. 7 July 1877. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  4. The Argus 24 December 1877
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