Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858.[1]

The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856.[2] On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected Victorian Parliament were published in the Government Gazette. [3] The new Council first met in November 1856.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[4]

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
John AllanNorth-Western1856–1858
John Barter BennettSouth1856–1863
William J. T. ClarkeSouth1856–1861; 1863–1870
James CowieSouth-Western1853–1854; 1856–1858
Andrew Cruikshank[a]Western1856–1858
John Pascoe FawknerCentral[4]1851–1869
Nehemiah GuthridgeCentral1856–1858
James Henty [p]South-Western1853–1882
Stephen HentyWestern1856–1870
Matthew HerveyEastern1853–1865
John Hodgson [p]Central1853–1860
John HoodCentral1856–1859
Robert HopeSouth-Western1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Kaye[b]Eastern1856–1857
Donald KennedySouth1854–1864
Dennis KeoghNorth-Western1856–1860
Thomas McCombieSouth1856–1859
Henry Miller [p] [c]Central1851–1866
William MitchellNorth-Western1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James PalmerWestern[4]1851–1870
John PattersonNorth-Western1856–1859
Thomas PowerSouth1856–1864
William RoopeSouth-Western1856–1860
James StewartEastern1856–1863
James Strachan [p]South-Western1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert ThomsonEastern1856–1863
Daniel TierneyWestern1856–1859
George UrquhartNorth-Western1856–1860
Charles VaughanWestern1856–1864
Benjamin WilliamsEastern1856–1874
a Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by Henry Miller in a by-election May 1858
b Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857,[5] replaced by William Highett in a by-election May 1857
c Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows in a by-election May 1858
p Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 45. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. Sweetman, p.67
  4. Sweetman, p.183
  5. "Kaye, William". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
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