Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868 to the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870.[1]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[2]

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
John Pinney BearSouth1863–1878
Niel BlackWestern1859–1880
William CampbellNorth-Western1851–1854; 1862–1882
William J. T. ClarkeSouth1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward ColeCentral1853–1855; 1859–1879
William DegravesSouth1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner [a]Central1851–1869
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Western1864–1908
Alexander FraserNorth-Western1858–1881
James GrahamCentral1853–1854; 1866–1886
James HentySouth-Western1853–1882
Stephen HentyWestern1856–1870
William HighettEastern1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert HopeSouth-Western1856–1864; 1867–1874
Caleb JennerSouth-Western1863–1886
Thomas Learmonth [b]South-Western1866–1868
John McCraeSouth-Western1860–1870
William MitchellNorth-Western1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan MurphyEastern1864–1873
John O'ShanassyCentral1851–1856; 1868–1874
James PalmerWestern1851–1870
William Henry PettetSouth1864–1871
Francis RobertsonNorth-Western1860–1864; 1868–1886
Robert SimsonWestern1868–1878; 1880–1882
James StrachanWestern1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert TurnbullEastern1851–1853; 1864–1872
Benjamin WilliamsEastern1856–1874

James Palmer was President of the Council, William Mitchell was Chairman of Committees.[3]

[a] Fawkner died 4 September 1869; replaced by Henry Walsh, sworn-in September 1869.
[b] Learmonth took leave of absence on or after September 1868[4][5] and resigned;[3] replaced by Philip Russell, sworn-in April 1869.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. Victorian Hansard, Session 1869 (PDF). 6. John Ferres, Melb. 1869.
  4. "Learmonth, Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  5. "Thursday, March 25, 1869". The Argus. Melbourne. 25 March 1869.
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