Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1876–1878

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 15 August – 15 November 1876 to the elections of 17 August to 16 September 1878.[1][2]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[3]

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 à BeckettCentral1852–1856; 1858–1878
Robert AndersonEastern1866–1883
James BalfourSouth1874–1913
John Pinney BearSouth1863–1878
George BelcherSouth-Western1875–1886
Niel BlackWestern1859–1880
Thomas Bromell [d]Western1874–1887
James BuchananSouth1876–1898
William CampbellNorth-Western1851–1854; 1862–1882
George Ward ColeCentral1853–1855; 1859–1879
John CummingSouth-Western1870–1880
Henry CuthbertSouth-Western1874–1907
Frank DobsonSouth1870–1895
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Western1864–1908
Alexander FraserNorth-Western1858–1881
James GrahamCentral1853–1854; 1866–1886
Thomas HamiltonSouth1872–1884
James HentySouth-Western1853–1882
William HighettEastern1853–1856; 1857–1880
Caleb JennerSouth-Western1863–1886
William MitchellNorth-Western1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis Murphy [a]Eastern1851–1853; 1853–1856; 1872–1876
Francis RobertsonNorth-Western1860–1864; 1868–1886
Frederick Thomas SargoodCentral1874–1880; 1882–1901
Robert SimsonWestern1868–1878; 1880–1882
Charles SladenWestern1855–1856; 1864–1868; 1876–1882
Theodotus SumnerCentral1873–1883
John WallaceEastern1873–1901
Samuel WilsonWestern1875–1881
William WilsonEastern1875–1880

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.[2]

[a] Murphy resigned November 1876, replaced by Robert Dyce Reid the same month.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. Victorian Hansard, Session 1876 (PDF). XXIV. John Ferres, Melb. 1877.
  3. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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