Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1882–1884

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 30 November 1882 to the elections of 11 September 1884.[1][2]

The Legislative Council Act 1881,[3] which took effect at the 1882 elections, created ten new provinces: Gippsland, Melbourne, Nelson, North Yarra, North-Central, North-Eastern, Northern, South Yarra, South-Eastern and Wellington, with two abolished: Central and Eastern. This resulted in a total of fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.[3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
Robert Anderson [a]North-Eastern1866–1883
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
Francis BeaverNorth Yarra1854–1856; 1882–1887
George BelcherWellington1875–1886
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Thomas BromellNelson1874–1887
James BuchananSouth-Eastern1876–1898
James CampbellWellington1882–1886
William John ClarkeSouth1878–1897
David CouttsNorth-Western1882–1897
Thomas Forrest CummingWestern1881–1888
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
Frank DobsonSouth-Eastern1870–1895
John DoughartyGippsland1880–1888
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
James GrahamSouth Yarra1853–1854; 1866–1886
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
Thomas HamiltonSouth1872–1884
Patrick HannaNorth-Eastern1882–1888
William Edward HearnMelbourne1878–1888
Caleb JennerSouth-Western1863–1886
James LorimerMelbourne1879–1889
James MacBainSouth Yarra1880–1892
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
George MearesNorth Yarra1882–1886
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
William MitchellNorthern1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis OrmondSouth-Western1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr.Gippsland1881–1893
Francis RobertsonNorthern1860–1864; 1868–1886
William RossWestern1878–1888
Philip RussellSouth-Western1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. SargoodSouth Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
Charles Sladen [b]Nelson1855–1856; 1864–1868;
1876–1882
William StanbridgeNorth-Central1881–1892
David Chaplin SterryNorthern1882–1889
Theodotus Sumner [c]North Yarra1873–1883
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
James WilliamsonNelson1882–1888
George YoungNorth-Western1882–1891
William ZealNorth-Central1882–1901

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

[a] Anderson died 26 October 1883; replaced by Frederick Brown, sworn-in June 1884
[b] Sladen resigned from the Council in December 1882,[4] replaced by Holford Wettenhall the same month.
[c] Sumner vacated his seat February 1883; replaced by James Beaney, sworn-in March 1883.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF). 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883.
  3. "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. p. 2805–2806.
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