Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1888–1890

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August 1888 to the elections of 11 September 1890.[1]

In 1888 there were fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members. However, there were additional elections in 1889 to increase by six the number of members in the Council.[2][3][4]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
Sidney AustinSouth-Western1888–1904
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
James BeaneyNorth Yarra1883–1891
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Frederick BrownNorth-Eastern1884–1903
James BuchananSouth-Eastern1876–1898
William John ClarkeSouth1878–1897
Joseph ConnorSouth-Western1886–1899
Samuel CookeWestern1888–1901
George Selth Coppin [*]Melbourne1858–1863; 1889–1895
David CouttsNorth-Western1882–1897
Thomas Cumming [a]Western1881–1888
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
Frank DobsonSouth-Eastern1870–1895
John Mark Davies [*]South Yarra1889–1895; 1899–1919
George DavisGippsland1888–1896
Thomas DowlingNelson1886–1904
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
Simon FraserSouth Yarra1886–1901
Henry GoreWellington1886–1892
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
David HamWellington1886–1904
Charles JamesSouth1887–1890
George Le fevreNorth Yarra1887–1891
James Lorimer [b]Melbourne1879–1889
James MacBainSouth Yarra1880–1892
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
James Philip MacphersonNelson1887–1891
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
Edward Morey [*]Wellington1889–1904
Francis Ormond [c]South-Western1882–1889
William OsmandNelson1888–1901
William Pearson, Sr.Gippsland1881–1893
Joseph Pratt [*]North-Western1889–1907
William RobertsNorth Yarra1886–1892
Charles Sargeant [*]Gippsland1889–1898
Frederick T. SargoodSouth Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
James ServiceMelbourne1888–1899
George Simmie [*]Northern1889–1904
Walter Simpson [d]Northern1886–1889
William StanbridgeNorth-Central1881–1892
David Chaplin Sterry [e]Northern1882–1889
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
John Turner [f]North-Eastern1888–1888
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
William Irving WinterNorthern1884–1901
George YoungNorth-Western1882–1891
William ZealNorth-Central1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council, Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[*] Elected in the additional elections of 1889.[2][3]
[a] Cumming resigned November 1888, replaced by Agar Wynne, sworn-in November 1888.
[b] Lorimer died 6 September 1889; replaced by Benjamin Benjamin in 1889.
[c] Ormond died 5 May 1889; replaced by Donald Wallace, sworn-in July 1889.
[d] Simpson resigned June 1889; replaced by Frederick Illingworth, sworn-in July 1889.
[e] Sterry resigned March 1889; replaced by Joseph Henry Abbott, sworn-in April 1889.
[f] Turner's election was declared void in October 1888, replaced by James Stewart Butters, sworn-in December 1888.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. "The Electoral Districts Alteration Bill". The Argus. 5 November 1888. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  3. "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  4. Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). 60.
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