Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1892–1895

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 8 September 1892 to the elections of 12 September 1895.[1] No seats were contested in the elections of 13 September 1894.[1]

From 1889 there were fourteen Provinces and a total of 48 members.[2] [3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
Joseph Henry AbbottNorthern1889–1904
Sidney AustinSouth-Western1888–1904
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Benjamin Benjamin [a]Melbourne1889–1892
Frederick BrownNorth-Eastern1884–1903
Thomas BruntonSouth1890–1904
James BuchananSouth-Eastern1876–1898
William John ClarkeSouth1878–1897
Joseph ConnorSouth-Western1886–1899
Samuel CookeWestern1888–1901
George Selth CoppinMelbourne1858–1863; 1889–1895
David CouttsNorth-Western1882–1897
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
John Mark DaviesSouth Yarra1889–1895; 1899–1919
George DavisGippsland1888–1896
Frank DobsonSouth-Eastern1870–1895
Thomas DowlingNelson1886–1904
William EmblingNorth-Central1892–1912
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
Simon FraserSouth Yarra1886–1901
Frederick GrimwadeNorth Yarra1891–1904
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
David HamWellington1886–1904
Nathaniel LeviNorth Yarra1892–1904
James MacBain [b]South Yarra1880–1892
Duncan McBrydeNorth-Western1891–1896; 1901–1919
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
Edward MoreyWellington1889–1904
William OsmandNelson1888–1901
William Pearson, Sr. [c]Gippsland1881–1893
William PittNorth Yarra1891–1910
Joseph PrattNorth-Western1889–1907
Arthur SachseNorth-Eastern1892–1920
Charles SargeantGippsland1889–1898
Frederick T. SargoodSouth Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
James ServiceMelbourne1888–1899
George SimmieNorthern1889–1904
Emanuel Steinfeld [d]Wellington1892–1893
Joseph SternbergNorthern1891–1928
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
Donald Wallace [e]South-Western1889–1894
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
Samuel WilliamsonNelson1891–1901
William Irving WinterNorthern1884–1901
Agar WynneWestern1888–1903
William ZealNorth-Central1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council until 8 November 1892, William Zeal was President from 10 November 1892;[4] Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Benjamin resigned 12 September 1892; replaced by Robert Reid, sworn-in October 1892.
[b] MacBain died 4 November 1892; replaced by Matthew Lang, sworn-in December 1892.
[c] Pearson died 10 August 1893; replaced by Edward Crooke, sworn-in September 1893.
[d] Steinfeld died 16 April 1893; replaced by Thomas Wanliss, sworn-in July 1893.
[e] Wallace resigned November 1894; replaced by Joseph Grey, sworn-in December 1894.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). 60.
  4. "Former Presidents of the Legislative Council". Parliament of Victoria.
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