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.
Name | Province | Term in Office |
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Sidney Austin | South-Western | 1888–1904 |
James Balfour | South-Eastern | 1874–1913 |
James Beaney | North Yarra | 1883–1891 |
James Bell | North-Western | 1882–1904 |
Frederick Brown | North-Eastern | 1884–1903 |
James Buchanan | South-Eastern | 1876–1898 |
William John Clarke | South | 1878–1897 |
Joseph Connor | South-Western | 1886–1899 |
Samuel Cooke | Western | 1888–1901 |
George Selth Coppin [*] | Melbourne | 1858–1863; 1889–1895 |
David Coutts | North-Western | 1882–1897 |
Thomas Cumming [a] | Western | 1881–1888 |
Henry Cuthbert | Wellington | 1874–1907 |
Frank Dobson | South-Eastern | 1870–1895 |
John Mark Davies [*] | South Yarra | 1889–1895; 1899–1919 |
George Davis | Gippsland | 1888–1896 |
Thomas Dowling | Nelson | 1886–1904 |
Nicholas Fitzgerald | North-Central | 1864–1908 |
Simon Fraser | South Yarra | 1886–1901 |
Henry Gore | Wellington | 1886–1892 |
Cornelius Ham | Melbourne | 1882–1904 |
David Ham | Wellington | 1886–1904 |
Charles James | South | 1887–1890 |
George Le fevre | North Yarra | 1887–1891 |
James Lorimer [b] | Melbourne | 1879–1889 |
James MacBain | South Yarra | 1880–1892 |
William McCulloch | Gippsland | 1880–1903 |
James Philip Macpherson | Nelson | 1887–1891 |
Donald Melville | South | 1882–1919 |
Edward Morey [*] | Wellington | 1889–1904 |
Francis Ormond [c] | South-Western | 1882–1889 |
William Osmand | Nelson | 1888–1901 |
William Pearson, Sr. | Gippsland | 1881–1893 |
Joseph Pratt [*] | North-Western | 1889–1907 |
William Roberts | North Yarra | 1886–1892 |
Charles Sargeant [*] | Gippsland | 1889–1898 |
Frederick T. Sargood | South Yarra | 1874–1880; 1882–1901 |
James Service | Melbourne | 1888–1899 |
George Simmie [*] | Northern | 1889–1904 |
Walter Simpson [d] | Northern | 1886–1889 |
William Stanbridge | North-Central | 1881–1892 |
David Chaplin Sterry [e] | Northern | 1882–1889 |
Nathan Thornley | Western | 1882–1903 |
John Turner [f] | North-Eastern | 1888–1888 |
John Wallace | North-Eastern | 1873–1901 |
William Irving Winter | Northern | 1884–1901 |
George Young | North-Western | 1882–1891 |
William Zeal | North-Central | 1882–1901 |
James MacBain was President of the Council, Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.
- [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
- ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- 1 2 "The Electoral Districts Alteration Bill". The Argus. 5 November 1888. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- 1 2 "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ↑ Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). 60.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
- Victorian Hansard, Session 1888. Robert S. Brain, Melb. 1888.
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