Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Victoria,one of the parliaments of the Australian states and territories.
Sir John O'Shanassy,KCMG,was an Irish-Australian politician who served as the 2nd Premier of Victoria. O'Shanassy was born near Thurles in County Tipperary,Ireland,the son of a surveyor,and came to the Port Phillip District in 1839. He went into business in Melbourne as a draper,and by 1846 he was rich enough to be elected to the Melbourne City Council and to become the founding chairman of the Colonial Bank of Australasia. By the 1850s he was a major landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the colony. He also became a recognised leader of the large Irish Catholic community.
William Nicholson was an Australian colonial politician who became the third Premier of Victoria. He is remembered for having been called the "father of the ballot" due to his responsibility in introducing the secret ballot in Victoria.
Richard Heales,Victorian colonial politician,was the 4th Premier of Victoria.
Sir Charles Sladen,,Australian colonial politician,was the 6th Premier of Victoria.
Dr. Alexander Thomson was elected as the first mayor of Geelong and held the position on five occasions from 1850 to 1858. Thomson was the first settler in the area known as Belmont,a suburb of Geelong and called his homestead Kardinia,a property now listed on the Register of the National Estate.
William Thomas Napier Champ was a soldier and politician who served as the first Premier of Tasmania from 1856 to 1857. He was born in the United Kingdom.
The electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently includes the localities of Carlton,North Carlton,Melbourne,East Melbourne,West Melbourne,North Melbourne,Parkville,Newmarket,Kensington and Flemington,and includes Melbourne University. The district has been in existence since 1856.
Sir James Frederick Palmer was a medical practitioner,Victorian pioneer,first President of the Victorian Legislative Council and Mayor of Melbourne.
George Selth Coppin was a comic actor,entrepreneur and politician,active in Australia.
James Macpherson Grant was an Australian solicitor who defended the Eureka Stockade rebels and a politician who was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the Victorian Legislative Council.
Sir Frederick Thomas Sargood was an Australian politician,Minister of Defence and Education in the Government of Victoria 1890–1892 and Senator in the Australian Senate 1901–03.
Charles Hotson Ebden was an Australian pastoralist and politician,a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council,the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Henry Miller was an Australian banker and politician,member of the Victorian Legislative Council.
Sir Francis Murphy was an Australian politician,first Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
Michael O'Grady K.S.G.,M.L.A.,was and Irish-born politician in Australia,member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
George Paton Smith was a politician and Attorney-General of Victoria.
Thomas McCombie was a journalist,historian,novelist,merchant and politician in colonial Victoria,a member of the Victorian Legislative Council,and later,the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
George Harker was a businessman and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
John Carre Riddell was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia),a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and later,the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
