Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1873–1878

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This is a list of members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1873 to 1878, as elected at the 1873 colonial elections held between 4 November 1873 and 4 December 1873 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). [1]

Contents

Name Electorate Term in office
Francis Amhurst [10] [26] Bowen 1875–1877; 1878–1881
William Bailey Wide Bay 1873–1888
Frank Beattie [3] Fortitude Valley 1874–1878; 1879–1886
Joshua Peter Bell Dalby 1862–1879
Henry Beor [26] Bowen 1877–1880
Adam Black [9] [12] Logan 1875
Charles Hardie Buzacott [30] Rockhampton 1873–1877
Oscar de Satge [25] Normanby 1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
James Dickson Enoggera 1873–1888; 1892–1901
John Douglas [8] Maryborough 1863–1866; 1867–1868;
1875–1880
George Edmondstone [29] Wickham 1860–1867; 1869–1877
Thomas Henry FitzGerald [10] Bowen 1867–1869; 1873–1875
James Foote West Moreton 1873–1878; 1880–1888;
1892–1893
George Fox [25] Normanby 1877–1878; 1901–1914
Simon Fraser Bundamba 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
William Fryar [28] East Moreton 1873–1877
James Garrick [28] East Moreton 1867–1868; 1877–1883
Charles Graham [16] Clermont 1872–1876
William Graham [7] Darling Downs 1875–1878
Samuel Griffith Oxley 1872–1893
George Grimes [23] Bulimba 1876–1878
William Henry Groom Toowoomba 1862–1901
Charles Haly [15] Leichhardt 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1869–1871; 1876–1878
William Hemmant [20] Bulimba 1871–1876
Albert John Hockings [29] Wickham 1877–1878
William Hodgkinson [13] Burke 1873–1875; 1888–1893
Francis Ivory Burnett 1873–1878
James Johnston [20] [23] Bulimba 1876
James Kidgell [24] Gympie 1877–1878
Henry Edward King [6] Ravenswood 1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883
Richard Ash Kingsford [11] South Brisbane 1875–1883
Charles Lilley [3] Fortitude Valley 1860–1873
Robert Lord [24] Gympie 1873–1877
Jacob Low [4] Balonne 1874–1883
Arthur Macalister [19] Ipswich 1860–1871; 1872–1876
Edward MacDevitt [6] Ravenswood 1870–1874
Peter MacDonald Blackall 1873–1878
John MacFarlane [32] Ipswich 1878–1894
John MacFarlane [30] Rockhampton 1877–1878; 1879–1880
Thomas McIlwraith Maranoa 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
Peter McLean [17] Logan 1876–1883
John Murtagh Macrossan Kennedy 1873–1878; 1879–1891
William Miles [1] [14] [22] Carnarvon
Northern Downs 		1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop Morehead Mitchell 1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil Moreton [8] Maryborough 1870–1871; 1873–1875;
1883–1888
James Morgan Warwick 1870–1871; 1873–1878
William Edward Murphy [18] Cook 1876–1878
Philip Nind [5] [9] Logan 1873–1875
Patrick O'Sullivan [21] Burke 1860–1863; 1867–1868;
1876–1883; 1888–1893
Arthur Hunter Palmer Port Curtis 1866–1881
James Augustus Parker [13] [21] Burke 1875–1876
Edward Wilmot Pechey [27] Aubigny 1873–1877
Patrick Perkins [27] Aubigny 1877–1884; 1888–1893
de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse [33] Fassifern 1878–1883
John Pettigrew Stanley 1873–1878
Ratcliffe Pring [1] [31] Carnarvon
Brisbane City 		1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
Edmund Royds [15] Leichhardt 1864–1868; 1872–1875
John Scott Springsure 1868; 1870–1888
Walter Jervoise Scott Mulgrave 1871–1878
Frederick Shaw [12] [17] Logan 1875–1876
Thomas Blacket Stephens [11] South Brisbane 1863–1875
John Stevenson [16] Clermont 1876–1893
Robert Stewart [31] Brisbane City 1873–1878
John Malbon Thompson Bremer 1868–1881
George Thorn [2] [19] [32] Fassifern
Ipswich 		1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Henry Thorn [22] Northern Downs 1867–1868; 1873–1876
John Thorn [2] [33] Fassifern 1874–1878
John Tyrel [14] Carnarvon 1876–1883
Adam Walker [4] Balonne 1873–1874
William Henry Walsh Warrego 1865–1878
Edward Wienholt [7] Darling Downs 1870–1875

See also

Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)
Arthur Macalister (1874–1876)
George Thorn (1876–1877)
John Douglas (1877–1879)

Notes

1 On 8 January 1874, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Carnarvon, was appointed to the Macalister Ministry as Attorney-General. He therefore was required to resign his seat and stand for a ministerial by-election. He lost the seat to William Miles at the resulting by-election on 20 January 1874.
2 On 8 January 1874, George Thorn, member for Fassifern, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. His brother John Thorn won the resulting by-election on 24 January 1874.
3 On 14 February 1874, Charles Lilley, member for Fortitude Valley, resigned. Frank Beattie won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1874.
4 The election of Adam Walker, the member for Balonne, was voided on 27 May 1874, and Jacob Low was appointed in his place.
5 The election of Philip Nind, the member for Logan, was voided on 27 May 1874. He retained his seat at the resulting by-election on 8 June 1874.
6 On 13 November 1874, Edward MacDevitt, member for Ravenswood, resigned. Henry Edward King won the resulting by-election on 9 December 1874.
7 On 1 February 1875, Edward Wienholt, member for Darling Downs, resigned. William Graham won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1875.
8 On 16 March 1875, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Maryborough, resigned. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 2 April 1875.
9 On 3 April 1875, Philip Nind, member for Logan, resigned. Adam Black won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1875.
10 On 5 May 1875, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Bowen, resigned. Francis Amhurst won the resulting by-election on 14 May 1975.
11 On 13 May 1875, Thomas Blacket Stephens, member for South Brisbane, resigned. Richard Ash Kingsford won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1875, defeating the other nominee Ratcliffe Pring.
12 On 3 October 1875, Adam Black, member for Logan, resigned. Frederick Shaw won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1875.
13 On 13 September 1875, William Hodgkinson, member for Burke, resigned. James Augustus Parker won the resulting by-election on 26 October 1875.
14 On 14 October 1875, William Miles, member for Carnarvon, resigned. John Tyrel won the resulting by-election on 8 January 1876.
15 On 8 December 1875, Edmund Royds, member for Leichhardt, resigned. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1876.
16 On 4 January 1876, Charles Graham, member for Clermont, resigned. John Stevenson won the resulting by-election on 4 February 1876.
17 On 12 April 1876, Frederick Shaw, member for Logan, resigned. Peter McLean won the resulting by-election on 9 May 1876.
18 The Additional Members Act 1875 created the new seat of Cook. On 1 June 1876, William Edward Murphy became its first member at a special election.
19 On 14 June 1876, Arthur Macalister, member for Ipswich, resigned. George Thorn won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1876.
20 On 26 June 1876, William Hemmant, member for Bulimba, resigned. James Johnston won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1876.
21 On 21 June 1876, James Augustus Parker, member for Burke, resigned. Patrick O'Sullivan won the resulting by-election on 22 August 1876.
22 On 30 October 1876, Henry Thorn, member for Northern Downs, resigned. William Miles won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1876.
23 On 7 November 1876, James Johnston, member for Bulimba, died. George Grimes won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1876.
24 On 9 March 1877, Robert Lord, member for Gympie, resigned. James Kidgell won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1877.
25 On 20 March 1877, Oscar de Satge, member for Normanby, resigned. George Fox won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.
26 On 24 March 1877, Francis Amhurst, member for Bowen, resigned. Henry Beor won the resulting by-election on 23 April 1877.
27 On 9 April 1877, Edward Wilmot Pechey, member for Aubigny, resigned. Patrick Perkins won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1877.
28 On 24 April 1877, William Fryar, member for East Moreton, resigned. James Garrick won the resulting by-election on 10 May 1877.
29 On 28 April 1877, George Edmondstone, member for Wickham, resigned. Albert John Hockings won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1877.
30 On 26 October 1877, Charles Hardie Buzacott, member for Rockhampton, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 20 November 1877.
31 On 1 February 1878, Robert Stewart, member for Brisbane City, resigned. Ratcliffe Pring won the resulting by-election on 12 February 1878.
32 On 12 February 1878, George Thorn, member for Ipswich, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 7 March 1878.
33 On 12 March 1878, John Thorn, member for Fassifern, resigned. de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse won the resulting by-election on 9 April 1878.

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  1. ↑ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
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