This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1900 to 31 December 1909. Appointments, made by the governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.
The council's size grew from 41 to 44 members, however, at times during the decade, as few as 35 members sat in the chamber. The first Labour members of the chamber were appointed under the Morgan-Kidston coalition.
President of the Legislative Council:
Chairman of Committees:
Members shaded red were Labour Party members of the council.
Name | Date appointed | Date left | Reason for leaving |
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Peter Airey | 3 July 1907 | 13 January 1908 | Transferred to Assembly |
William Allan | 11 March 1897 | 19 October 1901 | Death |
John Annear | 5 July 1902 | 28 May 1910 | Death |
William Aplin | 19 October 1880 | 18 February 1901 | Death |
John Archibald | 11 March 1897 | 20 May 1907 | Death |
Andrew Henry Barlow | 10 June 1896 | 29 March 1915 | Death [1] |
Thomas Beirne | 27 July 1905 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
William Draper Box | 2 January 1874 | 26 January 1904 | Death |
Frederic Brentnall | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
William Villiers Brown | 15 July 1901 | 29 April 1915 | Death |
Robert Bulcock | 23 August 1894 | 10 May 1900 | Death |
Charles Hardie Buzacott | 23 August 1894 | 13 May 1901 | Resignation |
Albert Callan | 5 July 1902 | 9 May 1912 | |
William Henry Campbell | 12 July 1906 | 17 June 1919 | |
Arthur John Carter | 15 July 1901 | 6 November 1917 | |
Felix Clewitt | 30 July 1890 | 13 February 1913 | |
James Cowlishaw | 18 April 1878 | 15 March 1922 | |
Alfred Davey | 12 July 1906 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
John Deane | 31 July 1889 | 27 October 1913 | |
James Drake | 7 December 1899 | 13 May 1901 | Transferred to Federal Parliament |
Bartley Fahey | 5 May 1904 | 9 August 1920 | |
John Ferguson | 23 August 1894 | 30 March 1906 | Death |
William Forrest | 13 May 1883 | 23 April 1903 | Death |
Angus Gibson | 6 April 1899 | 28 May 1920 | |
George Wilkie Gray | 23 August 1894 | 22 March 1922 | |
Augustus Gregory | 10 November 1882 | 25 June 1905 | Death |
Henry Littleton Groom | 12 July 1906 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Thomas Murray Hall | 12 July 1906 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Frederick Hart | 11 July 1872 | 15 July 1915 | |
John Heussler | 13 December 1870 | 26 October 1907 | Death |
Albert Hinchcliffe | 4 May 1904 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Frederick Holberton | 4 July 1885 | 9 September 1907 | Death |
Magnus Jensen | 4 May 1904 | 16 May 1915 | |
Thomas Alexander Johnson | 4 May 1904 | 28 October 1914 | |
James Lalor | 23 August 1888 | 11 August 1921 | |
William Lambert | 15 March 1872 | 3 December 1901 | Resignation |
Frank McDonnell | 3 July 1907 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Charles McGhie | 4 May 1904 | 21 January 1917 | |
John McMaster | 9 May 1899 | 22 July 1901 | Transferred to Assembly |
Peter MacPherson | 1 July 1881 | 12 September 1913 | |
Charles Marks | 28 November 1888 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Edward David Miles | 5 July 1902 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Boyd Dunlop Morehead | 10 June 1896 | 30 October 1905 | Death |
Berkeley Basil Moreton | 15 July 1901 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Arthur Morgan | 19 January 1906 | 20 December 1916 | |
Hugh Mosman | 27 June 1891 | 17 January 1906 | Resignation |
Peter Murphy | 4 May 1904 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
John Murray | 12 March 1901 | 13 November 1903 | Resignation |
Hugh Nelson | 13 April 1898 | 1 January 1906 | Death |
Charles Nielson | 14 September 1907 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Albert Norton | 23 August 1894 | 11 March 1914 | Death |
Thomas O'Sullivan | 24 September 1903 | 25 January 1906 | Transferred to Assembly |
Thomas O'Sullivan | 18 February 1908 | 9 December 1915 | |
Arthur Horatio Parnell | 3 March 1908 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Patrick Perkins | 23 May 1893 | 17 May 1901 | Death |
Edmund Plant | 8 June 1905 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Francis Isidore Power | 15 July 1901 | 24 June 1912 | |
William Grene Power | 19 September 1883 | 14 August 1903 | Death |
Alexander Raff | 14 August 1884 | 10 June 1910 | |
William Rawlings | 12 July 1906 | 5 August 1906 | Death |
James Thorneloe Smith | 23 August 1888 | 14 March 1902 | Death |
Robert Harrison Smith | 4 May 1904 | 11 November 1911 | Death [2] |
Joseph Capel Smyth | 5 May 1882 | 16 July 1910 | |
Ernest James Stevens | 6 April 1899 | 7 September 1920 | |
William Taylor | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Lewis Thomas | 5 July 1902 | 16 February 1913 | |
Andrew Joseph Thynne | 26 January 1882 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
Henry Turner | 3 July 1907 | 23 March 1922 | Council abolished |
John Turner | 18 April 1878 | 29 July 1900 | Death |
John Webber | 9 May 1899 | 12 March 1904 | Death |
Andrew Wilson | 19 September 1883 | 29 August 1906 | Death |
Walter Horatio Wilson | 4 July 1885 | 28 February 1902 | Death |
Henry Wood | 17 April 1886 | 31 December 1902 | Resignation |
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