Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1874–1877

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 25 March; 9, 22 April 1874 to the elections of 11 May 1877. [1] Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

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Victorian Legislative Assembly districts, 1859-1877
Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
Name Electorate Term in Office
William Bayles Villiers & Heytesbury 1864–1880
Thomas Bent Brighton 1871–1894; 1900–1909
Graham Berry Geelong West [x] 1861–1865; 1869–1886
Robert Burrowes Sandhurst 1866–1877; 1880–1893
Ewen Hugh Cameron Evelyn 1874–1914
Colin Campbell Crowlands [x] 1856–1859; 1874–1877
Michael Carroll [a] Ararat 1874–1875
James Casey Mandurang 1861–1862; 1863–1880
Alfred Clark Williamstown 1871–1887
William Clarke Grenville 1871–1877
Edward Cohen East Melbourne 1861–1865; 1868–1877
Joseph Connor Polwarth & South Grenville 1864–1871; 1874–1877; 1882–1886
Thomas Cope Normanby 1868–1880
George Selth Coppin East Melbourne 1874–1877; 1883–1889
John Branscombe Crews South Bourke 1858–1859; 1864–1865; 1868–1877
John Curtain North Melbourne 1871–1877
Benjamin George Davies Avoca 1861–1880
Edward Dixon St Kilda 1874–1880; 1889–1894
John Gavan Duffy Dalhousie 1874–1886; 1887–1904
John Everard [b] Collingwood 1858–1859; 1861; 1864;
1868–1871; 1874
James Farrell Castlemaine 1866–1878
James Francis [c] Richmond 1859–1874; 1878–1884
Simon Fraser Rodney 1874–1883
William Fraser Maryborough [x] 1871–1877
John Masters Garratt Geelong East [x] 1871–1877
Duncan Gillies Maryborough [x] 1861–1868; 1870–1877; 1877–1889
Frederick Race Godfrey East Bourke 1874–1877
James Macpherson Grant Avoca 1856–1870; 1871–1885
Patrick Hanna Murray Boroughs [x] 1866–1877
George Higinbotham [d] East Bourke Boroughs 1861–1861; 1862–1871; 1873–1876
John Rout Hopkins South Grant [x] 1864–1867; 1871–1877; 1892–1894
Thomas Hunt Kilmore [x] 1874–1892; 1903–1904
Robert Inglis Richmond 1874–1877
John James Ballarat East 1869–1870; 1871–1886
Robert de Bruce Johnstone Geelong West [x] 1870–1881
Joseph Jones [e] Ballarat West 1871–1875; 1876–1877; 1879–1880
George Kerferd Ovens 1864–1886
Peter Lalor South Grant [x] 1856–1871; 1874–1889
Edward Langton West Melbourne 1866–1867; 1868–1877
Jonas Levien South Grant [x] 1871–1877; 1880–1906
Francis Longmore Ripon & Hampden 1864–1883; 1894–1897
James MacBain Wimmera 1864–1880
James McCulloch Warrnambool 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
Townsend McDermott Ballarat East 1874–1877
Angus Mackay Sandhurst 1868–1880; 1883–1886
William McLellan Ararat 1859–1877; 1883–1897
Charles MacMahon West Melbourne 1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886
John MacPherson Dundas 1864–1865; 1866–1878
John Madden [f] West Bourke 1874–1875; 1876–1883
Francis Mason South Gippsland 1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902
Thompson Moore Mandurang 1871–1880; 1883–1886
James Munro North Melbourne 1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
Thomas Must Portland 1873–1877
Michael O'Grady [g] Villiers & Heytesbury 1861–1868; 1870–1876
James Patterson Castlemaine 1870–1895
Mark Pope [h] Grenville 1862–1865
James Purves Mornington 1872–1880
Robert Ramsay East Bourke 1870–1882
John Richardson [i] Geelong East [x] 1861–1876
Richard Richardson Creswick 1874–1886; 1889–1894
John Carre Riddell West Bourke 1860–1877
James Service Maldon 1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886
George Paton Smith South Bourke 1866–1871; 1874–1877
George Verney Smith Ovens 1864–1877
John Smith West Bourke 1856–1879
Robert Murray Smith St Kilda 1873–1877; 1878–1882; 1894–1900
William Collard Smith Ballarat West 1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
Frederick Smyth [j] North Gippsland 1866–1867; 1868–1875; 1877–1880
James Syme Stewart Creswick 1871–1877; 1889
James Forester Sullivan [k] Collingwood 1861–1871; 1874–1876
David Thomas [l] Sandridge 1868–1876
Albert Tucker Collingwood 1874–1900
Robert Walker Castlemaine 1871–1877
John Whiteman Emerald Hill 1866–1867; 1868–1877
William Witt The Murray [x] 1868–1872; 1874–1877
John Woods Crowlands [x] 1859–1864; 1871–1892
Henry Wrixon Belfast 1868–1877; 1880–1894
Charles Young Kyneton Boroughs 1874–1892

Charles MacMahon was Speaker, Benjamin Davies was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Carrol forfeited his seat in May 1875, replaced by David Gaunson May 1875.
[b] Everard resigned in July 1874, replaced by George Langridge in August 1874.
[c] Francis resigned in November 1874, replaced by Joseph Bosisto in December 1874.
[d] Higinbotham resigned in January 1876, replaced by William Mitchell Cook in February 1876.
[e] Jones left Parliament in October 1875, replaced by George Fincham in November 1875.
[f] Madden left Parliament in October 1875, replaced by Mark Last King in November 1875.
[g] O'Grady died 5 January 1876, replaced by Joseph Jones in February 1876.
[h] Pope died 8 July 1874, replaced by Richard Henry Lock in August 1874.
[i] Richardson died 12 March 1876, replaced by Charles Kernot in April 1876.
[j] Smyth resigned c. March 1875, replaced by James McKean from May 1875 until being expelled in July 1876; replaced by Charles Gavan Duffy from August 1876.
[k] Sullivan died 3 February 1876, replaced by James Mirams in a February 1876 by-election.
[l] Thomas died 10 July 1876, replaced by John Madden in an August 1876 by-election.
x = district abolished in 1877

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References

  1. "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 7 March 2014.