This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council , as appointed to the inaugural Council of 1851 or elected at the 1851 election.
From 1851 to 1856 the original Legislative Council was unicameral (a single chamber) and consisted of Electoral districts. [1] From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house). [2]
Name | Type | Electoral district [1] (or office) | Term of Office |
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Redmond Barry [a] | office-bearing nominee | (Solicitor-General) | 1851–1852 |
William Campbell | elected | Loddon | 1851–1854, 1862–1882 |
Charles Dight [b] | elected | North Bourke | 1851–1852 |
Alexander Dunlop [c] | nominee | — | 1851–1852 |
Charles Ebden [d] | office-bearing nominee | (Auditor-General) | 1851–1852 |
John Fawkner | elected | Talbot, Dalhousie and Anglesey | 1851–1869 |
Adolphus Goldsmith | elected | Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth | 1851–1853 |
Charles Griffith [e] | nominee | — | 1851–1852, 1853–1856 |
William Haines [f] | nominee | — | 1851–1852, 1853–1856, 1865–1866 |
James Johnston [g] | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851–1852 |
William Lonsdale | office-bearing nominee | (Colonial Secretary) | 1851–1853 |
John Mercer [h] | elected | Grant | 1851–1852 |
Henry Miller | elected | South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington | 1851–1866 |
Francis Murphy | elected | Murray | 1851–1853, 1853–1856, 1872–1876 |
Thomas Osborne [i] | elected | Belfast and Warrnambool | 1851–1852 |
John O'Shanassy | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851–1856, 1868–1874 |
James Palmer | elected | Normanby, Dundas and Follett | 1851–1870 |
Robert Pohlman | office-bearing nominee | (Master in Equity) | 1851–1854, 1855–1856 |
Robert Robinson [j] | elected | Geelong | 1851–1852 |
James Ross [k] | nominee | — | 1851–1852 |
Andrew Russell | nominee | — | 1851–1856 |
William Rutledge | elected | Villiers and Heytesbury | 1851–1854 |
John Smith | elected | North Bourke | 1851–1856 |
Peter Snodgrass | elected | Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour | 1851–1856 |
William Splatt | elected | Wimmera | 1851–1854 |
William Stawell | office-bearing nominee | (Attorney-General) | 1851–1856 |
James Strachan | elected | Geelong | 1851–1866, 1866–1874 |
Robert Turnbull | elected | Gipps' Land | 1851–1853, 1864–1872 |
William Westgarth | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851–1853 |
Thomas Wilkinson | elected | Portland | 1851–1856 |
The Electoral district of Murray was one of the sixteen electoral districts of the original unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856.
The Electoral district of Grant was one of the sixteen electoral districts of the original unicameral Victorian Legislative Council (Australia) of 1851 to 1856.
The Electoral district of Gipps' Land was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The Electoral district of Geelong was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The Electoral district of Belfast and Warrnambool was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the unicameral Legislative Council of the British colony of Victoria in 1851 to 1856.
The Electoral district of City of Melbourne was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856; Victoria having been made a separate colony in Australia in the former year.
The Electoral district of North Bourke was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The Electoral district of Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
The Electoral district of Wimmera was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria was a colony in Australia at the time.
The Electoral district of Villiers and Heytesbury was one of the original sixteen electoral districts of the old unicameral Victorian Legislative Council of 1851 to 1856. Victoria being a colony in Australia at the time.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the Council of 1853 or elected at the 1853 election. Members added in 1855 are noted in a separate section below.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1860.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 1 September – 2 October 1862 to the elections of 2 September – 3 October 1864.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 2 September – 3 October 1864 to the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870 to the elections of 24 August to September 1872.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of August–September 1872 to the elections of 12–25 March 1874.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 12–25 March 1874 to the elections of 15 August to 15 November 1876.
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 20 March – 14 July 1880 to the elections of 30 November 1882.