Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858

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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. [1]

The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856. [2] On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected Victorian Parliament were published in the Government Gazette . [3] The new Council first met in November 1856.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province. [4]

VLC Electoral Provinces, 1856-1882 Victorian Legislative Council provinces 1856.png
VLC Electoral Provinces, 1856–1882
Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
John Allan North-Western 1856–1858
John Barter Bennett South 1856–1863
William J. T. Clarke South 1856–1861; 1863–1870
James Cowie South-Western 1853–1854; 1856–1858
Andrew Cruikshank [a] Western 1856–1858
John Pascoe Fawkner Central [4] 1851–1869
Nehemiah Guthridge Central 1856–1858
James Henty [p] South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
Matthew Hervey Eastern 1853–1865
John Hodgson [p] Central 1853–1860
John Hood Central 1856–1859
Robert Hope South-Western 1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Kaye [b] Eastern 1856–1857
Donald Kennedy South 1854–1864
Dennis Keogh North-Western 1856–1860
Thomas McCombie South 1856–1859
Henry Miller [p] [c] Central 1851–1866
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James Palmer Western [4] 1851–1870
John Patterson North-Western 1856–1859
Thomas Power South 1856–1864
William Roope South-Western 1856–1860
James Stewart Eastern 1856–1863
James Strachan [p] South-Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson Eastern 1856–1863
Daniel Tierney Western 1856–1859
George Urquhart North-Western 1856–1860
Charles Vaughan Western 1856–1864
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
a Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by Henry Miller in a by-election May 1858
b Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857, [5] replaced by William Highett in a by-election May 1857
c Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows in a by-election May 1858
p Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856

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References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p.  45 . Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. Sweetman, p.67
  4. Sweetman, p.183
  5. "William Kaye". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria . Retrieved 25 August 2022.