Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1882–1884

Last updated July 29, 2025

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 30 November 1882 to the elections of 11 September 1884.^[1]^[2]

The Legislative Council Act 1881,^[3] which took effect at the 1882 elections, created ten new provinces: Gippsland, Melbourne, Nelson, North Yarra, North-Central, North-Eastern, Northern, South Yarra, South-Eastern and Wellington, with two abolished: Central and Eastern. This resulted in a total of fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.^[3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.

Name	Province	Term in Office
Robert Anderson ^[a]	North-Eastern	1866–1883
James Balfour	South-Eastern	1874–1913
Francis Beaver	North Yarra	1854–1856; 1882–1887
George Belcher	Wellington	1875–1886
James Bell	North-Western	1882–1904
Thomas Bromell	Nelson	1874–1887
James Buchanan	South-Eastern	1876–1898
James Campbell	Wellington	1882–1886
William John Clarke	South	1878–1897
David Coutts	North-Western	1882–1897
Thomas Forrest Cumming	Western	1881–1888
Henry Cuthbert	Wellington	1874–1907
Frank Dobson	South-Eastern	1870–1895
John Dougharty	Gippsland	1880–1888
Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Central	1864–1908
James Graham	South Yarra	1853–1854; 1866–1886
Cornelius Ham	Melbourne	1882–1904
Thomas Hamilton	South	1872–1884
Patrick Hanna	North-Eastern	1882–1888
William Edward Hearn	Melbourne	1878–1888
Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
James Lorimer	Melbourne	1879–1889
James MacBain	South Yarra	1880–1892
William McCulloch	Gippsland	1880–1903
George Meares	North Yarra	1882–1886
Donald Melville	South	1882–1919
William Mitchell	Northern	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis Ormond	South-Western	1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr.	Gippsland	1881–1893
Francis Robertson	Northern	1860–1864; 1868–1886
William Ross	Western	1878–1888
Philip Russell	South-Western	1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. Sargood	South Yarra	1874–1880; 1882–1901
Charles Sladen ^[b]	Nelson	1855–1856; 1864–1868; 1876–1882
William Stanbridge	North-Central	1881–1892
David Chaplin Sterry	Northern	1882–1889
Theodotus Sumner ^[c]	North Yarra	1873–1883
Nathan Thornley	Western	1882–1903
John Wallace	North-Eastern	1873–1901
James Williamson	Nelson	1882–1888
George Young	North-Western	1882–1891
William Zeal	North-Central	1882–1901

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.^[2]

^[a] Anderson died 26 October 1883; replaced by Frederick Brown, sworn-in June 1884

^[b] Sladen resigned from the Council in December 1882,^[4] replaced by Holford Wettenhall the same month.

^[c] Sumner vacated his seat February 1883; replaced by James Beaney, sworn-in March 1883.

References

↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF). Vol. 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
1 2 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
↑ Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). Vol. 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. pp. 2805–2806. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

"Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). Vol. 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. p. 2670. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

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[1] "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

[Hansard-2] 1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF). Vol. 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

[1881Act-3] 1 2 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

[4] Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). Vol. 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. pp. 2805–2806. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

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