Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1882–1884

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

  1. ↑ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF). 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883.
  3. 1 2 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. ↑ Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF). 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. p. 2805–2806.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1880–1882 • 1882–1884 • 1884–1886

Legislative Assembly

1880–1883 • 1883–1886 • 1886–1889


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