Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1900–1909

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1900 to 31 December 1909. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.

The Council's size grew from 41 to 44 members, however, at times during the decade, as few as 35 members sat in the Chamber. The first Labour members of the Chamber were appointed under the Morgan-Kidston coalition.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

• Hugh Nelson (13 April 1898 – 1 January 1906)
• Arthur Morgan (19 January 1906 – 19 December 1916)

Chairman of Committees:

• Frederic Brentnall (26 May 1893 – 22 July 1902)
• Albert Norton (23 July 1902 – 5 August 1907)
• Peter MacPherson (6 August 1907 – 12 September 1913)

Members

Members shaded red were Labour Party members of the Council.

Name	Date appointed	Date left	Reason for leaving
Peter Airey	July 3, 1907	January 13, 1908	Transferred to Assembly
William Allan	March 11, 1897	October 19, 1901	Death
John Annear	July 5, 1902	May 28, 1910	Death
William Aplin	October 19, 1880	February 18, 1901	Death
John Archibald	March 11, 1897	May 20, 1907	Death
Andrew Henry Barlow	June 10, 1896	March 29, 1915	Death[1]
Thomas Beirne	July 27, 1905	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
William Draper Box	January 2, 1874	January 26, 1904	Death
Frederic Brentnall	April 17, 1886	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
William Villiers Brown	July 15, 1901	April 29, 1915	Death
Robert Bulcock	August 23, 1894	May 10, 1900	Death
Charles Hardie Buzacott	August 23, 1894	May 13, 1901	Resignation
Albert Callan	July 5, 1902	May 9, 1912
William Henry Campbell	July 12, 1906	June 17, 1919
Arthur John Carter	July 15, 1901	November 6, 1917
Felix Clewitt	July 30, 1890	February 13, 1913
James Cowlishaw	April 18, 1878	March 15, 1922
Alfred Davey	July 12, 1906	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
John Deane	July 31, 1889	October 27, 1913
James Drake	December 7, 1899	May 13, 1901	Transferred to Federal Parliament
Bartley Fahey	May 5, 1904	August 9, 1920
John Ferguson	August 23, 1894	March 30, 1906	Death
William Forrest	May 13, 1883	April 23, 1903	Death
Angus Gibson	April 6, 1899	May 28, 1920
George Wilkie Gray	August 23, 1894	March 22, 1922
Augustus Gregory	November 10, 1882	June 25, 1905	Death
Henry Littleton Groom	July 12, 1906	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Thomas Murray Hall	July 12, 1906	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Frederick Hart	July 11, 1872	July 15, 1915
John Heussler	13 December 1870	26 October 1907	Death
Albert Hinchcliffe	May 4, 1904	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Frederick Holberton	July 4, 1885	September 9, 1907	Death
Magnus Jensen	May 4, 1904	May 16, 1915
Thomas Alexander Johnson	May 4, 1904	October 28, 1914
James Lalor	August 23, 1888	August 11, 1921
William Lambert	March 15, 1872	December 3, 1901	Resignation
Frank McDonnell	July 3, 1907	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Charles McGhie	May 4, 1904	January 21, 1917
John McMaster	May 9, 1899	July 22, 1901	Transferred to Assembly
Peter MacPherson	July 1, 1881	September 12, 1913
Charles Marks	November 28, 1888	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Edward David Miles	July 5, 1902	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Boyd Dunlop Morehead	June 10, 1896	October 30, 1905	Death
Berkeley Basil Moreton	July 15, 1901	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Arthur Morgan	January 19, 1906	December 20, 1916
Hugh Mosman	June 27, 1891	January 17, 1906	Resignation
Peter Murphy	May 4, 1904	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
John Murray	March 12, 1901	November 13, 1903	Resignation
Hugh Nelson	April 13, 1898	January 1, 1906	Death
Charles Nielson	September 14, 1907	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Albert Norton	August 23, 1894	March 11, 1914	Death
Thomas O'Sullivan	September 24, 1903	January 25, 1906	Transferred to Assembly
Thomas O'Sullivan	February 18, 1908	December 9, 1915
Arthur Horatio Parnell	March 3, 1908	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Patrick Perkins	May 23, 1893	May 17, 1901	Death
Edmund Plant	June 8, 1905	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Francis Isidore Power	July 15, 1901	June 24, 1912
William Grene Power	September 19, 1883	August 14, 1903	Death
Alexander Raff	August 14, 1884	June 10, 1910
William Rawlings	July 12, 1906	August 5, 1906	Death
James Thorneloe Smith	August 23, 1888	March 14, 1902	Death
Robert Harrison Smith	May 4, 1904	November 11, 1911	Death[2]
Joseph Capel Smyth	May 5, 1882	July 16, 1910
Ernest James Stevens	April 6, 1899	September 7, 1920
William Taylor	April 17, 1886	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Lewis Thomas	July 5, 1902	February 16, 1913
Andrew Joseph Thynne	January 26, 1882	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Henry Turner	July 3, 1907	March 23, 1922	Council abolished
John Turner	April 18, 1878	July 29, 1900	Death
John Webber	May 9, 1899	March 12, 1904	Death
Andrew Heron Wilson	September 19, 1883	August 29, 1906	Death
Walter Horatio Wilson	July 4, 1885	February 28, 1902	Death
Henry Wood	April 17, 1886	December 31, 1902	Resignation

References

1. Death of A. H. Barlow
2. Death of Smith

• Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
• Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)
• Queensland Government Gazette. 3 July 1907. p. 89:3. Missing or empty |title= (help)