Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1858–1860

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.^[1]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.^[2]

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
Thomas Turner à Beckett	Central	1852–1856; 1858–1878
John Barter Bennett	South	1856–1863
William Clarke	South	1856–1861; 1863–1870
George Coppin	South-Western	1858–1863; 1889–1895
John Pascoe Fawkner	Central	1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows	Central	1854–1856; 1858–1868
Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
Stephen Henty	Western	1856–1870
Matthew Hervey	Eastern	1853–1865
William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
John Hodgson	Central	1853–1860
John Hood ^[a]	Central	1856–1859
Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
Donald Kennedy	South	1854–1864
Dennis Keogh	North-Western	1856–1860
Thomas McCombie ^[b]	South	1856–1859
Henry Miller	Western	1851–1866
James Palmer	Western	1851–1870
John Patterson ^[c]	North-Western	1856–1859
Thomas Power	South	1856–1864
William Roope	South-Western	1856–1860
James Stewart	Eastern	1856–1863
James Strachan	South-Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson	Eastern	1856–1863
Daniel Tierney ^[d]	Western	1856–1859
George Urquhart ^[e]	North-Western	1856–1860
Charles Vaughan	Western	1856–1864
David Wilkie	North-Western	1858–1868
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

^a Hood resigned September 1859, replaced by George Ward Cole in a by-election October 1859

^b McCombie resigned October 1859, replaced by Gideon Rutherford in a by-election in November 1859

^c Patterson died 24 April 1859; replaced by William Mitchell around October 1859

^d Tierney was unseated on grounds of inadequate property in January 1859;^[3] replaced by Niel Black in a by-election in February 1859

^e Urquhart resigned March 1860, replaced by George Rolfe in a by-election in May 1860

References

1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
3. "Tierney, Daniel Joseph". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.

• Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.

Members of the Parliament of Victoria

Legislative Council 1856–1858 • 1858–1860 • 1860–1862

Legislative Assembly 1856–1859 • 1859–1861 • 1861–1864