Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1860–1862

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1860 to the elections of 1 September – 2 October 1862.^[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
Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
William J. T. Clarke ^[1]	South	1856–1861; 1863–1870
George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
George Coppin	South-Western	1858–1863; 1889–1895
William Degraves	South	1860–1874
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
Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Henry Hull	Central	1860–1866
Donald Kennedy	South	1854–1864
John McCrae	South-Western	1860–1870
Henry Miller	Western	1851–1866
William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James Palmer	Western	1851–1870
Thomas Power	South	1856–1864
Francis Robertson	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
George Rolfe	North-Western	1860–1862; 1866–1867
James Stewart	Eastern	1856–1863
James Strachan	South-Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson	Eastern	1856–1863
Charles Vaughan	Western	1856–1864
David Wilkie	North-Western	1858–1868
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

¹ Clarke resigned January 1861, replaced by Joseph Sutherland in February 1861

References

1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

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

Members of the Parliament of Victoria

Legislative Council 1858–1860 • 1860–1862 • 1862–1864

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