Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1862–1864

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 1 September – 2 October 1862 to the elections of 2 September – 3 October 1864.^[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 ^[1]	South	1856–1863
Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
William Campbell	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
William J. T. Clarke	South	1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
George Coppin ^[2]	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 ^[3]	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
James Stewart ^[4]	Eastern	1856–1863
James Strachan	South-Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson ^[5]	Eastern	1856–1863
Charles Vaughan	Western	1856–1864
David Wilkie	North-Western	1858–1868
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

^[1] Bennett resigned May 1863, replaced by John Pinney Bear in June 1863

^[2] Coppin resigned February 1863, replaced by Caleb Jenner in March 1863

^[3] Kennedy died 29 February 1864, replaced by William Taylor in an April 1864 by-election

^[4] Stewart died 2 August 1863, replaced by James Denham Pinnock in a January 1864 by-election

^[5] Thomson died 15 November 1863, replaced by Robert Turnbull in a January 1864 by-election

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 1860–1862 • 1862–1864 • 1864–1866

Legislative Assembly 1859–1861 • 1861–1864 • 1864–1865