Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868 to the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870.^[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
William à Beckett	South	1868–1876
Robert Anderson	Eastern	1866–1883
John Pinney Bear	South	1863–1878
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
William Degraves	South	1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner ^[a]	Central	1851–1869
Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Western	1864–1908
Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
James Graham	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
Stephen Henty	Western	1856–1870
William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
Thomas Learmonth ^[b]	South-Western	1866–1868
John McCrae	South-Western	1860–1870
William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan Murphy	Eastern	1864–1873
John O'Shanassy	Central	1851–1856; 1868–1874
James Palmer	Western	1851–1870
William Henry Pettet	South	1864–1871
Francis Robertson	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
Robert Simson	Western	1868–1878; 1880–1882
James Strachan	Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Turnbull	Eastern	1851–1853; 1864–1872
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

James Palmer was President of the Council, William Mitchell was Chairman of Committees.^[3]

^[a] Fawkner died 4 September 1869; replaced by Henry Walsh, sworn-in September 1869.

^[b] Learmonth took leave of absence on or after September 1868^[4][5] and resigned;^[3] replaced by Philip Russell, sworn-in April 1869.

References

1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. Victorian Hansard, Session 1869 (PDF) 6. John Ferres, Melb. 1869.
4. "Learmonth, Thomas". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
5. "Thursday, March 25, 1869". The Argus (Melbourne). 25 March 1869.

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

Members of the Parliament of Victoria

Legislative Council 1866–1868 • 1868–1870 • 1870–1872

Legislative Assembly 1866–1867 • 1868–1871 • 1871–1874