Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1882–1884

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 30 November 1882 to the elections of 11 September 1884.[1][2]

The Legislative Council Act 1881,[3] which took effect at the 1882 elections, created ten new provinces: Gippsland, Melbourne, Nelson, North Yarra, North-Central, North-Eastern, Northern, South Yarra, South-Eastern and Wellington, with two abolished: Central and Eastern. This resulted in a total of fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.[3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
Robert Anderson [a] North-Eastern 1866–1883
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
Francis Beaver North Yarra 1854–1856; 1882–1887
George Belcher Wellington 1875–1886
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Thomas Bromell Nelson 1874–1887
James Buchanan South-Eastern 1876–1898
James Campbell Wellington 1882–1886
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
David Coutts North-Western 1882–1897
Thomas Forrest Cumming Western 1881–1888
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
Frank Dobson South-Eastern 1870–1895
John Dougharty Gippsland 1880–1888
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
James Graham South Yarra 1853–1854; 1866–1886
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
Thomas Hamilton South 1872–1884
Patrick Hanna North-Eastern 1882–1888
William Edward Hearn Melbourne 1878–1888
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
James Lorimer Melbourne 1879–1889
James MacBain South Yarra 1880–1892
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
George Meares North Yarra 1882–1886
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
William Mitchell Northern 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis Ormond South-Western 1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr. Gippsland 1881–1893
Francis Robertson Northern 1860–1864; 1868–1886
William Ross Western 1878–1888
Philip Russell South-Western 1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
Charles Sladen [b] Nelson 1855–1856; 1864–1868;
1876–1882
William Stanbridge North-Central 1881–1892
David Chaplin Sterry Northern 1882–1889
Theodotus Sumner [c] North Yarra 1873–1883
Nathan Thornley Western 1882–1903
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
James Williamson Nelson 1882–1888
George Young North-Western 1882–1891
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.[2]

[a] Anderson died 26 October 1883; replaced by Frederick Brown, sworn-in June 1884
[b] Sladen resigned from the Council in December 1882,[4] replaced by Holford Wettenhall the same month.
[c] Sumner vacated his seat February 1883; replaced by James Beaney, sworn-in March 1883.

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. 1 2 Victorian Hansard, Session 1883 (PDF) 42. John Ferres, Melb. 1883.
  3. 1 2 "The Legislative Council Act 1881". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
  4. Victorian Hansard, Session 1882 (PDF) 41. John Ferres, Melb. 1883. p. 2805–2806.


Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

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Legislative Assembly

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