Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1853–1856
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the Council of 1853 or elected at the 1853 election (main table). Members added in 1855 are noted in a separate section below.
From 1851 to 1856 the original Legislative Council was unicameral (a single chamber) and consisted of Electoral districts.[1] From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house).[2]
- Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that electorate.
| Name | Type | Electoral district[1] (or Office) | Term in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Turner à Beckett | nominee | — | 1852–1856; 1858–1878 |
| Andrew Aldcorn[a] | nominee | — | 1853 |
| Joseph Anderson | nominee | — | 1852–1856 |
| George Annand[b] | elected | North Bourke | 1853–1855 |
| William Burnley | elected | North Bourke | 1853–1856 |
| William Campbell[c] | elected | Loddon | 1851–1854; 1862–1882 |
| James Cassell | office-bearing nominee | (Collector of Customs) | 1853 |
| Hugh Childers[d] | office-bearing nominee | (Auditor-General 1852–1853) | 1852–1856 |
| Andrew Clarke | office-bearing nominee | (Surveyor General) | 1853–1856 |
| George Ward Cole[e] | elected | Gipps' Land | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| James Cowie[f] | elected | Geelong | 1853–1854; 1856–1858 |
| James Croke[g] | office-bearing nominee | (Solicitor-General) | 1852–1854 |
| John Dane[h] | elected | South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington | 1853–1854 |
| Edward Nucella Emmett[i] | nominee | — | 1853 |
| John Fawkner | elected | Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey | 1851–1869 |
| John Foster[j] | office-bearing nominee | (Colonial Secretary) | 1853–1854 |
| Adolphus Goldsmith[k] | elected | Ripon, Hampden, Grenville & Polwarth | 1851–1853 |
| John Goodman | elected | Loddon | 1853–1856 |
| James Graham[l] | nominee | — | 1853–1854; 1867–1886 |
| Augustus Greeves | elected | City of Melbourne | 1853–1856 |
| Charles Griffith | elected (nom. 1851–52) | Normanby, Dundas and Follett | 1851–1852; 1853–1856 |
| William Haines[m] | elected (nom. 1851–52) | Grant | 1851–1852; 1853–1856; 1865–1866 |
| James Henty | elected | Portland | 1853–1882 |
| Matthew Hervey | elected | Murray | 1853–1865 |
| William Highett | nominee | — | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| John Hodgson | elected | City of Melbourne | 1853–1860 |
| Henry Langlands[n] | elected | City of Melbourne | 1853 |
| Henry Miller | elected | South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington | 1851–1866 |
| William Mitchell[o] | office-bearing nominee | (Chief Commissioner of Police) | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| William Mollison | elected | Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey | 1853–1856 |
| Francis Murphy | elected | Murray | 1851–1853; 1853–1856; 1872–1876 |
| James Murphy[p] | elected | City of Melbourne | 1853–1855 |
| John Myles | elected | Grant | 1852–1856 |
| Mark Nicholson[q] | elected | Belfast and Warrnambool | 1853–1854 |
| William Nicholson | elected | North Bourke | 1852–1856 |
| Patrick O'Brien | elected | Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour | 1853–1856 |
| John O'Shanassy | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851–1856; 1868–1874 |
| James Frederick Palmer | elected | Normanby, Dundas and Follett | 1851–1870 |
| Edward Stone Parker[r] | nominee | — | 1853–1854 |
| Robert Pohlman[s] | office-bearing nominee | (Master in Equity) | 1851–1854; 1855–1856 |
| John Carre Riddell | nominee | — | 1852–1856 |
| Andrew Russell | nominee | — | 1851–1856 |
| William Rutledge[t] | elected | Villiers and Heytesbury | 1851–1854 |
| John Smith | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851–1856 |
| Peter Snodgrass | elected | Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour | 1851–1856 |
| William Splatt[u] | elected | Wimmera | 1851–1854 |
| William Stawell | office-bearing nominee | (Attorney-General) | 1851–1856 |
| Frederick Stevens[v] | elected | Belfast and Warrnambool | 1853–1854 |
| James Strachan | elected | Geelong | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Alexander Thomson[w] | elected | Geelong | 1852–1854 |
| James Thomson[x] | elected | Ripon, Hampden, Grenville & Polwarth | 1853–1854 |
| Thomas Wilkinson | elected | Portland | 1851–1856 |
| George Winter[y] | elected | Villiers and Heytesbury | 1853–1854 |
| William Wright | office-bearing nominee | (Chief Commissioner of Gold Fields) | 1853–1856 |
a Aldcorn resigned 24 November 1853; replaced by James McCulloch (non-office-bearing nominee) from 1 August 1854[3]
b Annand resigned July 1855; replaced by Thomas Embling, by-election Sep. 1855
c Campbell resigned May 1854; replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows, by-election Sep. 1854
d Childers was Auditor-General until 5 December 1853[4] replaced by Edward Grimes from 8 December 1853.[5] Childers was Collector of Customs from 5 December 1853
e Cole resigned May 1855; replaced by John King by-election Nov. 1855
f Cowie resigned May 1854, replaced by James Harrison, by-election Nov. 1854
g Croke resigned January 1854, replaced by Robert Molesworth from 4 January 1854[6]
h Dane resigned November 1854; replaced by Henry Samuel Chapman, by-election Feb. 1855
i Emmett resigned September 1853; replaced by Andrew Knight on 6 September 1853; Knight resigned 8 March 1854; replaced by Charles Bradshaw on 1 August 1854[3]
j Foster resigned December 1854, replaced by William Haines as Colonial Secretary on 12 December 1854[7]
k Goldsmith resigned November 1853, replaced by John Thompson Charlton
l Graham resigned July 1854, replaced by Donald Kennedy from September 1854[8]
m Haines resigned Dec. 1854; replaced by Horatio Wills, January 1855
n Langlands was unseated; replaced by successful appealer Frederick James Sargood, Oct. 1853
o Mitchell resigned November 1853, replaced by Charles MacMahon
p James Murphy resigned Sep. 1855; replaced by Thomas Rae by-election Nov. 1855
q Nicholson resigned May 1854; replaced by George Horne, by-election Sep. 1854
r Parker resigned August 1854; replaced by Alfred Ross 12 August 1854[3]
s Pohlman resigned as nominee October 1854, elected for Ripon and Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth, January 1855.
Pohlman replaced by Charles Pasley (Colonial Engineer) in the Council on 16 October 1854[3]
t Rutledge resigned Mar. 1854; replaced by Claud Farie, by-election Apr. 1854, resigned Oct. 1885; replaced by James M. Knight, by-election, Dec. 1855
u Splatt resigned Apr. 1854; replaced by William Taylor, by-election Sep. 1854
v Stevens resigned Feb. 1854; replaced by Francis Beaver, by-election Mar. 1854
w Alexander Thomson resigned Aug. 1955; replaced by Alexander Fyfe, by-election Sep. 1854
x James Thomson resigned Feb. 1854; replaced by Colin Campbell, by-election 1854
y Winter resigned Aug. 1854; replaced by William Forlonge, by-election, Oct. 1854
Members from 1855
In 1855, five new electorates were created, a total of eight elected members and one non-office bearing nominee were added to the Council.[9] Nominations took place on 10 November 1855, Humffray and Lalor were elected unopposed.[10] An office-bearing nominee (Treasurer) was added 28 November 1855.[11]
| Name | Type | Electoral district[12] / Position | Term in Office |
|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Benson | elected | Sandhurst | 1855–1856 |
| Daniel Cameron | elected | Ovens | 1855–1856 |
| James Macpherson Grant | elected | Sandhurst | 1855–1856 |
| John Basson Humffray | elected | Ballaarat | 1855–1856 |
| Peter Lalor | elected | Ballaarat | 1855–1856 |
| Duncan Longden | elected | Avoca | 1855–1856 |
| John D. Owens | nominee | — |
1855–1856 |
| Vincent Pyke | elected | Castlemaine | 1855–1856 |
| Charles Sladen | office-bearing nominee | (Treasurer) | 1855–1856 |
| James Atkin Wheeler | elected | Castlemaine | 1855–1856 |
References
- 1 2 "Victorian Electoral Act" (PDF). New South Wales Government. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- ↑ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 182. Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Sweetman, p.179
- ↑ "Childers, Hugh Culling Eardley". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ "Grimes, Edward". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ Statistical register of the State of Victoria, 1908
- ↑ "Haines, William Clark". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
- ↑ Sweetman, p.176
- ↑ Sweetman, p.110
- ↑ "Melbourne". The Sydney Morning Herald. 20 November 1855. p. 2.
- ↑ Sweetman, p181
- ↑ "An Act to further alter "The Victoria Electoral Act of 1851" and to increase the Number of Members of the Legislative Council of Victoria" (PDF). Retrieved 24 June 2013.
- "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
- Wright, Ray (2001). A Blended House. The Legislative Council of Victoria 1851–1856. Parliament of Victoria.
- Labilliere, Francis Peter (1878). "Early History of the Colony of Victoria". Retrieved 29 July 2014.
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