Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1878–1880

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 17 August – 16 September 1878 to the elections of 20 March – 14 July 1880.[1][2]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[3]

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
Robert Anderson Eastern 1866–1883
James Balfour South 1874–1913
George Belcher South-Western 1875–1886
Niel Black Western 1859–1880
Thomas Bromell Western 1874–1887
James Buchanan South 1876–1898
William Campbell North-Western 1851–1854; 1862–1882
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
George Ward Cole [a] Central 1853–1855; 1859–1879
John Cumming South-Western 1870–1880
Henry Cuthbert South-Western 1874–1907
Frank Dobson South 1870–1895
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Western 1864–1908
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Graham Central 1853–1854; 1866–1886
Thomas Hamilton South 1872–1884
William Edward Hearn Central 1878–1888
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Robert Dyce Reid Eastern 1876–1881
Francis Robertson North-Western 1860–1864; 1868–1886
William Ross Western 1878–1888
Frederick T. Sargood Central 1874–1880; 1882–1901
Charles Sladen Western 1855–1856; 1864–1868;
1876–1882
Theodotus Sumner Central 1873–1883
John Wallace Eastern 1873–1901
Samuel Wilson Western 1875–1881
William Wilson Eastern 1875–1880

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

[a] Cole died 26 April 1879, replaced by James Lorimer who was elected unopposed 12 May 1879[4] sworn-in in July 1879.

References

  1. ^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Victorian Hansard, Session 1878 (PDF). Vol. 29. John Ferres, Melb. 1878.
  3. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 12 May 1879. p. 8.