Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1892–1895

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 8 September 1892 to the elections of 12 September 1895.[1] No seats were contested in the elections of 13 September 1894.[1]

From 1889 there were fourteen Provinces and a total of 48 members.[2] [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
Joseph Henry Abbott Northern 1889–1904
Sidney Austin South-Western 1888–1904
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Benjamin Benjamin [a] Melbourne 1889–1892
Frederick Brown North-Eastern 1884–1903
Thomas Brunton South 1890–1904
James Buchanan South-Eastern 1876–1898
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
Joseph Connor South-Western 1886–1899
Samuel Cooke Western 1888–1901
George Selth Coppin Melbourne 1858–1863; 1889–1895
David Coutts North-Western 1882–1897
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
John Mark Davies South Yarra 1889–1895; 1899–1919
George Davis Gippsland 1888–1896
Frank Dobson South-Eastern 1870–1895
Thomas Dowling Nelson 1886–1904
William Embling North-Central 1892–1912
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
Simon Fraser South Yarra 1886–1901
Frederick Grimwade North Yarra 1891–1904
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
David Ham Wellington 1886–1904
Nathaniel Levi North Yarra 1892–1904
James MacBain [b] South Yarra 1880–1892
Duncan McBryde North-Western 1891–1896; 1901–1919
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
Edward Morey Wellington 1889–1904
William Osmand Nelson 1888–1901
William Pearson, Sr. [c] Gippsland 1881–1893
William Pitt North Yarra 1891–1910
Joseph Pratt North-Western 1889–1907
Arthur Sachse North-Eastern 1892–1920
Charles Sargeant Gippsland 1889–1898
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
James Service Melbourne 1888–1899
George Simmie Northern 1889–1904
Emanuel Steinfeld [d] Wellington 1892–1893
Joseph Sternberg Northern 1891–1928
Nathan Thornley Western 1882–1903
Donald Wallace [e] South-Western 1889–1894
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
Samuel Williamson Nelson 1891–1901
William Irving Winter Northern 1884–1901
Agar Wynne Western 1888–1903
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council until 8 November 1892, William Zeal was President from 10 November 1892;[4] Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Benjamin resigned 12 September 1892; replaced by Robert Reid, sworn-in October 1892.
[b] MacBain died 4 November 1892; replaced by Matthew Lang, sworn-in December 1892.
[c] Pearson died 10 August 1893; replaced by Edward Crooke, sworn-in September 1893.
[d] Steinfeld died 16 April 1893; replaced by Thomas Wanliss, sworn-in July 1893.
[e] Wallace resigned November 1894; replaced by Joseph Grey, sworn-in December 1894.

References

  1. ^ a b "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). Vol. 60.
  4. ^ "Former Presidents of the Legislative Council". Parliament of Victoria.