Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1868–1871

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 21 January; 7, 20 February 1868 to the elections of 14 February; 3, 16 March 1871.[1] Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

Victorian Legislative Assembly districts, 1859-1877


Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
Name Electorate Term in Office
Butler Cole Aspinall [a] St Kilda 1856–1864; 1866–1870
William Baillie [b] Castlemaine 1866–1870
James Balfour [c] East Bourke 1866–1868
William Bates Collingwood 1868–1874
William Bayles Villiers & Heytesbury 1864–1880
Samuel Bindon [d] Castlemaine 1864–1868
David Blair Crowlands 1856–1859; 1868–1871
Lawrence Bourke Kilmore 1868–1874
Robert Bowman [e] Maryborough 1866–1870; 1877–1885; 1890–1893
Robert Burrowes Sandhurst 1866–1877; 1880–1893
John Burtt North Melbourne 1864–1874
James Butters Portland 1868–1869; 1869–1871
Robert Byrne [f] Crowlands 1866–1869
James Gattie Carr [g] Geelong West 1859–1861; 1868–1870
James Casey Mandurang 1861–1862; 1863–1880
Edward Cohen East Melbourne 1861–1865; 1868–1877
Joseph Henry Connor Polwarth & South Grenville 1864–1871; 1874–1877; 1882–1886
Edward Cope East Bourke Boroughs 1864–1871
Thomas Cope Normanby 1868–1880
George Cunningham South Grant 1864–1874; 1881–1886
Benjamin George Davies Avoca 1861–1880
Charles Duffy Dalhousie 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
Charles Dyte Ballaarat East 1864–1871
John Everard Collingwood 1858–1859; 1861; 1864;
1868–1871; 1874
James Farrell Castlemaine 1866–1878
Thomas Fellows St Kilda 1856–1858; 1868–1872
Nicholas Foott [h] Geelong West 1860–1868
James Francis Richmond 1859–1874; 1878–1884
William Frazer [i] Creswick 1859–1870
Duncan Gillies [j] Ballaarat West 1861–1868; 1870–1877;
1877–1894; 1897–1903
James Macpherson Grant [k] Avoca 1856–1870; 1871–1885
Patrick Hanna Murray Boroughs 1866–1877
John Harbison North Melbourne 1864–1865; 1866–1871
James Harcourt Richmond 1868–1871
George Higinbotham Brighton 1861–1861; 1862–1871; 1873–1876
John Humffray Ballaarat East 1856–1864; 1868–1871
George Kerferd Ovens 1864–1886
Charles Kernot Geelong East 1868–1871; 1876–1880; 1880–1882
Mark Last King West Bourke 1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879
Peter Lalor South Grant 1856–1871; 1874–1889
Edward Langton West Melbourne 1866–1877
Francis Longmore Ripon & Hampden 1864–1883; 1894–1897
James MacBain Wimmera 1864–1880
Matthew McCaw [l] East Bourke 1866–1870
Thomas McCombie [m] South Gippsland 1868–1869
James McCulloch Mornington 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
Morgan McDonnell [n] Villiers & Heytesbury 1868–1870
John MacGregor Rodney 1862–1874
Angus Mackay Sandhurst 1868–1880; 1883–1886
James McKean Maryborough 1866–1871; 1875–1876; 1880–1883
Martin McKenna Kyneton Boroughs 1868–1874
William McLellan Ararat 1859–1877; 1883–1897
Charles MacMahon West Melbourne 1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886
John MacPherson Dundas 1864–1865; 1866–1878
Thomas Mason Williamstown 1868–1871
William Miller Creswick 1868–1871
Francis Murphy Grenville 1856–1865; 1866–1871
Michael O'Grady [o] South Bourke 1861–1868; 1870–1876
William Plummer Warrnambool 1866–1874
Isaac Reeves [p] Collingwood 1866–1869
John Richardson Geelong East 1861–1876
John Carre Riddell West Bourke 1860–1877
Thomas Russell Grenville 1868–1873
George Paton Smith South Bourke 1866–1871; 1874–1877
George Verney Smith Ovens 1864–1877
John Smith West Bourke 1856–1879
Frederick Smyth North Gippsland 1866–1867; 1868–1875; 1877–1880
William Stutt South Grant 1867–1871
James Forester Sullivan Mandurang 1861–1871; 1874–1876
David Thomas Sandridge 1868–1876
William Vale [q] Ballaarat West 1864–1869; 1869–1874; 1880–1881
George Frederic Verdon [r] Emerald Hill 1859–1868
Frederick Walsh East Melbourne 1868–1874; 1881–1883
William Watkins Evelyn 1866–1874
William Williams Maldon 1867–1874
William Wilson Ararat 1866–1874; 1881–1883
William Witt The Murray 1868–1872; 1874–1877
Henry Wrixon Belfast 1868–1877; 1880–1894
[a] Aspinall resigned c. October 1870, replaced by James Stephen in an October 1870 by-election.
[b] Baillie left parliament in November 1870, replaced by James Patterson in a December 1870 by-election.
[c] Balfour resigned August 1868, replaced by William Lobb in a September by-election
[d] Bindon resigned in October 1868, replaced by Richard Kitto in a by-election the same month.[2]
[e] Bowman resigned in March 1870, replaced by Duncan Gillies in a by-election the same month.
[f] Byrne resigned October 1869, replaced by George Rolfe in a by-election the same month.
[g] Carr resigned May 1870, replaced by Robert de Bruce Johnstone in May 1870. [3]
[h] Foott died 24 September 1868, replaced by Graham Berry in October 1868.[4]
[i] Frazer died 13 December 1870, replaced by James Syme Stewart in January 1871.
[j] Gillies resigned in May 1868, replaced by Charles Jones in a by-election the same month.
[k] Grant left Parliament in July 1870, replaced by Peter Finn who was sworn-in October 1870.
[l] McCaw resigned in September 1870, replaced by Robert Ramsay in October 1870.
[m] McCombie resigned in March 1869, replaced by George Macartney in a by-election the same month.
[n] McDonnell retired in April 1870, replaced by Michael O'Grady who was elected unopposed in July 1870.[5]
[o] O'Grady became Minister for Public Works which caused a by-election in May 1868; won by John Branscombe Crews.[6]
[p] Reeves lost a by-election in October 1869 after becoming a minister, replaced by William Vale.
[q] Vale resigned in April 1869, replaced by John James in a May 1869 by-election.[7]
[r] Verdon resigned May 1868 replaced by John Whiteman in a June 1868 by-election
Francis Murphy was Speaker, Frederick Smyth was Chairman of Committees.
Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council

1866–1868 • 1868–1870 • 1870–1872

Legislative Assembly

1866–1867 • 1868–1871 • 1871–1874

References

  1. ↑ "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Telegraphic Despatches.". The Argus. Melbourne. 31 October 1868. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "Wednesday, May 11, 1870.". The Argus. Melbourne. 11 May 1870. p. 4.
  4. ↑ "Geelong West Election". The Ballarat Star. 17 October 1868. p. 2.
  5. ↑ "Local.". Kilmore Free Press. 14 July 1870. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "The Ministerial Elections.". The Argus. Melbourne. 26 May 1868. p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Ballarat West Election.". The Australasian. Melbourne. 29 May 1869. p. 21.
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