This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the inaugural Council of 1851 or elected at the 1851 election.
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]
Name | Type | Electoral district [1] (or office) | Term of Office |
---|---|---|---|
Redmond Barry [a] | office-bearing nominee | ( Solicitor-General) | 1851β1852 |
William Campbell | elected | Loddon | 1851β1854, 1862β1882 |
Charles Dight [b] | elected | North Bourke | 1851β1852 |
Alexander Dunlop [c] | nominee | β |
1851β1852 |
Charles Ebden [d] | office-bearing nominee | (Auditor-General) | 1851β1852 |
John Fawkner | elected | Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey | 1851β1869 |
Adolphus Goldsmith | elected | Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth | 1851β1853 |
Charles Griffith [e] | nominee | β |
1851β1852, 1853β1856 |
William Haines [f] | nominee | β |
1851β1852, 1853β1856, 1865β1866 |
James Johnston [g] | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1852 |
William Lonsdale | office-bearing nominee | (Colonial Secretary) | 1851β1853 |
John Mercer [h] | elected | Grant | 1851β1852 |
Henry Miller | elected | South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington | 1851β1866 |
Francis Murphy | elected | Murray | 1851β1853, 1853β1856, 1872β1876 |
Thomas Osborne [i] | elected | Belfast and Warrnambool | 1851β1852 |
John O'Shanassy | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1856, 1868β1874 |
James Palmer | elected | Normanby, Dundas and Follett | 1851β1870 |
Robert Pohlman | office-bearing nominee | (Master in Equity) | 1851β1854, 1855β1856 |
Robert Robinson [j] | elected | Geelong | 1851β1852 |
James Ross [k] | nominee | β |
1851β1852 |
Andrew Russell | nominee | β |
1851β1856 |
William Rutledge | elected | Villiers and Heytesbury | 1851β1854 |
John Smith | elected | North Bourke | 1851β1856 |
Peter Snodgrass | elected | Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour | 1851β1856 |
William Splatt | elected | Wimmera | 1851β1854 |
William Stawell | office-bearing nominee | ( Attorney-General) | 1851β1856 |
James Strachan | elected | Geelong | 1851β1866, 1866β1874 |
Robert Turnbull | elected | Gipps' Land | 1851β1853, 1864β1872 |
William Westgarth | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1853 |
Thomas Wilkinson | elected | Portland | 1851β1856 |
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the inaugural Council of 1851 or elected at the 1851 election.
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]
Name | Type | Electoral district [1] (or office) | Term of Office |
---|---|---|---|
Redmond Barry [a] | office-bearing nominee | ( Solicitor-General) | 1851β1852 |
William Campbell | elected | Loddon | 1851β1854, 1862β1882 |
Charles Dight [b] | elected | North Bourke | 1851β1852 |
Alexander Dunlop [c] | nominee | β |
1851β1852 |
Charles Ebden [d] | office-bearing nominee | (Auditor-General) | 1851β1852 |
John Fawkner | elected | Talbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey | 1851β1869 |
Adolphus Goldsmith | elected | Ripon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth | 1851β1853 |
Charles Griffith [e] | nominee | β |
1851β1852, 1853β1856 |
William Haines [f] | nominee | β |
1851β1852, 1853β1856, 1865β1866 |
James Johnston [g] | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1852 |
William Lonsdale | office-bearing nominee | (Colonial Secretary) | 1851β1853 |
John Mercer [h] | elected | Grant | 1851β1852 |
Henry Miller | elected | South Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington | 1851β1866 |
Francis Murphy | elected | Murray | 1851β1853, 1853β1856, 1872β1876 |
Thomas Osborne [i] | elected | Belfast and Warrnambool | 1851β1852 |
John O'Shanassy | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1856, 1868β1874 |
James Palmer | elected | Normanby, Dundas and Follett | 1851β1870 |
Robert Pohlman | office-bearing nominee | (Master in Equity) | 1851β1854, 1855β1856 |
Robert Robinson [j] | elected | Geelong | 1851β1852 |
James Ross [k] | nominee | β |
1851β1852 |
Andrew Russell | nominee | β |
1851β1856 |
William Rutledge | elected | Villiers and Heytesbury | 1851β1854 |
John Smith | elected | North Bourke | 1851β1856 |
Peter Snodgrass | elected | Kilmore, Kyneton and Seymour | 1851β1856 |
William Splatt | elected | Wimmera | 1851β1854 |
William Stawell | office-bearing nominee | ( Attorney-General) | 1851β1856 |
James Strachan | elected | Geelong | 1851β1866, 1866β1874 |
Robert Turnbull | elected | Gipps' Land | 1851β1853, 1864β1872 |
William Westgarth | elected | City of Melbourne | 1851β1853 |
Thomas Wilkinson | elected | Portland | 1851β1856 |