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Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1858–1860

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1860.

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

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
Thomas Turner à Beckett Central 1852–1856; 1858–1878
John Barter Bennett South 1856–1863
William Clarke South 1856–1861; 1863–1870
George Coppin South-Western 1858–1863; 1889–1895
John Pascoe Fawkner Central 1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows Central 1854–1856; 1858–1868
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
Matthew Hervey Eastern 1853–1865
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
John Hodgson Central 1853–1860
John Hood Central 1856–1859
Robert Hope South-Western 1856–1864; 1867–1874
Donald Kennedy South 1854–1864
Dennis Keogh North-Western 1856–1860
Thomas McCombie South 1856–1859
Henry Miller Western 1851–1866
James Palmer Western 1851–1870
John Patterson North-Western 1856–1859
Thomas Power South 1856–1864
William Roope South-Western 1856–1860
James Stewart Eastern 1856–1863
James Strachan South-Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson Eastern 1856–1863
Daniel Tierney Western 1856–1859
George Urquhart North-Western 1856–1860
Charles Vaughan Western 1856–1864
David Wilkie North-Western 1858–1868
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
Hood resigned September 1859, replaced by George Ward Cole in a by-election October 1859
McCombie resigned October 1859, replaced by Gideon Rutherford in a by-election in November 1859
Patterson died 24 April 1859; replaced by William Mitchell around October 1859
Tierney was unseated on grounds of inadequate property in January 1859; replaced by Niel Black in a by-election in February 1859
Urquhart resigned March 1860, replaced by George Rolfe in a by-election in May 1860

References

  1. "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
  2. Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
  3. "Daniel Joseph Tierney". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  • "Former Members". re-member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria.
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