Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 23 September – 24 October 1856 to those of 26 August – 26 September 1859.[1] The Assembly was created in 1856.----

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.

NameElectorateTerm in Office
Travers Adamson1856–1859
William AndersonEvelyn and Mornington1856–1858
Butler AspinallTalbot1856–1864; 1866–1870
Rodney1856–1857
Francis BeaverBelfast1856–1859
Robert BennettEast Bourke1856–1857; 1859–1864
David BlairTalbot1856–1859; 1868–1871
John BrookeGeelong1856–1864
Ovens1856–1857
Colin CampbellPolwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville1856–1859; 1874–1877
Daniel CampbellRichmond1856–1859
Portland1856–1857
South Melbourne1856–1858
James DavisAlberton1856–1859
Charles Gavan DuffyVilliers and Heytesbury1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
Thomas EmblingCollingwood1856–1861; 1866–1867
George EvansRichmond1856–1864
St Kilda1856–1858; 1868–1872
John FosterWilliamstown1856–1857
Geelong1856–1857
1856–1858
James GrantSandhurst Boroughs1856–1870; 1871–1885
East Bourke1856–1857; 1857–1859;
1860–1861; 1864–1865
Dundas and Follett1856–1858
South Grant1856–1858; 1860–1864
William HammillWimmera1856–1857
George HarkerCollingwood1856–1860; 1864–1865; 1871–1874
Edward HentyNormanby1856–1861
George HorneWarrnambool1856–1861
Daniel HughesPortland1856–1859
John HumffrayNorth Grant1856–1864; 1868–1871
George JohnsonKyneton Boroughs1856–1859
Gippsland1856–1857
Peter LalorNorth Grenville1856–1871; 1874–1889
Henry Langlands /
(John O'Shanassy)		Melbourne1857–1859
James McCullochWimmera1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
West Bourke1856–1857
Archibald MichieMelbourne1856–1861; 1863–1865; 1870–1871
David MooreMelbourne1856–1859; 1864–1867
Francis MurphyMurray Boroughs1856–1865; 1866–1871
John MylesSouth Grant1856–1861
Patrick O'BrienSouth Bourke1856–1859
John O'ShanassyKilmore1856–1865; 1877–1883
John OwensLoddon1856–1859; 1861–1863
Castlemaine Boroughs1856–1857
South Bourke1856–1857
Patrick PhelanWest Bourke1856–1860
Castlemaine Boroughs1856–1857; 1859–1862
Geelong1856–1858
Colac1856–1857
William RutledgeVilliers and Heytesbury1856–1859
St Kilda1856–1857
Geelong1856–1857
John SmithMelbourne1856–1879
Peter SnodgrassAnglesey1856–1867
Melbourne1856–1857
Ebenezer SymeLoddon1856–1859
Jeremiah WarePolwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville1856–1859
Brighton1856–1857
Horatio WillsSouth Grant1856–1859

Notes

O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, deciding to represent the latter he resigned from Melbourne.[2] The by-election for Melbourne in January 1857 was won by Henry Langlands.

Baragwanath resigned in December 1857, replaced by John Everard in a January 1858 by-election.

Cameron resigned in March 1857, replaced by John Wood in an April 1857 by-election.

Childers resigned in February 1857, replaced by John Findlay in a July 1857 by-election.

Clarke resigned in August 1858, replaced by Robert Anderson in an October 1858 by-election.

Fellows resigned in May 1858, replaced by John Crews in a May 1858 by-election.

Fyfe resigned in November 1857, replaced by George Board in a February 1858 by-election

Goodman resigned in January 1858, replaced by William Forlonge in a January 1858 by-election. Forlonge resigned in January 1859, replaced in turn by William Nicholson in a January 1859 by-election

Greeves resigned in March 1857, replaced by Richard Heales in a March 1857 by-election

Griffith resigned in February 1858, replaced by William Mollison in an April 1858 by-election

Haines left Parliament around November 1858, replaced by John Bell in a January 1859 by-election.

King resigned in September 1857, replaced by John Johnson in a November 1857 by-election

McDougall resigned in August 1857, replaced by Joseph Wilkie in an August 1857 by-election

Palmer resigned in July 1857, replaced by Richard Davies Ireland in an August 1857 by-election

Pasley resigned in July 1857, replaced by Sidney Ricardo in a July 1857 by-election.

Pyke resigned in February 1857, replaced by Robert Sitwell in a March 1857 by-election

Read resigned in February 1858, replaced by James Harrison in an April 1858 by-election

Rutherford resigned in July 1857, replaced by Theodore Hancock in a July 1857 by-election

Sargood resigned in December 1857, replaced by Henry Chapman in a January 1858 by-election.

Sladen resigned in March 1857, replaced by Alexander Thomson in December 1857

Stawell resigned in February 1857, replaced by James Service in March 1857

Were resigned in February 1857, replaced by Charles Ebden in a March 1857 by-election

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections since 1856 . Parliament of Victoria . 5 May 2014.
  2. Web site: Political Condition. The New Parliament . The Argus . 29 October 1856 . Trove . 19 April 2013.

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