Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 11 May 1877.[1] Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

There was an electoral redistribution which came into effect in 1877, fourteen districts were created (Barwon, Benambra, Boroondara, Carlton, Delatite, Fitzroy, Footscray, Geelong, Grant, Kara Kara, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Stawell) and eight abolished (Kilmore, The Murray, Murray Boroughs, South Grant, Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Maryborough).[2]

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

Name Term in Office
1877–1880
1877–1883
1864–1880
1877–1886
1871–1894; 1900–1909
1861–1865; 1869–1886
1877–1880; 1883–1886
1877–1880
1877
1874–1889; 1892–1894
1866–1870; 1877–1885; 1890–1893
1877–1880; 1880–1883
1877–1880
1874–1914
1877–1883; 1885–1900
1861–1862; 1863–1880
1871–1887
1877–1883
1877–1880
1876–1883
1877–1889
1868–1880
1861–1880
1877–1894
1874–1880; 1889–1894
1877–1893
1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
1874–1886; 1887–1904
1877–1879
1866–1878
1871–1874; 1877–1880
1875–1886
1874–1883
1875–1881; 1883–1889; 1904–1906
1861–1868; 1870–1877; 1877–1889
1856–1870; 1871–1885
1877–1900; 1902–1904
1874–1892; 1903–1904
1869–1870; 1871–1886
1870–1881
1864–1886
1868–1871; 1876–1880; 1880–1882
1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879
1856–1871; 1874–1889
1874–1891
1877–1892
1871–1877; 1880–1906
1864–1883; 1894–1897
1877–1880
1869–1871; 1877–1878
1864–1880
1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
1877–1879; 1880–1883
1877–1880; 1881–1902
1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886
1864–1865; 1866–1878
1874–1875; 1876–1883
1876–1886; 1887–1889
1871–1880; 1883–1886
1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
1877–1892
1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881
1862–1867; 1872–1874; 1877–1880
1856–1865; 1877–1883
1870–1895
1872–1880
1870–1882
1877–1889
1874–1886; 1889–1894
1877–1880
1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886
1877–1880
1877–1881
1866–1871; 1874–1877
1856–1879
1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;
1880–1883; 1886–1894
1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
1866–1875; 1877–1880
1877–1881
1874–1900
1877–1880
1877–1883; 1889–1902
1859–1864; 1871–1892
1861–1864; 1877–1880; 1886–1889
1874–1892
1877–1899
Gavan Duffy was Speaker, John James was Chairman of Committees.

Blackham resigned in July 1877,[3] replaced by Angus Mackay the same month.

Dwyer left Parliament around November 1879, replaced by Joseph Jones who was sworn-in in December 1879.

Farrell resigned around May 1878; replaced by Charles Henry Pearson, sworn-in July 1878.

King died 13 February 1879; replaced by William Clark, sworn-in July 1879.

Levien was unseated in December 1877 replaced by John Ince the same month.

Macartney died 2 June 1878; replaced by Francis Mason, sworn-in July 1878.

McCulloch resigned around May 1878; replaced by James Francis, sworn-in July 1878.

Macgregor resigned around June 1879; replaced by Cuthbert Robert Blackett, sworn-in July 1879.

McMahon resigned in February 1878, replaced by Bryan O'Loghlen the same month.

Macpherson resigned July 1878; replaced by John Serjeant, sworn-in August 1878.

G. P. Smith died 6 December 1877, replaced by Robert Murray Smith who was elected on 24 December 1877,[4] sworn-in in February 1878.

J. Smith died 30 January 1879, replaced by Alfred Deakin who was sworn-in in July 1879.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections since 1856 . Parliament of Victoria . 19 March 2014.
  2. Web site: The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876 . Australasian Legal Information Institute . 8 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Blackham Resigns . Bendigo Advertiser . 7 July 1877 . Trove . 21 March 2014.
  4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5949905 The Argus 24 December 1877