Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1889–1892 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 28 March 1889 to the elections of 20 April 1892.[1] There were 95 seats in the Assembly from 1889,[2] up from 86 in the previous Parliament.[1]

The following districts were created or had new names in 1889: Albert Park, Anglesey, Benalla and Yarrawonga, Bogong, Borung, Carlton South, Clunes and Allandale, Dandenong and Berwick, Daylesford, Donald and Swan Hill, Dunolly, Eaglehawk, Eastern Suburbs, Essendon and Flemington, Gippsland Central, Gippsland East, Gippsland West, Gunbower, Hawthorn, Horsham, Jolimont and West Richmond, Kilmore, Dalhousie and Lancefield, Korong, Kyneton (renamed from Kyneton Boroughs), Lowan, Maryborough, Melbourne, Melbourne South, Numurkah and Nathalia, Polwarth, Port Fairy (renamed from Belfast), Port Melbourne (renamed from Sandridge), Prahran, Sandhurst South, Shepparton and Euroa, South Yarra, Talbot and Avoca, Toorak, Wangaratta and Rutherglen, Warrenheip, Windermere.[3]

These districts were abolished before the 1889 elections: Avoca, Boroondara, Dalhousie, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Polwarth and South Grenville, South Bourke, Wimmera.[3]

Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

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

14th Parliament
Name Term in Office
1880–1892
1880; 1886–1894
1889–1894
1886–1894; 1897–1907
1883–1894
1889–1912
1889–1908
1871–1894; 1900–1909
1889–1901
1889–1892
1866–1877; 1880–1893
1889–1893
1889–1892
1874–1914
1877–1883; 1885–1900
1889–1894
1889–1890
1879–1894
1889–1913
1877–1894
1883–1892
1879–1879; 1880–1900
1883–1892
1874–1880; 1889–1894
1877–1893
1874–1886; 1887–1904
1889–1892
1886–1894
1886–1894; 1897–1911
1889–1902
1880–1891
1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903
1886–1894
1884–1914
1877–1900; 1902–1904
1886–1892
1880–1891
1883–1910
1880–1894; 1897–1904
1885–1893
1874–1892; 1903–1908
1880–1894; 1897–1900
1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908
1874–1891
1877–1892
1889–1892
1871–1877; 1880–1906
1886–1901
1877–1880; 1881–1902
1880–1901
1859–1877; 1883–1897
1880–1894
1889–1903
1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902
1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904
1889–1892
1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
1886–1900
1884–1916
1877–1892
1880–1892
1878–1880; 1880–1883;
1888–1894; 1897–1900
1885–1902; 1904–1920
1889–1892
1870–1895
1889–1933
1878–1892
1874–1886; 1889–1894
1880; 1883–1889
1883–1892
1880–1904
1883–1892
1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;
1880–1883; 1886–1894
1889–1904
1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
1880; 1883–1901
1889–1904
1871–1877; 1889
1889–1894
1889–1904
1889–1894
1889–1903
1874–1900
1889–1901
1886–1892
1883–1892
1889–1897; 1903–1904
1864–1867; 1880–1900
1889–1891
1877–1883; 1889–1902
1859–1864; 1871–1892
1868–1877; 1880–1894
1880–1894
1874–1892
1877–1899
Matthew Davies was Speaker, William McLellan was Chairman of Committees.

Cheetham died 28 June 1890; replaced by William Tatchell sworn-in July 1890.

Langridge died 24 March 1891, replaced by John Hancock, sworn-in June 1891.

Russell died 17 October 1889; replaced by John Dunn, sworn-in November 1889.

Stewart died 11 November 1889; replaced by Robert Bowman, sworn-in May 1890.

Wilkinson died 6 August 1891; replaced by Robert Harper, sworn-in September 1891.

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elections since 1856 . Parliament of Victoria . 5 April 2014.
  2. Web site: The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888 . 5 April 2014 . PDF .
  3. Web site: Re-Member (Former Members) . State Government of Victoria . 5 April 2014.