Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1904–1907 explained

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council at the election of 1 June 1904, up to the election of 4 June 1907.^[1] As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1902 election with terms expiring in 1907, while the other half were elected at the 1904 triennial election with terms expiring in 1910.

The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each,^[2] with one member for Public and Railway Officers Province making 35 members total.

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

Party	Expiry Due	Term in Office
	1910	1904–1916; 1916–1922
Liberal	1910	1901–1922
	1907	1874–1913
Nationalist	1907	1904–1922
Non-Labor	1910	1903–1910
	1910	1895–1910
	1910	1893–1922
	1907	1904–1907
Nationalist	1910	1874–1907
	1907	1889–1895; 1899–1919
	1910	1892–1912
non-Labor	1907	1904–1913; 1917–1948
		1904–1907; 1907–1914
	1907	1864–1908
	1907	1901–1904
Nationalist	1910	1899–1912
Non-Labor	1910	1901–1906
Nationalist	1907	1903–1916
	1907	1903–1911
	1907	1891–1896; 1901–1919
	1907	1898–1917
Labor	1907	1904–1917
Nationalist	1910	1901–1924
	1910	1882–1919
	1910	1893–1913
Nationalist	1910	1901–1928
	1907	1896–1916
Labor	1910	1891–1910
	1907	1889–1907
	1910	1903–1919
	1907	1903–1907
	1910	1892–1920
Nationalist	1910	1891–1928
	1907	1904–1907
Non-Labor	1907	1896–1910

Henry John Wrixon was President; Nicholas Fitzgerald was Chairman of Committees.

Cuthbert died 5 April 1907; replaced by Frederick Brawn in May 1907.

Gray died 26 July 1904; replaced by Joseph Henry Abbott in August 1904 who died 10 November 1904; replaced by Alfred Hicks in December 1904

Irvine resigned September 1906; replaced by Edwin Henry Austin in October 1906.

References

Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
Book: Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1904 . 107 . 1905 . R. S. Brain . Melbourne.

Notes and References

Web site: Elections since 1856 . Parliament of Victoria . 16 May 2014.
Web site: Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 . 16 May 2014 . Australasian Legal Information Institute.