Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864
Appearance
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly in Australia from the elections of 2–19 August 1861 to the elections of October–November 1864.[1]
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- Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
- a Brodribb resigned in March 1862; replaced by George Higinbotham in an April 1862 by-election
- b H. Chapman resigned in February 1862; replaced by James McCulloch in a March 1862 by-election
- c J. Chapman was disqualified in October 1861; replaced by Alexander John Smith in a November 1861 by-election
- d Casey was unseated on petition in March 1862;[2] replaced by Robert Frederick Howard in a March 1862 by-election
- e Costello was expelled in November 1861; replaced by John Sinclair in a November 1861 by-election[3]
- f Denovan resigned in July 1862; replaced by Robert Strickland in a November 1862 by-election
- g Everard was disqualified in August 1861 (insolvent); replaced by George Mackay in an August 1861 by-election. Mackay resigned in April 1864; replaced in turn by Everard in an April 1864 by-election
- h Flint resigned March 1862; replaced by Tharp Girdlestone in an April 1862 by-election
- i Gillespie resigned in March 1862; replaced by Mark Morrell Pope in a March 1862 by-election
- j Gray resigned in September 1862; replaced by John MacGregor in a November 1862 by-election
- k Hedley resigned in October 1862; replaced by John Johnson in a November 1862 by-election
- l Ireland resigned in April 1864; replaced by Samuel MacGregor in a May 1864 by-election
- m Ireland won both Maryborough and "Villiers and Heytesbury",[4] he resigned from the former; replaced by George S. Evans in an October 1861 by-election
- n Jones resigned in March 1863; replaced by John Thompson in an April 1863 by-election
- o Manifold resigned in November 1861; replaced by John Wood in an December 1861 by-election
- p Nixon left the Assembly in July 1863; replaced by Archibald Michie sworn-in August 1863
- q Owens resigned around July 1863; replaced by James Joseph Casey sworn-in August 1863
- r Pyke resigned in June 1862; replaced by George Allen Smyth in a November 1862 by-election
- s Reid was disqualified in May 1862; replaced by John Orr in a March 1862 by-election
- t Service resigned around August 1862; replaced by George Morton in a November by-election
- u W. Smith resigned in January 1864; replaced by Robert Lewis sworn-in February 1864; Lewis resigned c. July 1864
References
- ^ "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 February 2014.
- ^ Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Argus. Melbourne, Vic. 27 November 1861.
- ^ "The Victorian Parliament". The Argus. Trove. 31 August 1861. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- Edward Sweetman (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. pp. 182–183. Retrieved 21 April 2013.
- "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- Victorian Hansard, Session 1861-62 (PDF). Vol. 8. Wilson & MacKinnon, Melb. 1862.