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Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1884–1886

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 11 September 1884 to the elections of 3 September 1886.[1]

There were fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
James Beaney North Yarra 1883–1891
Francis Beaver North Yarra 1854–1856; 1882–1887
George Belcher Wellington 1875–1886
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Thomas Bromell Nelson 1874–1887
Frederick Brown North-Eastern 1884–1903
James Buchanan South-Eastern 1876–1898
James Campbell Wellington 1882–1886
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
David Coutts North-Western 1882–1897
Thomas Forrest Cumming Western 1881–1888
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
Frank Dobson South-Eastern 1870–1895
John Dougharty Gippsland 1880–1888
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
James Graham South Yarra 1853–1854; 1866–1886
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
Patrick Hanna North-Eastern 1882–1888
William Edward Hearn Melbourne 1878–1888
Thomas Henty South 1884–1887
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
James Lorimer Melbourne 1879–1889
James MacBain South Yarra 1880–1892
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
George Meares North Yarra 1882–1886
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
William Mitchell [a] Northern 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis Ormond South-Western 1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr. Gippsland 1881–1893
Francis Robertson Northern 1860–1864; 1868–1886
William Ross Western 1878–1888
Philip Russell [b] South-Western 1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
William Stanbridge North-Central 1881–1892
David Chaplin Sterry Northern 1882–1889
Nathan Thornley Western 1882–1903
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
Holford Wettenhall Nelson 1883–1886
James Williamson Nelson 1882–1888
George Young North-Western 1882–1891
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

William Mitchell was President of the Council until his death, succeeded by James MacBain.

[a] Mitchell died 24 November 1884; replaced by William Irving Winter, sworn-in December 1884.
[b] Russell resigned May 1886, replaced by Joseph Connor, sworn-in in June 1886.

References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.