Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858
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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858.[1]
The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856.[2] On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected Victorian Parliament were published in the Government Gazette. [3] The new Council first met in November 1856.
There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[4]
- Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
- a Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by Henry Miller in a by-election May 1858
- b Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857,[5] replaced by William Highett in a by-election May 1857
- c Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows in a by-election May 1858
- p Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856
References
- ^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 45. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
- ^ Sweetman, p.67
- ^ Sweetman, p.183
- ^ "Kaye, William". Re-Member: a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851. Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.