Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.^[1]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.^[2]

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

Name	Province	Term in Office
Thomas Turner à Beckett	Central	1852–1856; 1858–1878
Robert Stirling Hore Anderson	Eastern	1866–1883
John Pinney Bear	South	1863–1878
Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
William Campbell	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
William Clarke	South	1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
William Degraves	South	1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner	Central	1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows ^[a]	Central	1854–1856; 1858–1868
Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Western	1864–1908
Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
James Graham	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
Stephen Henty	Western	1856–1870
William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
John Lowe ^[b]	South-Western	1864–1867
John McCrae	South-Western	1860–1870
William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan Murphy	Eastern	1864–1873
James Palmer	Western	1851–1870
William Henry Pettet	South	1864–1871
George Rolfe ^[c]	South-Western	1860–1862; 1866–1867
John Sherwin	South	1866–1868
Charles Sladen	Western	1855–1856; 1864–1868 1876–1882
James Strachan	Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Turnbull	Eastern	1851–1853; 1864–1872
David Wilkie	North-Western	1858–1868
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

^[a] Fellows resigned in February 1868; replaced by John O'Shanassy, sworn-in March 1868.

^[b] Lowe died 17 January 1867; replaced by Robert Hope, sworn-in April 1867.

^[c] Rolfe was unseated in March 1867; replaced by Thomas Learmonth, sworn-in March 1867.

References

^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
Victorian Hansard, Session 1867 (PDF). Vol. 3. John Ferres, Melb. 1867.

[1] "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[Sweetman-2] Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

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