Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1873–1878
This is a list of members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1873 to 1878, as elected at the 1873 colonial elections held between 4 November 1873 and 4 December 1873 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]
See also[]
- Premier:
- Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)
- Arthur Macalister (1874–1876)
- George Thorn (1876–1877)
- John Douglas (1877–1879)
Notes[]
- 1 On 8 January 1874, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Carnarvon, was appointed to the as Attorney-General. He therefore was required to resign his seat and stand for a ministerial by-election. He lost the seat to William Miles at the resulting by-election on 20 January 1874.
- 2 On 8 January 1874, George Thorn, member for Fassifern, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. His brother John Thorn won the resulting by-election on 24 January 1874.
- 3 On 14 February 1874, Charles Lilley, member for Fortitude Valley, resigned. Frank Beattie won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1874.
- 4 The election of Adam Walker, the member for Balonne, was voided on 27 May 1874, and Jacob Low was appointed in his place.
- 5 The election of Philip Nind, the member for Logan, was voided on 27 May 1874. He retained his seat at the resulting by-election on 8 June 1874.
- 6 On 13 November 1874, Edward MacDevitt, member for Ravenswood, resigned. Henry Edward King won the resulting by-election on 9 December 1874.
- 7 On 1 February 1875, Edward Wienholt, member for Darling Downs, resigned. William Graham won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1875.
- 8 On 16 March 1875, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Maryborough, resigned. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 2 April 1875.
- 9 On 3 April 1875, Philip Nind, member for Logan, resigned. Adam Black won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1875.
- 10 On 5 May 1875, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Bowen, resigned. Francis Amhurst won the resulting by-election on 14 May 1975.
- 11 On 13 May 1875, Thomas Blacket Stephens, member for South Brisbane, resigned. Richard Ash Kingsford won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1875, defeating the other nominee Ratcliffe Pring.
- 12 On 3 October 1875, Adam Black, member for Logan, resigned. Frederick Shaw won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1875.
- 13 On 13 September 1875, William Hodgkinson, member for Burke, resigned. James Augustus Parker won the resulting by-election on 26 October 1875.
- 14 On 14 October 1875, William Miles, member for Carnarvon, resigned. John Tyrel won the resulting by-election on 8 January 1876.
- 15 On 8 December 1875, Edmund Royds, member for Leichhardt, resigned. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1876.
- 16 On 4 January 1876, Charles Graham, member for Clermont, resigned. John Stevenson won the resulting by-election on 4 February 1876.
- 17 On 12 April 1876, Frederick Shaw, member for Logan, resigned. Peter McLean won the resulting by-election on 9 May 1876.
- 18 The Additional Members Act 1875 created the new seat of Cook. On 1 June 1876, William Edward Murphy became its first member at a special election.
- 19 On 14 June 1876, Arthur Macalister, member for Ipswich, resigned. George Thorn won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1876.
- 20 On 26 June 1876, William Hemmant, member for Bulimba, resigned. James Johnston won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1876.
- 21 On 21 June 1876, James Augustus Parker, member for Burke, resigned. Patrick O'Sullivan won the resulting by-election on 22 August 1876.
- 22 On 30 October 1876, Henry Thorn, member for Northern Downs, resigned. William Miles won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1876.
- 23 On 7 November 1876, James Johnston, member for Bulimba, died. George Grimes won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1876.
- 24 On 9 March 1877, Robert Lord, member for Gympie, resigned. James Kidgell won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1877.
- 25 On 20 March 1877, Oscar de Satge, member for Normanby, resigned. George Fox won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.
- 26 On 24 March 1877, Francis Amhurst, member for Bowen, resigned. Henry Beor won the resulting by-election on 23 April 1877.
- 27 On 9 April 1877, Edward Wilmot Pechey, member for Aubigny, resigned. Patrick Perkins won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1877.
- 28 On 24 April 1877, William Fryar, member for East Moreton, resigned. James Garrick won the resulting by-election on 10 May 1877.
- 29 On 28 April 1877, George Edmondstone, member for Wickham, resigned. Albert John Hockings won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1877.
- 30 On 26 October 1877, Charles Hardie Buzacott, member for Rockhampton, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 20 November 1877.
- 31 On 1 February 1878, Robert Stewart, member for Brisbane City, resigned. Ratcliffe Pring won the resulting by-election on 12 February 1878.
- 32 On 12 February 1878, George Thorn, member for Ipswich, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 7 March 1878.
- 33 On 12 March 1878, John Thorn, member for Fassifern, resigned. de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse won the resulting by-election on 9 April 1878.
References[]
- ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
- Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
- Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)
- Brisbane Courier variously over 1873–1878
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