Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1883–1888

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This is a list of members of the 9th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1883 to 1888, as elected at the 1883 colonial elections held between 10 August 1883 and 30 October 1883 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]

Name Party Electorate Term in office
Walter Adams[11] Ministerial Mulgrave 1886–1892
Robert Aland Opposition Drayton and Toowoomba 1881–1893
William Allan[14] Opposition Darling Downs 1881–1883; 1887–1896
John Annear[4] Ministerial Maryborough 1884–1902
Archibald Archer[9] Independent Blackall 1867–1869; 1878–1886;
1888–1896
Ministerial Wide Bay 1873–1888
John Lloyd Bale[7] Ministerial Enoggera 1883–1885
Frank Beattie[10] Ministerial Fortitude Valley 1874–1878; 1879–1886
Maurice Hume Black Opposition Mackay 1881–1993
William Brookes Ministerial North Brisbane 1863–1867; 1882–1888
Samuel Brooks[10] Ministerial Fortitude Valley 1886–1888
William Villiers Brown[8] Independent Townsville 1885–1888; 1891–1893
John Buckland Ministerial Bulimba 1882–1892
Robert Bulcock[7] Ministerial Enoggera 1885–1888
James Campbell[2] Opposition Aubigny 1884–1893
Thomas Campbell[3][6] Independent Cook 1884–1885
Charles Chubb Opposition Bowen 1883–1888
Frederick Cooper[3] Independent Cook 1878–1884
James Crombie Opposition Mitchell 1888–1898
James Dickson Ministerial/Independent Enoggera 1873–1888; 1892–1901
John Donaldson Opposition Warrego 1883–1893; 1896
Hon Charles Dutton[1] Ministerial Leichhardt 1883–1888
John Ferguson Ministerial Rockhampton 1881–1888
James Foote Ministerial Bundamba 1873–1878; 1880–1888;
1892–1893
Justin Foxton Ministerial Carnarvon 1883–1904
Simon Fraser Ministerial South Brisbane 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
James Garrick[1] Ministerial Moreton 1867–1868; 1877–1883
John Govett Opposition Mitchell 1882–1888
Samuel Griffith Ministerial North Brisbane 1872–1893
Samuel Grimes Ministerial Oxley 1878–1902
William Henry Groom Ministerial Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901
John Hamilton Opposition Cook 1878–1904
William Higson Ministerial Rockhampton 1883–1888
Charles Lumley Hill[6] Independent Cook 1878–1882, 1885–1888
Jacob Horwitz[12] Ministerial Warwick 1878–1887
John Hurley[4] Independent Maryborough 1883–1884
Jean-Baptiste Isambert Ministerial Rosewood 1882–1892
John Jessop Opposition Dalby 1882–1893
Henry Jordan Ministerial South Brisbane 1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890
Francis Kates Ministerial Darling Downs 1878–1881; 1883–1888
William Kellett Ministerial Stanley 1878–1888
James Lalor Opposition Maranoa 1878–1888
Isidor Lissner Opposition Kennedy 1883–1893; 1896–1899
Thomas MacDonald-Paterson[1][5] Ministerial Moreton 1878–1885; 1896–1901
John MacFarlane Ministerial Ipswich 1878–1894
Thomas McIlwraith[11] Opposition Mulgrave 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
John McMaster[8] Ministerial Fortitude Valley 1885–1899; 1901–1904;
1907–1908
Thomas McWhannell[15] Ministerial Gregory 1882–1888
John Murtagh Macrossan Opposition Townsville 1873–1878; 1879–1891
Matthew Mellor Ministerial Wide Bay 1883–1893
Alfred Midgley[13] Independent Fassifern 1883–1887
William Miles[14] Ministerial Darling Downs 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop Morehead Opposition Balonne 1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil Moreton Ministerial Burnett 1870–1871; 1873–1875; 1883–1888
Arthur Morgan[12] Independent Warwick 1887–1896; 1898–1906
Frank Reid Murphy[8] Opposition Barcoo 1885–1892
Hugh Nelson Opposition Northern Downs 1883–1898
Albert Norton Opposition Port Curtis 1878–1893
Edward Palmer Opposition Burke 1883–1893
William Pattison[9] Opposition Blackall 1886–1893
Patrick Perkins[2] Opposition Aubigny 1877–1884; 1888–1893
Robert Philp[8] Opposition Musgrave 1886–1915
Arthur Rutledge Ministerial Kennedy 1878–1893; 1899–1904
William Salkeld Ministerial Ipswich 1883–1893
John Scott Opposition Leichhardt 1868, 1870–1888
Richard Bingham Sheridan Ministerial Maryborough 1883–1888
William Smyth Ministerial Gympie 1883–1899
Ernest James Stevens Independent Logan 1878–1896
John Stevenson Ministerial Normanby 1876–1893
George Thorn[13] Independent Fassifern 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Hiram Wakefield[5] Ministerial Moreton 1885–1888
Donald Smith Wallace Ministerial Clermont 1883–1888
Peter White Independent Stanley 1883–1888

See also[]

  • Premier:
Samuel Griffith (Ministerial) (1883–1888)

Notes[]

1 The First Griffith Ministry was constituted on 13 November 1883. As a result, all new ministers had to resign their seats and contest them at ministerial by-elections; all except Charles Dutton, member for Leichhardt, were unopposed. Additionally, on the same day, James Garrick, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, who had lost his seat of Rockhampton at the election three months earlier, was elected unopposed for Moreton on 21 November 1883, whilst Dutton was re-elected on 7 December.
2 Following a petition alleging electoral fraud by Patrick Perkins or his supporters, on 21 February 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled the election of Patrick Perkins, the member for Aubigny, null and void. James Campbell was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 4 March 1884; although Perkins was able to contest the by-election, he decided not to do so.
3 On 4 March 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled Frederick Cooper, one of the members for Cook, was disqualified from sitting in the Legislative Assembly. Thomas Campbell, one of the unsuccessful candidates at the 1883 poll, was declared elected. The Brisbane Courier editorial on 27 February, anticipating a new election being called in Cook, said: "There was so much personation on both sides that a new election would be desirable, if it could be assumed that it would be conducted more free from abuse than its predecessor."
4 On 8 July 1884, John Hurley, the member for Maryborough, resigned after having been declared insolvent. John Annear won the resulting by-election on 25 July 1884.
5 On 22 April 1885, Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Hiram Wakefield won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1885.
6 On 4 August 1885, Thomas Campbell, the member for Cook, resigned after having been declared insolvent. Charles Lumley Hill won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885.
7 On 13 October 1885, John Lloyd Bale, the member for Enoggera, resigned due to ill health. Robert Bulcock was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 26 October 1885.
8 The Additional Members Act 1885 created three new seats: Barcoo, Musgrave and an additional seat each in Townsville and Fortitude Valley. The following members were elected:
9 On 23 January 1886, Archibald Archer, the member for Blackall, left for Europe on a prolonged visit, and resigned his seat. William Pattison won the resulting by-election on 13 April 1886.
10 On 16 April 1886, Frank Beattie, one of the members for Fortitude Valley, died. Samuel Brooks won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1886.
11 On 5 June 1886, Thomas McIlwraith, the member for Mulgrave, resigned. Walter Adams won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1886.
12 On 2 July 1887, Jacob Horwitz, the member for Warwick, resigned. Arthur Morgan was returned unopposed. won the resulting by-election on 18 July 1887.
13 On 19 July 1887, Alfred Midgley, the member for Fassifern, resigned. George Thorn, Jr. won the resulting by-election on 4 August 1887.
14 On 22 August 1887, William Miles, the member for Darling Downs, died. William Allan won the resulting by-election on 6 September 1887.
15 On 17 March 1888, Thomas McWhannell, the member for Gregory, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1888 election.

References[]

  1. ^ "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)
  • The General Election. List of Candidates Brisbane Courier, 26 April 1888, p. 6.
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