Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1900

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 14 October 1897 to the elections of 1 November 1900.[1] From 1889 there were 95 seats in the Assembly.[1][2] [3]

Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
17th Parliament
Name Electorate Term in Office
Melbourne East 1894–1901
William Anderson [a] Windermere 1886–1889; 1894–1898
Ripon & Hampden 1892–1900
Alfred Shrapnell Bailes Sandhurst 1886–1894; 1897–1907
William Beazley Collingwood 1889–1912
Richmond 1889–1908
Robert Best Fitzroy 1889–1901
John Bowser Wangaratta and Rutherglen 1894–1929
Horsham 1894–1900
Frederick Bromley Carlton 1892–1908
Joseph Tilley Brown Shepparton and Euroa 1886–1889; 1897–1904
Stawell 1892–1902
Ewen Hugh Cameron Evelyn 1874–1914
Godfrey Carter Melbourne 1877–1883; 1885–1900
Grant 1894–1904
James Hume Cook East Bourke Boroughs 1894–1900
Benambra 1889–1913
Alfred Deakin Essendon & Flemington 1879–1879; 1880–1900
Alfred Downward Mornington 1894–1929
John Gavan Duffy Kilmore, Dalhousie & Lancefield 1874–1886; 1887–1904
Dunolly 1894–1904
Borung 1892–1902
Theodore Fink Jolimont & West Richmond 1894–1904
Polwarth 1886–1894; 1897–1911
Gippsland East 1889–1902
Bourke East 1897–1904
Duncan Gillies Toorak 1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903
George Graham Numurkah and Nathalia 1884–1914
James Graves Delatite 1877–1900; 1902–1904
Frederick Gray Prahran 1894–1900
Walter Grose Creswick 1894–1904
Geelong 1894–1902; 1907–1908
Walter Hamilton Sandhurst 1894–1904
[b] Footscray 1891–1892; 1894–1899
Gippsland Central 1883–1910
South Yarra 1880–1894; 1897–1904
H. B. Higgins Geelong 1894–1900
William Irvine Lowan 1894–1906
Isaac Isaacs Bogong 1892–1893; 1893–1901
John Alfred Isaacs Ovens 1894–1902
Thomas Kennedy Benalla and Yarrawonga 1894–1901
Dandenong & Berwick 1880–1894; 1897–1900
Joseph Kirton Ballarat West 1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908
Korong 1880–1889; 1892–1914
Jonas Levien Barwon 1871–1877; 1880–1906
Villiers & Heytesbury 1896–1900
Peter McBride Kara Kara 1897–1913
James Whiteside McCay [c] Castlemaine 1895–1899
James McColl Gunbower 1886–1901
Ballarat East 1894–1924
John McIntyre Maldon 1877–1880; 1881–1902
Malcolm McKenzie Anglesey 1892–1903; 1911–1920
Allan McLean Gippsland North 1880–1901
Donald Norman McLeod Portland 1894–1900
Frank Madden Eastern Suburbs 1894–1917
William Maloney Melbourne West 1889–1903
Francis Mason Gippsland South 1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902
Rodney 1897–1902; 1907–1908
East Bourke Boroughs 1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904
Carlton South 1897–1900
Rodney 1897–1907
William Moule Brighton 1894–1900
[d] Warrenheip 1886–1900
John Murray Warrnambool 1884–1916
Bryan O'Loghlen Port Fairy 1878–1880; 1880–1883;
1888–1894; 1897–1900
Richard O'Neill Mandurang 1893–1902
Alfred Richard Outtrim Maryborough 1885–1902; 1904–1920
Alexander Peacock Clunes & Allandale 1889–1933
Kyneton 1892–1900
Grenville 1892–1900
Carty Salmon Talbot and Avoca 1894–1901
George Sangster Port Melbourne 1894–1915
William Shiels Normanby 1880–1904
Hawthorn 1873–1877; 1878–1882; 1894–1900
Thomas Smith Emerald Hill 1889–1904
[e] Grenville 1897–1899
Bourke West 1880; 1883–1901
Sandhurst South 1889–1904
James Styles Williamstown 1894–1900
Donald & Swan Hill 1889–1904
Dundas 1892–1900; 1902–1914
Richard Toutcher Ararat 1897–1935
William Trenwith Richmond 1889–1903
Albert Tucker Fitzroy 1874–1900
Melbourne South 1896–1904
George Turner St Kilda 1889–1901
Gippsland West 1892–1900
Richard Vale Ballarat West 1886–1889; 1892–1902
William Watt North Melbourne 1897–1900; 1902–1914
James Wheeler Daylesford 1864–1867; 1880–1900
Albert Park 1892–1902
Collingwood 1892–1908
Edward David Williams Castlemaine 1894–1904
Henry Williams Eaglehawk 1877–1883; 1889–1902
Ephraim Zox [f] Melbourne East 1877–1899
Francis Mason was Speaker. William Beazley was Chairman of Committees.
[a] Anderson died 3 May 1898; replaced by , sworn-in June 1898.
[b] Hancock died 22 November 1899; replaced by Samuel Mauger, sworn-in January 1900.
[c] McCay lost a by-election on 20 December 1899 after accepting the position of Minister for Education; replaced by Harry Lawson.[4]
[d] E. Murphy died 12 April 1900; replaced by , sworn-in June 1900.
[e] Stapleton died 9 November 1899; replaced by , sworn-in December 1899.
[f] Zox died 23 October 1899; replaced by Samuel Gillott, sworn-in November 1899.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1888" (PDF). Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Re-Member (Former Members)". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  4. ^ "The Ministerial Elections". Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 21 December 1899.
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