Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1886–1888

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 3 September 1886 to the elections of 31 August 1888.^[1]

There were fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.

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

Name	Province	Term in Office
James Balfour	South-Eastern	1874–1913
James Beaney	North Yarra	1883–1891
Francis Beaver ^[a]	North Yarra	1854–1856; 1882–1887
James Bell	North-Western	1882–1904
^[b]	Nelson	1874–1887
	North-Eastern	1884–1903
	South-Eastern	1876–1898
William John Clarke	South	1878–1897
	South-Western	1886–1899
	North-Western	1882–1897
	Western	1881–1888
Henry Cuthbert	Wellington	1874–1907
Frank Dobson	South-Eastern	1870–1895
	Gippsland	1880–1888
	Nelson	1886–1904
Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Central	1864–1908
Simon Fraser	South Yarra	1886–1901
	Wellington	1886–1892
Cornelius Ham	Melbourne	1882–1904
David Ham	Wellington	1886–1904
	North-Eastern	1882–1888
William Edward Hearn	Melbourne	1878–1888
Thomas Henty ^[c]	South	1884–1887
James Lorimer	Melbourne	1879–1889
James MacBain	South Yarra	1880–1892
William McCulloch	Gippsland	1880–1903
Donald Melville	South	1882–1919
Francis Ormond	South-Western	1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr.	Gippsland	1881–1893
	Northern	1886–1889
William Roberts	North Yarra	1886–1892
William Robertson	South-Western	1886–1888
	Western	1878–1888
Frederick T. Sargood	South Yarra	1874–1880; 1882–1901
	North-Central	1881–1892
	Northern	1882–1889
	Western	1882–1903
John Wallace	North-Eastern	1873–1901
James Williamson	Nelson	1882–1888
William Irving Winter	Northern	1884–1901
George Young	North-Western	1882–1891
William Zeal	North-Central	1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council, Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

^[a] Beaver died 7 October 1887; replaced by George Le Fevre, sworn-in November 1887.

^[b] Bromell died 9 October 1887; replaced by James Philip Macpherson, sworn-in November 1887

^[c] Henty died September 1887; replaced by , sworn-in October 1887.

References[]

^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
Victorian Hansard, Session 1887 (PDF). Vol. 54. Robert S. Brain, Melb. 1887.

[1] "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

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