Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1892–1895

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 8 September 1892 to the elections of 12 September 1895.[1] No seats were contested in the elections of 13 September 1894.[1]

From 1889 there were fourteen Provinces and a total of 48 members.[2] [3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
Northern 1889–1904
South-Western 1888–1904
James Balfour South-Eastern 1874–1913
James Bell North-Western 1882–1904
Benjamin Benjamin [a] Melbourne 1889–1892
North-Eastern 1884–1903
South 1890–1904
South-Eastern 1876–1898
William John Clarke South 1878–1897
South-Western 1886–1899
Samuel Cooke Western 1888–1901
George Selth Coppin Melbourne 1858–1863; 1889–1895
North-Western 1882–1897
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
John Mark Davies South Yarra 1889–1895; 1899–1919
George Davis Gippsland 1888–1896
Frank Dobson South-Eastern 1870–1895
Nelson 1886–1904
North-Central 1892–1912
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
Simon Fraser South Yarra 1886–1901
Frederick Grimwade North Yarra 1891–1904
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
David Ham Wellington 1886–1904
Nathaniel Levi North Yarra 1892–1904
James MacBain [b] South Yarra 1880–1892
Duncan McBryde North-Western 1891–1896; 1901–1919
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
Wellington 1889–1904
Nelson 1888–1901
William Pearson, Sr. [c] Gippsland 1881–1893
North Yarra 1891–1910
North-Western 1889–1907
Arthur Sachse North-Eastern 1892–1920
Charles Sargeant Gippsland 1889–1898
Frederick T. Sargood South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
James Service Melbourne 1888–1899
Northern 1889–1904
[d] Wellington 1892–1893
Joseph Sternberg Northern 1891–1928
Western 1882–1903
[e] South-Western 1889–1894
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
Nelson 1891–1901
William Irving Winter Northern 1884–1901
Agar Wynne Western 1888–1903
William Zeal North-Central 1882–1901

James MacBain was President of the Council until 8 November 1892, William Zeal was President from 10 November 1892;[4] Frank Dobson was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Benjamin resigned 12 September 1892; replaced by Robert Reid, sworn-in October 1892.
[b] MacBain died 4 November 1892; replaced by , sworn-in December 1892.
[c] Pearson died 10 August 1893; replaced by Edward Crooke, sworn-in September 1893.
[d] Steinfeld died 16 April 1893; replaced by , sworn-in July 1893.
[e] Wallace resigned November 1894; replaced by , sworn-in December 1894.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ Victoria, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) (PDF). Vol. 60.
  4. ^ "Former Presidents of the Legislative Council". Parliament of Victoria.
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