Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1900–1901

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 13 September 1900 to the elections of 12 September 1901.[1] Several members resigned from the Council in 1901 to become members of the newly formed Parliament of Australia.

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

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
North-Eastern 1884–1903
South 1890–1904
James C. Campbell South-Eastern 1895–1910
Rupert Clarke South 1897–1904
North-Western 1897–1904
Samuel Cooke [a] Western 1888–1901
Edward Crooke Gippsland 1893–1922
Henry Cuthbert Wellington 1874–1907
John Mark Davies Melbourne 1889–1895; 1899–1919
Nelson 1886–1904
North-Central 1892–1912
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Central 1864–1908
Simon Fraser [b] South Yarra 1886–1901
South Yarra 1895–1904
Frederick Grimwade North Yarra 1891–1904
Cornelius Ham Melbourne 1882–1904
David Ham Wellington 1886–1904
South-Western 1899–1912
Gippsland 1898–1904
William Knox [c] South-Eastern 1898–1901
Nathaniel Levi North Yarra 1892–1904
William McCulloch Gippsland 1880–1903
John Y. McDonald Wellington 1898–1917
Donald Melville South 1882–1919
South Yarra 1893–1913
Wellington 1889–1904
[d] Nelson 1888–1901
William Pearson (junior) Gippsland 1896–1916
Pharez Phillips [e] North-Western 1896–1901
North Yarra 1891–1910
North-Western 1889–1907
Robert Reid Melbourne 1892–1903
Arthur Sachse North-Eastern 1892–1920
Frederick Sargood [f] South Yarra 1874–1880; 1882–1901
Northern 1889–1904
Arthur Snowden Melbourne 1895–1904
Joseph Sternberg Northern 1891–1928
Western 1882–1903
John Wallace North-Eastern 1873–1901
[g] Nelson 1891–1901
William Irving Winter [h] Northern 1884–1901
Henry Wrixon South-Western 1896–1910
Agar Wynne Western 1888–1903
William Zeal [i] North-Central 1882–1901

Henry Wrixon was President of the Council.

[a] Cooke resigned in March 1901 to take a seat in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by Walter Manifold in June 1901.
[b] Fraser resigned in March 1901 to become a senator in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by Edmund Smith in June 1901.
[c] Knox resigned in March 1901 to take a seat in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by Duncan McBryde in June 1901.
[d] Osmand died 11 March 1901; replaced by in March 1901.
[e] Phillips resigned in March 1901 to take a seat in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by Henry Williams in June 1901.
[f] Sargood resigned in March 1901 to become a senator in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by Thomas Henry Payne in June 1901.
[g] Williamson resigned around May 1901; replaced by Hans Irvine in July 1901.
[h] Winter-Irving died 28 June 1901; replaced by William Baillieu in August 1901.
[i] Zeal resigned in March 1901 to become a senator in the new Federal Parliament; replaced by in June 1901.

References[]

  1. ^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. ^ "The Legislative Council Elections". The Argus. 30 August 1889. p. 6. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  • Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).
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