Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861 (original) (raw)

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2 – 19 August 1861. The Assembly was created in 1856. The following districts were abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858, taking effect at the 1859 elections: Alberton, Anglesey, Castlemaine Boroughs, Colac, Dundas and Follett (renamed to Dundas), Evelyn and Mornington, Geelong, Gippsland, Loddon, Melbourne, North Grant, North Grenville, Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville, South Melbourne and Talbot. The following districts were created in 1859: Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Avoca, Dalhousie, North Gippsland, Polwarth and South Grenville, Sandridge, South Gippsland, Ararat, Castlemaine, Creswick, East Bourke Boroughs, Emerald Hill, Maldon, Mandurang, Maryborough, Ripon and Hampden, West Melbourne, Ballaarat East, Ballaarat West, East Melbourne, Grenville, North Melbourne, Gippsland North, Mornington, Dundas (renamed from Dundas and Follett) and Evelyn. Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. a Aspinall resigned September 1860, replaced by Henry Samuel Chapman in a November 1860 by-electionb Brodie resigned in May 1861, replaced by in a May 1861 by-electionc Cowie resigned in January 1860, replaced by Augustus Greeves in a February 1860 by-electiond Ebden resigned in May 1861, replaced by George Higinbotham in a May 1861 by-electione Everard left Parliament in December 1859, replaced by Wilson Gray in a January 1860 by-electionf Harker resigned in March 1860, replaced by in a March 1860 by-electiong Harrison resigned September 1860, replaced by in a November 1860 by-electionh Horne resigned February 1861, replaced by in a March 1861 by-electioni Hunter left Parliament in July 1861, replaced by Graham Berry in a July 1861 by-electionj Ireland lost the December 1860 by-election after being appointed Attorney-General, replaced by Nathaniel Levi sworn in January 1861k Keefer resigned in March 1860, replaced by in a March 1860 by-electionl King resigned November 1859, replaced by in a January 1860 by-election. Bell resigned in March 1860, replaced by in a March 1860 by-electionm Macadam left Parliament in May 1861, replaced by (May to July 1861)n McLeod resigned in September 1860, replaced by William Haines in a November 1860 by-electiono McMillan resigned November 1860, replaced by George Hedley in a January 1861 by-electionp Phelan's election was declared void in January 1860, replaced by John Carre Riddell in a February 1860 by-election (en)

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2 – 19 August 1861. The Assembly was created in 1856. The following districts were abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858, taking effect at the 1859 elections: Alberton, Anglesey, Castlemaine Boroughs, Colac, Dundas and Follett (renamed to Dundas), Evelyn and Mornington, Geelong, Gippsland, Loddon, Melbourne, North Grant, North Grenville, Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville, South Melbourne and Talbot. (en)

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