Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1856–1858

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections on 5 August 1856 to the elections of 31 August to 2 October 1858.^[1]

The old unicameral, partly nominated Legislative Council was abolished on 20 March 1856.^[2] On 7 November 1856 the members of the now bicameral and fully elected Victorian Parliament were published in the Government Gazette. ^[3] The new Council first met in November 1856.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.^[4]

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

Name	Province	Term in Office
John Allan	North-Western	1856–1858
John Barter Bennett	South	1856–1863
William J. T. Clarke	South	1856–1861; 1863–1870
James Cowie	South-Western	1853–1854; 1856–1858
Andrew Cruikshank^[a]	Western	1856–1858
John Pascoe Fawkner	Central^[4]	1851–1869
Nehemiah Guthridge	Central	1856–1858
James Henty ^[p]	South-Western	1853–1882
Stephen Henty	Western	1856–1870
Matthew Hervey	Eastern	1853–1865
John Hodgson ^[p]	Central	1853–1860
John Hood	Central	1856–1859
Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Kaye^[b]	Eastern	1856–1857
Donald Kennedy	South	1854–1864
Dennis Keogh	North-Western	1856–1860
Thomas McCombie	South	1856–1859
Henry Miller ^[p] ^[c]	Central	1851–1866
William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James Palmer	Western^[4]	1851–1870
John Patterson	North-Western	1856–1859
Thomas Power	South	1856–1864
William Roope	South-Western	1856–1860
James Stewart	Eastern	1856–1863
James Strachan ^[p]	South-Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson	Eastern	1856–1863
Daniel Tierney	Western	1856–1859
George Urquhart	North-Western	1856–1860
Charles Vaughan	Western	1856–1864
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

^a Cruikshank resigned March 1858; replaced by Henry Miller in a by-election May 1858

^b Kaye was disqualified for bribery February 1857,^[5] replaced by William Highett in a by-election May 1857

^c Miller resigned April 1858, replaced by Thomas Howard Fellows in a by-election May 1858

^p Previous member of an old district of unicameral Council when it was abolished in March 1856

References

^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 45. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ Sweetman, p.67
^ Sweetman, p.183
^ "William Kaye". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

"Find a Member". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

[1] "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2025.

[Sweetman-2] Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 45. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[3] Sweetman, p.67

[4] Sweetman, p.183

[5] "William Kaye". State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 17 July 2025.

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