Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1870–1872

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870 to the elections of 24 August to September 1872.^[1]^[2]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.^[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
Thomas Turner à Beckett	Central	1852–1856; 1858–1878
William à Beckett	South	1868–1876
Robert Anderson	Eastern	1866–1883
John Pinney Bear	South	1863–1878
Niel Black	Western	1859–1880
William Campbell	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
George Ward Cole	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
John Cumming	South-Western	1870–1880
William Degraves	South	1860–1874
Frank Dobson	South	1870–1895
Nicholas Fitzgerald	North-Western	1864–1908
Alexander Fraser	North-Western	1858–1881
James Graham	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
James Henty	South-Western	1853–1882
William Highett	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert Hope	South-Western	1856–1864; 1867–1874
Caleb Jenner	South-Western	1863–1886
Thomas McKellar	Western	1870–1875
William Mitchell	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan Murphy	Eastern	1864–1873
John O'Shanassy	Central	1851–1856; 1868–1874
William Henry Pettet ^[a]	South	1864–1871
Francis Robertson	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
Philip Russell	South-Western	1869–1875; 1880–1886
Robert Simson	Western	1868–1878; 1880–1882
William Skene	Western	1870–1876
James Strachan	Western	1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Turnbull	Eastern	1851–1853; 1864–1872
Henry Walsh ^[b]	Central	1869–1871
Benjamin Williams	Eastern	1856–1874

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Robert Hope was Chairman of Committees.^[2]

^[a] Pettet (sometimes spelt Pettett) died 2 December 1871, replaced by Thomas Hamilton in April 1872

^[b] Walsh resigned in May 1871, replaced by Archibald Michie in a June 1871 by-election^[4] (sworn in August)

References

^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2025.
^ ^a ^b Victorian Hansard, Session 1870 (PDF). Vol. XI. John Ferres, Melb. 1870.
^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
^ "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1871.

"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.

[Hansard-2] Victorian Hansard, Session 1870 (PDF). Vol. XI. John Ferres, Melb. 1870.

[Sweetman-3] Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[4] "Central Province Election". The Argus. Melbourne. 22 June 1871.

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