Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1900–1901

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.
NameProvinceTerm in Office
Joseph Henry AbbottNorthern1889–1904
Sidney AustinSouth-Western1888–1904
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Frederick BrownNorth-Eastern1884–1903
Thomas BruntonSouth1890–1904
James C. CampbellSouth-Eastern1895–1910
Rupert ClarkeSouth1897–1904
Thomas ComrieNorth-Western1897–1904
Samuel Cooke [a]Western1888–1901
Edward CrookeGippsland1893–1922
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
John Mark DaviesMelbourne1889–1895; 1899–1919
Thomas DowlingNelson1886–1904
William EmblingNorth-Central1892–1912
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
Simon Fraser [b]South Yarra1886–1901
George GodfreySouth Yarra1895–1904
Frederick GrimwadeNorth Yarra1891–1904
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
David HamWellington1886–1904
Thomas HarwoodSouth-Western1899–1912
Joseph HoddinottGippsland1898–1904
William Knox [c]South-Eastern1898–1901
Nathaniel LeviNorth Yarra1892–1904
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
John Y. McDonaldWellington1898–1917
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
Edward MillerSouth Yarra1893–1913
Edward MoreyWellington1889–1904
William Osmand [d]Nelson1888–1901
William Pearson (junior)Gippsland1896–1916
Pharez Phillips [e]North-Western1896–1901
William PittNorth Yarra1891–1910
Joseph PrattNorth-Western1889–1907
Robert ReidMelbourne1892–1903
Arthur SachseNorth-Eastern1892–1920
Frederick Sargood [f]South Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
George SimmieNorthern1889–1904
Arthur SnowdenMelbourne1895–1904
Joseph SternbergNorthern1891–1928
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
Samuel Williamson [g]Nelson1891–1901
William Irving Winter [h]Northern1884–1901
Henry WrixonSouth-Western1896–1910
Agar WynneWestern1888–1903
William Zeal [i]North-Central1882–1901

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 Steuart Gladstone Black 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 William Gray 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. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  • Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851).
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