Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the 4th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1868 to 1870, as elected at the 1868 colonial elections held between 14 September 1868 and 6 October 1868 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).^[1]

Name	Electorate	Term in office
Archibald Archer^[6]	Rockhampton	1867–1869; 1878–1886; 1888–1896
Robert Travers Atkin^[2]^[9]	Clermont East Moreton	1868–1869; 1870–1872
Joshua Peter Bell	Northern Downs	1862–1879
John Robinson Benson^[10]	Clermont	1870–1870
Rt Hon John Bright^[5]	Kennedy	1869–1870
Archibald Berdmore Buchanan^[8]	Mitchell	1870; 1871–1873
Oscar de Satge^[2]^[10]	Clermont	1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
John Douglas^[1]	East Moreton	1863–1866; 1867–1868; 1875–1880
George Edmondstone^[3]	Town of Brisbane	1860–1867; 1869–1877
Gilbert Eliott	Wide Bay	1860–1870
John Ferrett^[12]	West Moreton	1860–1863; 1870–1873
Thomas Henry FitzGerald^[5]	Kennedy	1867–1869; 1873–1875
Frederick Forbes	West Moreton	1860–1863; 1865–1867; 1868–1873
Arthur Francis^[9]	East Moreton	1867–1870
Simon Fraser	Town of Brisbane	1868–1870; 1873–1878; 1880–1888
Alexander Fyfe ^[11]	Rockhampton	1870–1873
William Henry Groom	Drayton and Toowoomba	1862–1901
Charles Haly^[4]	Burnett	1860–1863; 1865–1867; 1869–1871; 1876–1878
Hon Arthur Hodgson^[7]	Warrego	1868–1869
Samuel Hodgson^[12]	West Moreton	1868–1870
Henry Jordan^[1]	East Moreton	1860; 1868–1871; 1883–1890
Edward Lamb^[8]	Mitchell	1867–1869
Charles Lilley	Hamlet of Fortitude Valley	1860–1873
Arthur Macalister	Eastern Downs	1860–1871; 1872–1876
Thomas McIlwraith^[7]	Warrego	1870–1871; 1873–1886; 1888–1896
Robert Mackenzie^[4]	Burnett	1860–1869
William Miles	Maranoa	1864–1873; 1874–1875; 1876–1887
Henry Milford ^[6]^[11]	Rockhampton	1869–1870
John Murphy	Town of Ipswich	1867–1870
Kevin O'Doherty	Town of Brisbane	1867–1873
Hon Arthur Hunter Palmer	Port Curtis	1866–1881
Ratcliffe Pring	Burnett	1860–1862; 1863–1866; 1867–1872; 1873–1874; 1878–1879
Theophilus Parsons Pugh^[3]	Town of Brisbane	1863–1869
Robert Ramsay	Western Downs	1867–1873
Charles Royds	Leichhardt	1860–1864; 1868–1872
Gordon Sandeman	Leichhardt	1863–1870
Thomas Blacket Stephens	Town of South Brisbane	1863–1875
James Taylor	Western Downs	1860–1870
John Malbon Thompson	Town of Ipswich	1868–1881
George Thorn	West Moreton	1867–1874; 1876–1878; 1879–1883; 1887–1888; 1893–1902
Edmond Thornton	Warwick	1868–1870; 1871–1873
William Henry Walsh	Maryborough	1865–1878
Henry Williams	Town of Ipswich	1868–1870

Notes

¹ On 11 December 1868, John Douglas, member for East Moreton, resigned. Henry Jordan won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1868.

² On 29 January 1869, Robert Travers Atkin, member for Clermont, resigned. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 4 March 1869.

³ On 30 January 1869, Theophilus Parsons Pugh, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. George Edmondstone was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 10 February 1869.

⁴ On 6 April 1869, Robert Mackenzie, former premier and member for Burnett, retired from politics and departed for Europe. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 21 April 1869.

⁵ On 11 June 1869, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Kennedy, resigned. Rt Hon John Bright, an English Radical politician who was endorsed as a form of protest, won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1869. He never took his seat in the Queensland Parliament.

⁶ On 19 November 1869, Archibald Archer, member for Rockhampton, resigned. Henry Milford won the resulting by-election on 6 December 1869, although did not take his seat.

⁷ On 23 November 1869, Arthur Hodgson, the member for Warrego, resigned. Thomas McIlwraith won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1870.

⁸ On 3 December 1869, Edward Lamb, member for Mitchell, resigned. Archibald Berdmore Buchanan won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1870; however, it emerged he had not nominated as a candidate and had been elected against his own wishes, and he resigned two days later.

⁹ On 17 February 1870, Arthur Francis, member for East Moreton, resigned due to insolvency. After Robert Cribb withdrew his nomination, Robert Travers Atkin was elected unopposed on 17 February 1870.

¹⁰ On 4 April 1870, Oscar de Satge, member for the Clermont resigned. John Robinson Benson won the resulting by-election on 4 May 1870.

¹¹ On 7 June 1870, Henry Milford, member for Rockhampton since a December 1869 by-election, resigned. He stood again at the resulting by-election on 20 June 1870, but was defeated by Alexander Fyfe.

¹² On 13 June 1870, Samuel Hodgson, member for West Moreton, resigned. John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870.

References

^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)

[qed-1] "Queensland General Election Dates 1860-1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.

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Legislative Assembly	1860–1863 1863–1867 1867–1868 1868–1870 1870–1871 1871–1873 1873–1878 1878–1883 1883–1888 1888–1893 1893–1896 1896–1899 1899–1902 1902–1904 1904–1907 1907–1908 1908–1909 1909–1912 1912–1915 1915–1918 1918–1920 1920–1923 1923–1926 1926–1929 1929–1932 1932–1935 1935–1938 1938–1941 1941–1944 1944–1947 1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1956 1956–1957 1957–1960 1960–1963 1963–1966 1966–1969 1969–1972 1972–1974 1974–1977 1977–1980 1980–1983 1983–1986 1986–1989 1989–1992 1992–1995 1995–1998 1998–2001 2001–2004 2004–2006 2006–2009 2009–2012 2012–2015 2015–2017 2017–2020 2020–2024 2024–2028
Legislative Council	1860–1869 1870–1879 1880–1889 1890–1899 1900–1909 1910–1916 1917–1922

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