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Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1862–1864

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 1 September – 2 October 1862 to the elections of 2 September – 3 October 1864.[1]

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.[2]

VLC Electoral Provinces, 1856–1882
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
John Barter Bennett [1] South 1856–1863
Niel Black Western 1859–1880
William Campbell North-Western 1851–1854; 1862–1882
William J. T. Clarke South 1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward Cole Central 1853–1855; 1859–1879
George Coppin [2] South-Western 1858–1863; 1889–1895
William Degraves South 1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner Central 1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows Central 1854–1856; 1858–1868
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
Matthew Hervey Eastern 1853–1865
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
Robert Hope South-Western 1856–1864; 1867–1874
William Henry Hull Central 1860–1866
Donald Kennedy [3] South 1854–1864
John McCrae South-Western 1860–1870
Henry Miller Western 1851–1866
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
James Palmer Western 1851–1870
Thomas Power South 1856–1864
Francis Robertson North-Western 1860–1864; 1868–1886
James Stewart [4] Eastern 1856–1863
James Strachan South-Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Thomson [5] Eastern 1856–1863
Charles Vaughan Western 1856–1864
David Wilkie North-Western 1858–1868
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
[1] Bennett resigned May 1863, replaced by John Pinney Bear in June 1863
[2] Coppin resigned February 1863, replaced by Caleb Jenner in March 1863
[3] Kennedy died 29 February 1864, replaced by William Taylor in an April 1864 by-election
[4] Stewart died 2 August 1863, replaced by James Denham Pinnock in a January 1864 by-election
[5] Thomson died 15 November 1863, replaced by Robert Turnbull in a January 1864 by-election

References

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  1. ^ "Legislative Council Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
  2. ^ Sweetman, Edward (1920). Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6. Whitcombe & Tombs Limited. p. 183. Retrieved 26 June 2013.