Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1882–1884

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 30 November 1882 to the elections of 11 September 1884.[1][2]

The Legislative Council Act 1881,[3] which took effect at the 1882 elections, created ten new provinces: Gippsland, Melbourne, Nelson, North Yarra, North-Central, North-Eastern, Northern, South Yarra, South-Eastern and Wellington, with two abolished: Central and Eastern. This resulted in a total of fourteen Provinces, each returning three members for a total of 42 members.[3]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
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NameProvinceTerm in Office
Robert Anderson [a]North-Eastern1866–1883
James BalfourSouth-Eastern1874–1913
Francis BeaverNorth Yarra1854–1856; 1882–1887
George BelcherWellington1875–1886
James BellNorth-Western1882–1904
Thomas BromellNelson1874–1887
James BuchananSouth-Eastern1876–1898
James CampbellWellington1882–1886
William John ClarkeSouth1878–1897
David CouttsNorth-Western1882–1897
Thomas Forrest CummingWestern1881–1888
Henry CuthbertWellington1874–1907
Frank DobsonSouth-Eastern1870–1895
John DoughartyGippsland1880–1888
Nicholas FitzgeraldNorth-Central1864–1908
James GrahamSouth Yarra1853–1854; 1866–1886
Cornelius HamMelbourne1882–1904
Thomas HamiltonSouth1872–1884
Patrick HannaNorth-Eastern1882–1888
William Edward HearnMelbourne1878–1888
Caleb JennerSouth-Western1863–1886
James LorimerMelbourne1879–1889
James MacBainSouth Yarra1880–1892
William McCullochGippsland1880–1903
George MearesNorth Yarra1882–1886
Donald MelvilleSouth1882–1919
William MitchellNorthern1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Francis OrmondSouth-Western1882–1889
William Pearson, Sr.Gippsland1881–1893
Francis RobertsonNorthern1860–1864; 1868–1886
William RossWestern1878–1888
Philip RussellSouth-Western1869–1875; 1880–1886
Frederick T. SargoodSouth Yarra1874–1880; 1882–1901
Charles Sladen [b]Nelson1855–1856; 1864–1868;
1876–1882
William StanbridgeNorth-Central1881–1892
David Chaplin SterryNorthern1882–1889
Theodotus Sumner [c]North Yarra1873–1883
Nathan ThornleyWestern1882–1903
John WallaceNorth-Eastern1873–1901
James WilliamsonNelson1882–1888
George YoungNorth-Western1882–1891
William ZealNorth-Central1882–1901
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William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.[2]

[a] Anderson died 26 October 1883; replaced by Frederick Brown, sworn-in June 1884
[b] Sladen resigned from the Council in December 1882,[4] replaced by Holford Wettenhall the same month.
[c] Sumner vacated his seat February 1883; replaced by James Beaney, sworn-in March 1883.

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