Members Of The Victorian Legislative Council, 1851–1853
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the inaugural Council of 1851 or elected at the 1851 election. From 1851 to 1856 the original Legislative Council was unicameral (a single chamber) and consisted of Electoral districts. From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the Victorian Legislative Assembly (lower house). : Redmond Barry resigned June 1852, replaced as Solicitor-General from 13 April 1852 by Edward Williams. Williams was replaced by James Croke from 21 July 1852. : Dight died 9 October 1852, replaced by William Nicholson, by-election November 1852 : Dunlop died 21 June 1852, replaced by Joseph Anderson on 14 July 1852 : Ebden resigned October 1852, replaced by Hugh Childers, from 26 October 1852. : Griffith resigned June 1852, replaced by John Riddell on 21 June 1852Sweetman 1920, p.169 : Haines resigned August 18 ...
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Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council (VLC) is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria, Australia, the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to its federal counterpart, the Australian Senate. Although, it is possible for legislation to be first introduced in the Council, most bills receive their first hearing in the Legislative Assembly. The presiding officer of the chamber is the President of the Legislative Council. The Council presently comprises 40 members serving four-year terms from eight electoral regions each with five members. With each region electing 5 members using the single transferable vote, the quota in each region for election, after distribution of preferences, is 16.7% (one-sixth). Ballot papers for elections for the Legislative Council have above and below the line voting. Voting above the line requ ...
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