This is a list of members of the

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 Co ...

, as appointed to the Council of 1853 or elected at the 1853 election (main table). Members added in 1855 are noted in a separate section below. From 1851 to 1856 the original Legislative Council was

unicameral Unicameralism (from ''uni''- "one" + Latin ''camera'' "chamber") is a type of legislature, which consists of one house or assembly, that legislates and votes as one. Unicameral legislatures exist when there is no widely perceived need for multic ...

(a single chamber) and consisted of Electoral districts. From 1856 onwards, the

Victorian parliament The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria that follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system. It consists of the King, represented by the Governor of Victoria, the Legislative Assembly and ...

consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council (upper house, consisting of Provinces) and the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The presiding ...

(lower house). Victorian Legislative Council districts 1851

:Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that electorate. Aldcorn resigned 24 November 1853; replaced by

James McCulloch Sir James McCulloch, (18 March 1819 – 31 January 1893), British colonial politician, was the fifth Premier of Victoria. Early life McCulloch was born in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of George McCulloch, a quarry master a ...

(non-office-bearing nominee) from 1 August 1854
Annand resigned July 1855; replaced by

Thomas Embling Thomas Embling (26 August 1814 – 17 January 1893) was a doctor from the United Kingdom who took an interest in the humane treatment of inmates in asylums before emigrating to Melbourne, Australia where he set about reforming the Yarra Be ...

, by-election Sep. 1855
Campbell resigned May 1854; replaced by

Thomas Howard Fellows Thomas Howard Fellows (October 1822 – 8 April 1878) was an English rower and an Australian politician and Judge of the Supreme Court of Victoria. Early life in England Fellows was born at Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, the son of Thomas Fel ...

, by-election Sep. 1854
Childers was Auditor-General until 5 December 1853 replaced by Edward Grimes from 8 December 1853. Childers was Collector of Customs from 5 December 1853
Cole resigned May 1855; replaced by John King by-election Nov. 1855
Cowie resigned May 1854, replaced by James Harrison, by-election Nov. 1854
Croke resigned January 1854, replaced by Robert Molesworth from 4 January 1854
Dane resigned November 1854; replaced by

Henry Samuel Chapman Henry Samuel Chapman (21 July 1803 – 27 December 1881) was an Australian and New Zealand judge, colonial secretary, attorney-general, journalist and politician. Early life Chapman was born at Kennington, London, the son of Henry Chapman, Engli ...

, by-election Feb. 1855
Emmett resigned September 1853; replaced by Andrew Knight on 6 September 1853; Knight resigned 8 March 1854; replaced by Charles Bradshaw on 1 August 1854
Foster resigned December 1854, replaced by William Haines as Colonial Secretary on 12 December 1854
Goldsmith resigned November 1853, replaced by

John Thompson Charlton John Thompson Charlton, also known as John Charlton Thompson (1826 – 26 November 1878) was a politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life Charlton was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England, ...

Graham resigned July 1854, replaced by

Donald Kennedy Donald Kennedy (August 18, 1931 – April 21, 2020) was an American scientist, public administrator, and academic. He served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (1977–1979), President of Stanford University (1980– ...

from September 1854
Haines resigned Dec. 1854; replaced by

Horatio Wills Horatio Spencer Howe Wills (5 October 1811 – 17 October 1861) was an Australian pastoralist, politician and newspaper owner. Biography Born in Sydney in the British penal colony of New South Wales, Wills grew up on George Street with hi ...

, January 1855
Langlands was unseated; replaced by successful appealer

Frederick James Sargood Frederick James Sargood (1805 – 15 January 1873) was a merchant and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early life Sargood was probably born in England. The 1871 c ...

, Oct. 1853
Mitchell resigned November 1853, replaced by Charles MacMahon
James Murphy resigned Sep. 1855; replaced by

Thomas Rae Thomas Rae (1819 – 10 December 1862) was a manufacturer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life Rae was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the son of James Rae and Jean, ''née'' Weir. Rae was ed ...

by-election Nov. 1855
Nicholson resigned May 1854; replaced by George Horne, by-election Sep. 1854
Parker resigned August 1854; replaced by Alfred Ross 12 August 1854Sweetman, p.179
Pohlman resigned as nominee October 1854, elected for Ripon and Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth, January 1855.
Pohlman replaced by

Charles Pasley General Sir Charles William Pasley (8 September 1780 – 19 April 1861) was a British soldier and military engineer who wrote the defining text on the role of the post-American Revolution British Empire: ''An Essay on the Military Policy and Ins ...

(Colonial Engineer) in the Council on 16 October 1854
Rutledge resigned Mar. 1854; replaced by

Claud Farie Claud Farie, sometimes spelled Claude Farie (5 December 1816 – 22 August 1870) was sheriff and politician in colonial Victoria (Australia), Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council. Early life Farie was born in Farme, near Glasg ...

, by-election Apr. 1854, resigned Oct. 1885; replaced by James M. Knight, by-election, Dec. 1855
Splatt resigned Apr. 1854; replaced by William Taylor, by-election Sep. 1854
Stevens resigned Feb. 1854; replaced by

Francis Beaver Francis Edis Beaver (19 June 1824 – 7 October 1887) was an auctioneer and politician in colonial Victoria, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly at different times. Early life Beaver was born in ...

, by-election Mar. 1854
Alexander Thomson resigned Aug. 1955; replaced by

Alexander Fyfe Alexander Fyfe (1826 – 2 May 1903) was a Scottish-born settler of Victoria, Australia, who became a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Fyfe was born ...

, by-election Sep. 1854
James Thomson resigned Feb. 1854; replaced by

Colin Campbell Colin may refer to: * Colin (given name) * Colin (surname) * ''Colin'' (film), a 2008 Cannes film festival zombie movie * Colin (horse) (1905–1932), thoroughbred racehorse * Colin (humpback whale), a humpback whale calf abandoned north of Sydney, ...

, by-election 1854
Winter resigned Aug. 1854; replaced by

William Forlonge William Jack Forlonge (15 May 1813 – 15 September 1890) was a pastoralist and politician in colonial Victoria and New South Wales, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Assembly and the New South Wales Legisla ...

, by-election, Oct. 1854

Members from 1855

In 1855, five new electorates were created, a total of eight elected members and one non-office bearing nominee were added to the Council. Nominations took place on 10 November 1855, Humffray and Lalor were elected unopposed. An office-bearing nominee (Treasurer) was added 28 November 1855.Sweetman, p181

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