Members Of The Queensland Legislative Council, 1880–1889
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Queensland Legislative Council Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, ...
from 1 January 1880 to 31 December 1889. Appointments, made by the
Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative of the monarch, currently King Charles III, in the state of Queensland. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia, governor-general at the national level, the governor Governors of ...
, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. The chamber grew in size from 30 to 38 members during the course of the decade.


Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council: * Joshua Peter Bell (3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881) *
Arthur Hunter Palmer Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (28 December 1819 – 20 March 1898) was an Australian politician who served as the fifth Premier of Queensland, in office from 1870 to 1874. He later held ministerial office in Thomas McIlwraith's ministry from 1879 ...
(24 December 1881 – 20 March 1898) Chairman of Committees: *
Daniel Foley Roberts Daniel Foley Roberts M.L.C. (19 February 1824 – 26 July 1889), was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council. Roberts was born in Sydney, New South Wales where he was educated. He was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New ...
(30 May 1860 – 26 July 1889) * Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (31 July 1889 – 31 December 1892)


Members

: James Taylor resigned from the Council on 10 January 1881 but was reappointed on 1 July 1881. : James Garrick was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 13 November 1869 until 8 December 1870.


References

* Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
Alphabetical Register of Members
(Queensland Parliament) {{DEFAULTSORT:Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1880-1889 Members of Queensland parliaments by term 19th-century Australian politicians