This is a list of members of the

Victorian Legislative Assembly The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the states and territories of Australia, state lower house of the bicameral Parliament of Victoria in Australia; the state upper house being the Victorian Legislative Council. Both houses sit at Parliament H ...

from the elections of 23 September – 24 October 1856 to those of 26 August – 26 September 1859. The Assembly was created in 1856. ---- Victorian Legislative Assembly districts 1856-1859

Victorian Legislative Assembly districts 1856-1859

:Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.

Notes

O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, deciding to represent the latter he resigned from Melbourne. The by-election for Melbourne in January 1857 was won by Henry Langlands. : Baragwanath resigned in December 1857, replaced by John Everard in a January 1858 by-election. : Cameron resigned in March 1857, replaced by John Wood in an April 1857 by-election. : Childers resigned in February 1857, replaced by John Findlay in a July 1857 by-election. : Clarke resigned in August 1858, replaced by Robert Anderson in an October 1858 by-election. : Fellows resigned in May 1858, replaced by John Crews in a May 1858 by-election. : Fyfe resigned in November 1857, replaced by George Board in a February 1858 by-election : Goodman resigned in January 1858, 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 ...

in a January 1858 by-election. Forlonge resigned in January 1859, replaced in turn by William Nicholson in a January 1859 by-election : Greeves resigned in March 1857, replaced by

Richard Heales Richard Heales (22 February 1822 – 19 June 1864), Victoria (Australia), Victorian colonial politician, was the 4th premier of Victoria. Heales was born in London, the son of Richard Heales, an ironmonger. He was apprenticed as a coachbuilder ...

in a March 1857 by-election : Griffith resigned in February 1858, replaced by William Mollison in an April 1858 by-election : Haines left Parliament around November 1858, replaced by John Bell in a January 1859 by-election. : King resigned in September 1857, replaced by John Johnson in a November 1857 by-election : McDougall resigned in August 1857, replaced by Joseph Wilkie in an August 1857 by-election : Palmer resigned in July 1857, replaced by Richard Davies Ireland in an August 1857 by-election : Pasley resigned in July 1857, replaced by

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in a July 1857 by-election. : Pyke resigned in February 1857, replaced by Robert Sitwell in a March 1857 by-election : Read resigned in February 1858, replaced by James Harrison in an April 1858 by-election : Rutherford resigned in July 1857, replaced by Theodore Hancock in a July 1857 by-election : Sargood resigned in December 1857, replaced by Henry Chapman in a January 1858 by-election. : Sladen resigned in March 1857, replaced by

Alexander Thomson Alexander "Greek" Thomson (9 April 1817 – 22 March 1875) was an eminent Scottish architect and architectural theorist who was a pioneer in sustainable building. Although his work was published in the architectural press of his day, it was ...

in December 1857 : Stawell resigned in February 1857, replaced by

James Service James Service (27 November 1823 – 12 April 1899), an Australian colonial politician, was the 12th premier of Victoria, Australia. Biography Service was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, the son of Robert Service. As a young man James ...

in March 1857 : Were resigned in February 1857, replaced by

Charles Ebden Charles Hotson Ebden (1811 – 28 October 1867) was an Australian pastoralist and politician, a member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early life Ebden ...

in a March 1857 by-election

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