This is a list of members of the

Queensland Legislative Council The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which to ...

from 1 January 1890 to 31 December 1899. Appointments, made by the

Governor of Queensland The governor of Queensland is the representative in the state of Queensland of the monarch of Australia. In an analogous way to the governor-general of Australia at the national level, the governor performs constitutional and ceremonial func ...

, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. The chamber increased in size from 38 to 41 members on 23 August 1894.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council: *

Arthur Hunter Palmer Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer (28 December 1819 – 20 March 1898) was an Irish-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 ...

(24 December 1881 – 20 March 1898) * Hugh Nelson (13 April 1898 – 1 January 1906) Chairman of Committees: * Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (31 July 1889 – 31 December 1892) * Frederic Brentnall (26 May 1893 – 22 July 1902)

Members

: The following had served previous terms before the appointment indicated: * Charles Hardie Buzacott: 21 January 1879 – 5 July 1882 * Boyd Dunlop Morehead: 31 December 1880 – 3 August 1883 * Albert Norton: 11 September 1867 – 29 May 1868

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, 1890-1899 Members of Queensland parliaments by term 19th-century Australian politicians