- Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1868–1870
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This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly from 1868 to 1870, as elected at the 1868 state elections.
Name Electorate Term in office Archibald Archer[6] Rockhampton 1867–1869; 1878–1886;
1888–1896Travers Atkin[2][9] Clermont
East Moreton1868–1869; 1870–1872 Joshua Peter Bell Northern Downs 1862–1879 Rt Hon John Bright[5] Kennedy 1869–1870 Archibald Buchanan[8] Mitchell 1870; 1871–1873 Oscar de Satge[2] Clermont 1869–1872; 1873–1877;
1881–1882John Douglas[1] East Moreton 1863–1866; 1867–1868;
1875–1880George Edmondstone[3] Town of Brisbane 1860–1867; 1869–1877 Gilbert Eliott Wide Bay 1860–1870 John Ferrett[11] West Moreton 1860–1863; 1870–1873 Thomas Henry FitzGerald[5] Kennedy 1867–1869; 1873–1875 Frederick Forbes West Moreton 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1868–1873Arthur Francis[9] East Moreton 1867–1870 Simon Fraser Town of Brisbane 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888Alexander Fyfe [10] Rockhampton 1870–1873 William Henry Groom Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901 Charles Haly[4] Burnett 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1869–1871; 1876–1878Hon Arthur Hodgson[7] Warrego 1868–1869 Samuel Hodgson[11] West Moreton 1868–1870 Henry Jordan[1] East Moreton 1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890Edward Lamb[8] Mitchell 1867–1869 Charles Lilley Fortitude Valley 1860–1873 Arthur Macalister Eastern Downs 1860–1871; 1872–1876 Thomas McIlwraith[7] Warrego 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896Robert Mackenzie[4] Burnett 1860–1869 William Miles Maranoa 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887Henry Milford [6][10] Rockhampton 1869–1870 John Murphy Ipswich 1867–1870 Kevin O'Doherty Town of Brisbane 1867–1873 Hon Arthur Hunter Palmer Port Curtis 1866–1881 Ratcliffe Pring Burnett 1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879Theophilus Parsons Pugh[3] Town of Brisbane 1863–1869 Robert Ramsay Western Downs 1867–1873 Charles Royds Leichhardt 1860–1864; 1868–1872 Gordon Sandeman Leichhardt 1863–1870 Thomas Stephens South Brisbane 1863–1875 James Taylor Western Downs 1860–1870 John Malbon Thompson Ipswich 1868–1881 George Thorn West Moreton 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902Edmond Thornton Warwick 1868–1870; 1871–1873 William Henry Walsh Maryborough 1865–1878 Henry Williams Ipswich 1868–1870 Notes
- 1 On 11 December 1868, John Douglas, member for East Moreton, resigned. Henry Jordan won the resulting by-election on 23 December 1868.
- 2 On 29 January 1869, Travers Atkin, member for Clermont, resigned. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 4 March 1869.
- 3 On 30 January 1869, Theophilus Parsons Pugh, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. George Edmondstone was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 10 February 1869.
- 4 On 6 April 1869, Robert Mackenzie, former Premier and member for Burnett, retired from politics and departed for Europe. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 21 April 1869.
- 5 On 11 June 1869, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Kennedy, resigned. Rt Hon John Bright, an English Radical politician who was endorsed as a form of protest, won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1869. He never took his seat in the Queensland Parliament.
- 6 On 19 November 1869, Archibald Archer, member for Rockhampton, resigned. Henry Milford won the resulting by-election on 6 December 1869, although did not take his seat.
- 7 On 23 November 1869, Arthur Hodgson, the member for Warrego, resigned. Thomas McIlwraith won the resulting by-election on 5 January 1870.
- 8 On 3 December 1869, Edward Lamb, member for Mitchell, resigned. Archibald Buchanan won the resulting by-election on 8 February 1870; however, it emerged he had not nominated as a candidate and had been elected against his own wishes, and he resigned two days later.
- 9 On 17 February 1870, Arthur Francis, member for East Moreton, resigned due to insolvency. Travers Atkin was appointed to fill the vacancy.
- 10 On 7 June 1870, Henry Milford, member for Rockhampton since a December 1869 by-election, resigned. He stood again at the resulting by-election on 20 June 1870, but was defeated by Alexander Fyfe.
- 11 On 13 June 1870, Samuel Hodgson, member for West Moreton, resigned. John Ferrett won the resulting by-election on 25 June 1870.
See also
- Queensland state election, 1868
- Premier:
- Robert Mackenzie (1867–1868)
- Charles Lilley (1868–1870)
References
- Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
- Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)
Preceded by
3rd Assembly4th Queensland Legislative Assembly
1868–1870Succeeded by
5th AssemblyCategories:- Members of Queensland parliaments by term
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