VICTORIA ==================================================================== LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 11 SEPTEMBER 1884 ==================================================================== Showing ministerial and parliamentary offices held in the period 11 September 1884 to 9 September 1886 The 1881 Act reforming the Legislative Council reduced the terms of members of the Legislative Council from ten years to six years, but provided that members who had been elected before 1882 retained their seats for the ten-year terms to which they had been elected. This meant that in 1884 only eight provinces needed to elect members. VOTING BY PROVINCE ==================================================================== GIPPSLAND PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for Gippsland Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John George Dougharty (1823-89): Elected 1880 by > William McCulloch (1832-1909): Elected 1880 > William Pearson (1818-93): Elected 1864, 1866. Retired 1868. Elected 1881 by, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for Melbourne Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Cornelius Job Ham (1837-1909): Elected 1882 > James Lorimer (1831-89): Elected 1879 by, 1880 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence from 18 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Edward Hearn (1826-88): Elected 1878 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NELSON PROVINCE 4,579 enrolled, 1,667 (36.4%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas BROMELL * 870 52.2 Thomas Dowling 797 47.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,667 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bromell (1832-87): Elected 1874, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Nelson Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Holford Highlord Wettenhall (1840-1920): Elected 1883 by > James Williamson (1830-1914): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for Northern Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Henry Fancourt Mitchell (1811-84): Elected 1856. Accepted office 1857. Elected 1857 by. Defeated 1858. Elected 1859 by, 1860. Accepted office 1862. Elected 1862 by, 1870, 1880 Died 24 November 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council to 24 November 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Robertson (1825-86): Elected 1868, 1878 Died 11 March 1886 > David Chaplin Sterry (1831-1904): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-CENTRAL PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Nicholas FITZGERALD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nicholas Fitzgerald (1829-1908): Elected 1864, 1874, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Central Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Edward Stanbridge (1816-94): Elected 1881 by > William Austin Zeal (1830-1912): Elected 1864. Retired 1865. Elected 1871. Retired 1874. Elected 1882 by, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-EASTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John A WALLACE * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Alson Wallace (1828-1901): Elected 1873 by, 1874, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Eastern Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Frederick Brown (1829-1903): Elected 1883 by > Patrick Hanna (1819-90): Elected 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon George YOUNG * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Young (1848-91): Elected 1882, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North-Western Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Bell (1836-1908) Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office from 20 April 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > David Coutts (1843-97): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTH YARRA PROVINCE 8,678 enrolled, 5,512 (63.5%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Dr James BEANEY * 3,117 56.5 Hon James Munro 2,395 43.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,512 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Munro was MLA for Melbourne North 1874-77, Carlton 1877-80, Melbourne North 1881-83. -------------------------------------------------------------------- James George Beaney (1828-91): Elected 1883 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for North Yarra Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Francis Edis Beaver (1824-87): Elected 1856. Defeated 1859. Elected 1882 > George Meares (1825-1903): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTHERN PROVINCE 6,688 enrolled, 2,903 (43.4%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Halfey 913 31.5 Thomas HENTY 1,420 48.9 John Thomson 570 19.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Halfey was MLA for Sandhurst 1864-67. 2. Thomson was MLA for Evelyn 1863-65. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Henty (1836-87): Elected 1884 Born: 24 August 1836, Launceston Career: Educated England. Pastoralist at Berwick. Son of James Henty MLC, nephew of Edward Henty MLA. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Southern Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William John Clarke (1831-97): Elected 1878 > Donald Melville (1829-1919): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-EASTERN PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for South-Eastern Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Balfour (1830-1913): Elected 1866. Resigned 1868. Elected 1874 by, 1880 > James Buchanan (1827-1914): Elected 1876 > Frank Stanley Dobson (1835-95): Elected 1870 by, 1872, 1882 SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for South Western Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Caleb Joshua Jenner (1830-90): Elected 1863 by, 1868, 1878 Resigned July 1886 Died 27 June 1890 > Francis Ormond (1829-89): Elected 1882 by, 1882 > Philip Russell (1822-92): Elected 1869 by. Resigned 1875. Elected 1880 Resigned May 1886 Died 14 July 1892 -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH YARRA PROVINCE ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Frederick T SARGOOD * Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Thomas Sargood (1834-1903): Elected 1874 by. Resigned 1880. Elected 1882. Accepted office 1883. Elected 1883 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Defence to 18 February 1886 Commissioner of Water Supply to 18 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for South Yarra Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > James Graham (1819-98): Appointed 1853. Resigned 1854. Elected 1866, 1876 Graham retired in 1886 Died 31 July 1898 > James MacBain (1828-92): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868, 1871, 1874, 1877. Retired 1880. Elected 1880by, 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- President of the Legislative Council from 27 November 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE 7,175 enrolled, 5,377 (74.9%) voted ==================================================================== Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry CUTHBERT * 2,999 55.8 James Long 2,378 44.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,377 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, 1884 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister of Justice from 18 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Other members for Wellington Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Frederick Belcher (1823-1909): Elected 1875 by, 1876 Belcher retired in 1886. Died 23 November 1909 > James Campbell (1845-93): Elected 1882. Accepted office 1884. Elected 1884 by Resigned May 1886 Later career: See Legislative Assembly 1892, Benalla and Yarrawonga -------------------------------------------------------------------- Postmaster-General to 18 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- WESTERN PROVINCE (No election) ==================================================================== Members for Western Province 1884-86 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Forrest Cumming (1842-1918): Elected 1881 by > William Ross (1827-1900): Elected 1878 > Nathan Thornley (?-1903): Elected 1882 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister without office to 18 February 1886 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTIONS 1884-86 ==================================================================== NORTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 23 December 1884, following the death of Hon Sir William Mitchell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William I WINTER-IRVING Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Irving Winter-Irving (1840-1901): Elected 1884 by Born: 20 February 1840, Edinburgh Career: To Port Phillip 1841. Pastoralist near Rushworth. Waranga Shire Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- MELBOURNE PROVINCE ==================================================================== 16 March 1886, following acceptance of office by Hon Sir James Lorimer -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir James LORIMER Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Lorimer (1831-89): Elected 1879 by, 1880. Accepted office 1886. Elected 1886 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE ==================================================================== 16 March 1886, following acceptance of office by Hon Henry Cuthbert -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Henry CUTHBERT Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Cuthbert (1829-1907): Elected 1874. Accepted office 1877. Elected 1877 by. Accepted office 1880. Elected 1880 by, 1884. Accepted office 1886. Elected 1886 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 9 April 1886, following the death of Hon Francis Robertson -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Simon Fraser 2,093 47.2 Walter P SIMPSON 2,341 52.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,434 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Fraser was MLA for Rodney 1874-83. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Walter Peacock Simpson (1826-1918): Elected 1886 by Born: 11 December 1826, London Career: To Melbourne 1852. Miner. Stock and station agent, Bendigo. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 27 May 1886, following the resignation of Hon Philip Russell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph H CONNOR Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Connor was MLA for Polwarth and Grenville South 1864-71, 1874-77, for Geelong 1882-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph Henry Connor (1834-99): Elected 1864, 1866, 1868. Defeated 1871. Elected 1874. Defeated 1877. Elected 1882 by, 1883. Resigned 1886. Elected 1886 by -------------------------------------------------------------------- WELLINGTON PROVINCE ==================================================================== 30 June 1886, following the resignation of Hon James Campbell -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- David HAM 2,814 60.9 Thomas D Wanliss 1,806 39.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,620 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Wanliss, see Wellington Province, 1893 by-election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David Ham (1830-1908): Elected 1886 by Born: 4 November 1830, Cornwall Career: To Port Phillip 1849. Businessman and stockbroker, Ballarat. -------------------------------------------------------------------- SOUTH-WESTERN PROVINCE ==================================================================== 3 August 1886, following the resignation of Hon Caleb Jenner -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William ROBERTSON Unopposed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robertson was MLA for Polwarth and Grenville South 1871-74, 1880, 1881-86. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Robertson (1839-92): Elected 1871. Retired 1874. Elected February 1880. Defeated July 1880. Elected 1881 by, 1883. Retired 1986. Elected 1886 by --------------------------------------------------------------------