Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1871–1873

This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1871 to 1873, as elected at the 1871 colonial elections held between 8 July 1871 and 6 September 1871 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]

Name Electorate Term in office
Robert Travers Atkin[6] East Moreton 1868–1869; 1870–1872
Joshua Peter Bell Northern Downs 1862–1879
John Bramston Burnett 1871–1873
Archibald Berdmore Buchanan Warrego 1870; 1871–1873
Charles Clark Warwick 1871–1873
Benjamin Cribb Town of Ipswich 1861–1867; 1870–1873
Oscar de Satge[7] Clermont 1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
George Edmondstone Town of Brisbane 1860–1867; 1869–1877
John Ferrett West Moreton 1860–1863; 1870–1873
Frederick Forbes West Moreton 1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1868–1873
Alexander Fyfe Rockhampton 1870–1873
Charles Graham[7] Clermont 1872–1876
Samuel Griffith[6] East Moreton 1872–1893
William Henry Groom Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901
John Handy[4] Town of Brisbane 1870–1871; 1872–1873
William Hemmant [2] East Moreton 1871–1876
John Johnston[8] Town of Ipswich 1870–1872
Henry Jordan East Moreton [2] 1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890
Henry Edward King[1] Wide Bay 1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883
Charles Lilley Hamlet of Fortitude Valley 1860–1873
Arthur Macalister[8] Town of Ipswich 1860–1871; 1872–1876
Edward MacDevitt Kennedy 1870–1874
William Miles Maranoa 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop Morehead Mitchell 1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil Moreton[3] Burnett 1870–1871; 1873–1875;
1883–1888
Kevin O'Doherty Town of Brisbane 1867–1873
Hon Arthur Hunter Palmer Port Curtis 1866–1881
Ratcliffe Pring[4] Town of Brisbane 1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
Hon Robert Ramsay Western Downs 1867–1873
Charles Royds[5] Leichhardt 1860–1864; 1868–1872
Edmund Royds[5] Leichhardt 1864–1868; 1872–1875
John Scott Leichhardt 1868, 1870–1888
Walter Jervoise Scott[3] Burnett 1871–1878
Thomas Blacket Stephens Town of South Brisbane 1863–1875
John Malbon Thompson Town of Ipswich 1868–1881
George Thorn West Moreton 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Edmond Thornton Eastern Downs 1868–1870; 1871–1873
Horace Tozer[1] Wide Bay 1871; 1888–1898
William Henry Walsh Maryborough 1865–1878
Edward Wienholt Western Downs 1870–1875

See also

  • Premier:
Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)

Notes

1 On 29 September 1871, Horace Tozer, member of Wide Bay, resigned to enable for previous member for Wide Bay Henry Edward King (who failed to win Maryborough in the 1871 election) to be re-elected in Wide Bay. On 4 October 1871 King was elected unopposed in the by-election in Wide Bay.
2 On 20 October 1871, Henry Jordan, member for East Moreton, resigned. William Hemmant won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1871.
3 On 24 October 1871, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Burnett, resigned. Walter Jervoise Scott won the resulting by-election on 7 November 1871.
4 On 11 January 1872, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. John Handy won the resulting by-election on 27 January 1872.
5 On 30 January 1872, Charles Royds, the member for Leichhardt, resigned.[2] His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1872.
6 On 7 March 1872, Robert Travers Atkin, member for East Moreton, resigned due to ill health (he died two months later). Samuel Griffith won the resulting by-election on 3 April 1872.
7 On 9 April 1872, Oscar de Satge, the member for Clermont, resigned. Charles Graham won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1872.
8 On 9 October 1872, John Johnston, the member for Ipswich, died. Arthur Macalister won the resulting by-election on 22 October 1872.

References

  1. ^ "Queensland General Election Dates 1860–1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. ^ "The Courier". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 31 January 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2015.