Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1878–1883

This is a list of members of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1878 to 1883, as elected at the 1878 colonial elections held between 14 November 1878 and 10 December 1878 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).

Name Electorate Term in office
Robert Aland[11] Drayton and Toowoomba 1881–1893
William Allan[17] Darling Downs 1881–1883; 1887–1896
Francis Amhurst[14] Mackay 1875–1877; 1878–1881
Archibald Archer Blackall 1867–1869; 1878–1886;
1888–1896
William Bailey Wide Bay 1873–1888
William Henry Baynes Burnett 1878–1883
Frank Beattie[5] Fortitude Valley 1874–1878; 1879–1886
Joshua Peter Bell[4] Northern Downs 1862–1879
Henry Rogers Beor[8][12] Bowen 1877–1880
Maurice Hume Black[14] Mackay 1881–1993
William Brookes[18] North Brisbane 1863–1867; 1882–1888
John Buckland[22] Bulimba 1882–1892
Charles E. Chubb[24] Bowen 1883–1888
Frederick Cooper Cook 1878–1884
Pope Alexander Cooper[12][24] Bowen 1881–1883
George Davenport[11] Drayton and Toowoomba 1878–1881
John Deane[1] Townsville 1878–1879
Oscar de Satge[13][21] Mitchell 1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
James Dickson Enoggera 1873–1888; 1892–1901
John Douglas[10] Maryborough 1863–1866; 1867–1868;
1875–1880
Albrecht Feez[7] Leichhardt 1880–1883
John Ferguson[16] Rockhampton 1881–1888
James Foote[9] Bundamba 1873–1878; 1880–1888;
1892–1893
William Fowles[2] Clermont 1878–1879
Josiah Francis[15] Ipswich 1881–1883
Simon Fraser[6] South Brisbane 1868–1870; 1873–1878;
1880–1888
James Garrick Moreton 1867–1868; 1877–1883
John Govett[21] Mitchell 1882–1888
Samuel Walker Griffith North Brisbane 1872–1893
Samuel Grimes Oxley 1878–1902
William Henry Groom Drayton and Toowoomba 1862–1901
John Hamilton Gympie 1878–1904
William Hendren[9] Bundamba 1878–1880
Charles Lumley Hill[20] Gregory 1878–1882; 1885–1888
Jacob Horwitz Warwick 1878–1887
Jean Baptiste Louis Isambert[23] Rosewood 1882–1892
John Shillito Jessop[19] Dalby 1882–1893
Francis Benjamin Kates[17] Darling Downs 1878–1881; 1883–1888
William Kellett Stanley 1878–1888
Henry Edward King Maryborough 1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883
Richard Ash Kingsford South Brisbane 1875–1883
James Lalor Maranoa 1878–1888
Jacob Low Balonne 1874–1883
Thomas MacDonald-Paterson Rockhampton 1878–1885; 1896–1901
John MacFarlane Ipswich 1878–1894
John MacFarlane[3][7] Leichhardt 1877–1878; 1879–1880
Thomas McIlwraith Mulgrave 1870–1871; 1873–1886;
1888–1896
Angus Mackay[6] South Brisbane 1878–1880
Peter McLean Logan 1876–1883
John Murtagh Macrossan[1] Townsville 1873–1878; 1879–1891
Thomas McWhannell[20] Gregory 1882–1888
Archibald Meston[23] Rosewood 1878–1882
William Miles Darling Downs 1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop Morehead[13] Mitchell 1871–1880; 1883–1896
Albert Norton Port Curtis 1878–1893
Patrick O'Sullivan Stanley 1860–1863; 1867–1868;
1876–1883; 1888–1893
Arthur Hunter Palmer[18] North Brisbane 1866–1881
Henry Palmer[9] Maryborough 1880–1883
Henry Palmer Kennedy 1878–1883
William Sheffield Paul[3] Leichhardt 1878–1879; 1888–1893
Patrick Perkins Aubigny 1877–1884; 1888–1893
de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse Fassifern 1878–1883
Thomas Price Wide Bay 1878–1883
Ratcliffe Pring[5] Fortitude Valley 1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
William Rea[16] Rockhampton 1878–1881
Arthur Rutledge Enoggera 1878–1893; 1899–1904
John Scott Leichhardt 1868, 1870–1888
Roger Sheaffe Burke 1878–1883
George Simpson[19] Dalby 1878–1882
Ernest James Stevens Warrego 1878–1896
John Stevenson Normanby 1876–1893
Francis Horace Stubley Kennedy 1878–1883
Frederick ffoulkes Swanwick[22] Bulimba 1878–1882
John Malbon Thompson[M][15] Ipswich 1868–1881
George Thorn jnr[4] Northern Downs 1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
John de Poix Tyrel Carnarvon 1876–1883
John Walsh Cook 1878–1883
Henry Joseph Weld-Blundell[2] Clermont 1879–1883