Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1866–1868

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 31 August – 2 October 1866 to the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868.

There were six Electoral Provinces and five members elected to each Province.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Province Term in Office
Thomas Turner à Beckett Central 1852–1856; 1858–1878
Robert Stirling Hore Anderson Eastern 1866–1883
John Pinney Bear South 1863–1878
Niel Black Western 1859–1880
William Campbell North-Western 1851–1854; 1862–1882
William Clarke South 1856–1861; 1862–1870
George Ward Cole Central 1853–1855; 1859–1879
William Degraves South 1860–1874
John Pascoe Fawkner Central 1851–1869
Thomas Howard Fellows [a] Central 1854–1856; 1858–1868
Nicholas Fitzgerald North-Western 1864–1908
Alexander Fraser North-Western 1858–1881
James Graham Central 1853–1854; 1866–1886
James Henty South-Western 1853–1882
Stephen Henty Western 1856–1870
William Highett Eastern 1853–1856; 1857–1880
Caleb Jenner South-Western 1863–1886
John Lowe [b] South-Western 1864–1867
John McCrae South-Western 1860–1870
William Mitchell North-Western 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
Henry Morgan Murphy Eastern 1864–1873
James Palmer Western 1851–1870
William Henry Pettet South 1864–1871
George Rolfe [c] South-Western 1860–1862; 1866–1867
John Sherwin South 1866–1868
Charles Sladen Western 1855–1856; 1864–1868
1876–1882
James Strachan Western 1851–1866; 1866–1874
Robert Turnbull Eastern 1851–1853; 1864–1872
David Wilkie North-Western 1858–1868
Benjamin Williams Eastern 1856–1874
[a] Fellows resigned in February 1868; replaced by John O'Shanassy, sworn-in March 1868.
[b] Lowe died 17 January 1867; replaced by Robert Hope, sworn-in April 1867.
[c] Rolfe was unseated in March 1867; replaced by Thomas Learmonth, sworn-in March 1867.
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