Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1851–1853


This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council, as appointed to the inaugural Council of 1851 or elected at the 1851 election.
From 1851 to 1856 the original Legislative Council was unicameral and consisted of Electoral districts.
From 1856 onwards, the Victorian parliament consisted of two houses, the Victorian Legislative Council and the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
NameTypeElectoral district Term of Office
office-bearing nominee1851–1852
electedLoddon1851–1854, 1862–1882
electedNorth Bourke1851–1852
nominee—1851–1852
office-bearing nominee1851–1852
electedTalbot, Dalhousie and Angelsey1851–1869
electedRipon, Hampden, Grenville and Polwarth1851–1853
nominee—1851–1852, 1853–1856
nominee—1851–1852, 1853–1856, 1865–1866
elected1851–1852
office-bearing nominee1851–1853
electedGrant1851–1852
electedSouth Bourke, Evelyn and Mornington1851–1866
electedMurray1851–1853, 1853–1856, 1872–1876
electedBelfast and Warrnambool1851–1852
elected1851–1856, 1868–1874
electedNormanby, Dundas and Follett1851–1870
office-bearing nominee1851–1854, 1855–1856
electedGeelong1851–1852
nominee—1851–1852
nominee—1851–1856
electedVilliers and Heytesbury1851–1854
electedNorth Bourke1851–1856
electedKilmore, Kyneton and Seymour1851–1856
electedWimmera1851–1854
office-bearing nominee1851–1856
electedGeelong1851–1866, 1866–1874
electedGipps' Land1851–1853, 1864–1872
elected1851–1853
electedPortland1851–1856