Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 11 May 1877.

{{cite web

|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-history-of-parliament/elections-since-1856

|title=Elections since 1856

|publisher=Parliament of Victoria

|accessdate=19 March 2014

}} Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

There was an electoral redistribution which came into effect in 1877, fourteen districts were created (Barwon, Benambra, Boroondara, Carlton, Delatite, Fitzroy, Footscray, Geelong, Grant, Kara Kara, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Stawell) and eight abolished (Kilmore, The Murray, Murray Boroughs, South Grant, Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Maryborough).

{{cite web

|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/hist_act/teaaa1876234/

|title=The Electoral Act Amendment Act 1876

|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute

|accessdate=8 February 2014

}}

:Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.

class="wikitable sortable"
Name	Electorate	Term in Office
{{sort|And|John Andrew}}	West Melbourne	1877–1880
{{sort|Bar|John Mitchell Barr}}	Maryborough & Talbot	1877–1883
{{sort|Bayl|William Bayles}}	Villiers & Heytesbury	1864–1880
{{sort|Bel|Henry Bell}}	Ballarat West	1877–1886
{{sort|Bent|Thomas Bent}}	Brighton	1871–1894; 1900–1909
{{sort|Berr|Graham Berry}}	Geelong	1861–1865; 1869–1886
{{sort|Bil|George Billson}}	Ovens	1877–1880; 1883–1886
{{sort|Bir|John Bird}}	Grenville	1877–1880
{{sort|Bla|W. G. Blackham}} {{ref label|a|a}}	Sandhurst	1877
{{sort|Bos|Joseph Bosisto}}	Richmond	1874–1889; 1892–1894
{{sort|Bow|Robert Bowman}}	Maryborough & Talbot	1866–1870; 1877–1885; 1890–1893
{{sort|Bro|Daniel Brophy}}	Ballarat East	1877–1880; 1880–1883
{{sort|CamD|Donald Cameron}}	West Bourke	1877–1880
{{sort|CamE|Ewen Hugh Cameron}}	Evelyn	1874–1914
{{sort|Car|Godfrey Carter}}	St Kilda	1877–1883; 1885–1900
{{sort|Case|James Casey}}	Mandurang	1861–1862; 1863–1880
{{sort|ClaA|Alfred Clark}}	Williamstown	1871–1887
{{sort|ClaR|Robert Clark}}	Sandhurst	1877–1883
{{sort|ClaR|Robert Clark}}	Wimmera	1877–1880
{{sort|Coo|William Mitchell Cook}}	East Bourke Boroughs	1876–1883
{{sort|Coop|Thomas Cooper}}	Creswick	1877–1889
{{sort|Cope|Thomas Cope}}	Portland	1868–1880
{{sort|DavB|Benjamin George Davies}}	Avoca	1861–1880
{{sort|DavD|David Davies}}	Grenville	1877–1894
{{sort|Di|Edward Dixon}}	St Kilda	1874–1880; 1889–1894
{{sort|Dow|John Dow}}	Kara Kara	1877–1893
{{sort|DufC|Charles Gavan Duffy}}	North Gippsland	1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880
{{sort|DufJ|John Gavan Duffy}}	Dalhousie	1874–1886; 1887–1904
{{sort|Dwy|Jeremiah Dwyer}} {{ref label|b|b}}	Villiers & Heytesbury	1877–1879
{{sort|Fa|James Farrell}} {{ref label|c|c}}	Castlemaine	1866–1878
{{sort|Fer|James Fergusson}}	South Bourke	1871–1874; 1877–1880
{{sort|Fin|George Fincham}}	Ballarat West	1875–1886
{{sort|FraS|Simon Fraser}}	Rodney	1874–1883
{{sort|Gau|David Gaunson}}	Ararat	1875–1881; 1883–1889; 1904–1906
{{sort|Gil|Duncan Gillies}}	Rodney	1861–1868; 1870–1877; 1877–1889
{{sort|Gran|James Macpherson Grant}}	Avoca	1856–1870; 1871–1885
{{sort|Grav|James Graves}}	Delatite	1877–1900; 1902–1904
{{sort|Hun|Thomas Hunt}}	Kilmore and Anglesey	1874–1892; 1903–1904
{{sort|Jame|John James}}	Ballarat East	1869–1870; 1871–1886
{{sort|John|Robert de Bruce Johnstone}}	Geelong	1870–1881
{{sort|Kerf|George Kerferd}}	Ovens	1864–1886
{{sort|Kern|Charles Kernot}}	Geelong	1868–1871; 1876–1880; 1880–1882
{{sort|Kin|Mark Last King}} {{ref label|d|d}}	Footscray	1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879
{{sort|Lal|Peter Lalor}}	Grant	1856–1871; 1874–1889
{{sort|Lanr|George Langridge}}	Collingwood	1874–1891
{{sort|Lau|John Laurens}}	North Melbourne	1877–1892
{{sort|Levi|Jonas Levien}} {{ref label|e|e}}	Barwon	1871–1877; 1880–1906
{{sort|Lon|Francis Longmore}}	Ripon & Hampden	1864–1883; 1894–1897
{{sort|Ly|Andrew Lyell}}	Emerald Hill	1877–1880
{{sort|Mac|George Macartney}} {{ref label|f|f}}	South Gippsland	1869–1871; 1877–1878
{{sort|MacB|James MacBain}}	Wimmera	1864–1880
{{sort|MacC|James McCulloch}} {{ref label|g|g}}	Warrnambool	1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878
{{sort|Macg|Robert Macgregor}} {{ref label|h|h}}	Fitzroy	1877–1879; 1880–1883
{{sort|MacI|John McIntyre}}	Sandhurst	1877–1880; 1881–1902
{{sort|MacM|Charles MacMahon}} {{ref label|i|i}}	West Melbourne	1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886
{{sort|MacP|John MacPherson}} {{ref label|j|j}}	Dundas	1864–1865; 1866–1878
{{sort|Mad|John Madden}}	Sandridge	1874–1875; 1876–1883
{{sort|Mira|James Mirams}}	Collingwood	1876–1886; 1887–1889
{{sort|Moor|Thompson Moore}}	Mandurang	1871–1880; 1883–1886
{{sort|Mun|James Munro}}	Carlton	1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892
{{sort|Ni|John Nimmo}}	Emerald Hill	1877–1892
{{sort|OHe|William O'Hea}}	Polwarth & South Grenville	1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881
{{sort|Orr|John Orr}}	Moira	1862–1867; 1872–1874; 1877–1880
{{sort|OS|John O'Shanassy}}	Belfast	1856–1865; 1877–1883
{{sort|Pat|James Patterson}}	Castlemaine	1870–1895
{{sort|Pur|James Purves}}	Mornington	1872–1880
{{sort|Ram|Robert Ramsay}}	East Bourke	1870–1882
{{sort|Ree|John Rees}}	Grant	1877–1889
{{sort|RicR|Richard Richardson}}	Creswick	1874–1886; 1889–1894
{{sort|Sai|Henry Sainsbury}}	Creswick	1877–1880
{{sort|Serv|James Service}}	Maldon	1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886
{{sort|Sha|George Sharpe}}	Moira	1877–1880
{{sort|SmA|Alexander Kennedy Smith}}	East Melbourne	1877–1881
{{sort|SmG|George Paton Smith}} {{ref label|k|k}}	Boroondara	1866–1871; 1874–1877
{{sort|SmJ|John Smith}} {{ref label|l|l}}	West Bourke	1856–1879
{{sort|SmL|Louis Smith}}	Richmond	1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880; 1880–1883; 1886–1894
{{sort|SmW|William Collard Smith}}	Ballarat West	1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894
{{sort|Smy|Frederick Leopold Smyth}}	North Gippsland	1866–1875; 1877–1880
{{sort|Sto|Joseph Storey}}	North Melbourne	1877–1881
{{sort|Tuc|Albert Tucker}}	Fitzroy	1874–1900
{{sort|Ty|William Tytherleigh}}	Normanby	1877–1880
{{sort|Wil|Henry Roberts Williams}}	Mandurang	1877–1883; 1889–1902
{{sort|Woo|John Woods}}	Stawell	1859–1864; 1871–1892
{{sort|Wri|Peter Wright}}	Benambra	1861–1864; 1877–1880; 1886–1889
{{sort|You|Charles Young}}	Kyneton Boroughs	1874–1892
{{sort|Zo|Ephraim Zox}}	East Melbourne	1877–1899

Gavan Duffy was Speaker, John James was Chairman of Committees.

:{{ref label|a|a}} Blackham resigned in July 1877,{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88275490 |title=Blackham Resigns |work=Bendigo Advertiser |date=7 July 1877 |publisher=Trove |accessdate=21 March 2014}} replaced by Angus Mackay the same month.

:{{ref label|b|b}} Dwyer left Parliament around November 1879, replaced by Joseph Jones who was sworn-in in December 1879.

:{{ref label|c|c}} Farrell resigned around May 1878; replaced by Charles Henry Pearson, sworn-in July 1878.

:{{ref label|d|d}} King died 13 February 1879; replaced by William Clark, sworn-in July 1879.

:{{ref label|e|e}} Levien was unseated in December 1877 replaced by John Ince the same month.

:{{ref label|f|f}} Macartney died 2 June 1878; replaced by Francis Mason, sworn-in July 1878.

:{{ref label|g|g}} McCulloch resigned around May 1878; replaced by James Francis, sworn-in July 1878.

:{{ref label|h|h}} Macgregor resigned around June 1879; replaced by Cuthbert Robert Blackett, sworn-in July 1879.

:{{ref label|i|i}} McMahon resigned in February 1878, replaced by Bryan O'Loghlen the same month.

:{{ref label|j|j}} Macpherson resigned July 1878; replaced by John Serjeant, sworn-in August 1878.

:{{ref label|k|k}} G. P. Smith died 6 December 1877, replaced by Robert Murray Smith who was elected on 24 December 1877,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5949905 The Argus 24 December 1877] sworn-in in February 1878.

:{{ref label|l|l}} J. Smith died 30 January 1879, replaced by Alfred Deakin who was sworn-in in July 1879.