Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1878–1880

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 17 August – 16 September 1878 to the elections of 20 March – 14 July 1880.

{{cite web

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

|title=Legislative Council Elections since 1856

|publisher=Parliament of Victoria

|accessdate=24 March 2014

}}

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

{{cite book

|title=Constitutional Development of Victoria, 1851-6

|last=Sweetman

|first=Edward

|year=1920

|page=[https://archive.org/details/constitutionalde00swee/page/183 183]

|publisher=Whitcombe & Tombs Limited

|url=https://archive.org/details/constitutionalde00swee

|accessdate=24 March 2014

}}

File:Victorian Legislative Council provinces 1856.png

:Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.

class="wikitable sortable"
Name	Province	Term in Office
{{sort|And|Robert Anderson}}	Eastern	1866–1883
{{sort|Balf|James Balfour}}	South	1874–1913
{{sort|Bel|George Belcher}}	South-Western	1875–1886
{{sort|Blac|Niel Black}}	Western	1859–1880
{{sort|Bro|Thomas Bromell}}	Western	1874–1887
{{sort|Buc|James Buchanan}}	South	1876–1898
{{sort|Cam|William Campbell}}	North-Western	1851–1854; 1862–1882
{{sort|Cla|William John Clarke}}	South	1878–1897
{{sort|Cole|George Ward Cole}} {{ref label|a|a}}	Central	1853–1855; 1859–1879
{{sort|Cumm|John Cumming}}	South-Western	1870–1880
{{sort|Cut|Henry Cuthbert}}	South-Western	1874–1907
{{sort|Dobs|Frank Dobson}}	South	1870–1895
{{sort|Fitz|Nicholas Fitzgerald}}	North-Western	1864–1908
{{sort|Fras|Alexander Fraser}}	North-Western	1858–1881
{{sort|Grah|James Graham}}	Central	1853–1854; 1866–1886
{{sort|Ham|Thomas Hamilton}}	South	1872–1884
{{sort|Hea|William Edward Hearn}}	Central	1878–1888
{{sort|Hen|James Henty}}	South-Western	1853–1882
{{sort|Hig|William Highett}}	Eastern	1853–1856; 1857–1880
{{sort|Jen|Caleb Jenner}}	South-Western	1863–1886
{{sort|Mit|William Mitchell}}	North-Western	1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884
{{sort|Rei|Robert Dyce Reid}}	Eastern	1876–1881
{{sort|Rob|Francis Robertson}}	North-Western	1860–1864; 1868–1886
{{sort|Ros|William Ross}}	Western	1878–1888
{{sort|Sar|Frederick T. Sargood}}	Central	1874–1880; 1882–1901
{{sort|Sla|Charles Sladen}}	Western	1855–1856; 1864–1868; 1876–1882
{{sort|Sum|Theodotus Sumner}}	Central	1873–1883
{{sort|Wal|John Wallace}}	Eastern	1873–1901
{{sort|WilS|Samuel Wilson}}	Western	1875–1881
{{sort|WilW|William Wilson}}	Eastern	1875–1880

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.{{cite book

|url=http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/volume-hansard/Hansard%209%20CA%20V029%20Sep-Dec%201878.pdf

|title=Victorian Hansard, Session 1878

|volume=29

|publisher=John Ferres, Melb.

|year=1878

}}

:{{ref label|a|a}} Cole died 26 April 1879, replaced by James Lorimer who was elected unopposed 12 May 1879{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5942877 |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |title=Central Province Election |date= 12 May 1879 |page=8}} sworn-in in July 1879.