Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 23 September – 24 October 1856 to those of 26 August – 26 September 1859. The Assembly was created in 1856.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. Name Electorate Term in Office Travers Adamson 1856–1859 William Anderson Evelyn and Mornington 1856–1858 Butler Aspinall Talbot 1856–1864; 1866–1870 John Baragwanath Rodney 1856–1857 Francis Beaver Belfast 1856–1859 Robert Bennett East Bourke 1856–1857; 1859–1864 David Blair Talbot 1856–1859; 1868–1871 John Brooke Geelong 1856–1864 Daniel Cameron Ovens 1856–1857 Colin Campbell Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville 1856–1859; 1874–1877 Daniel Campbell Richmond 1856–1859 Hugh Childers Portland 1856–1857 Andrew Clarke South Melbourne 1856–1858 James Davis Alberton 1856–1859 Charles Gavan Duffy Villiers and Heytesbury 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880 Thomas Embling Collingwood 1856–1861; 1866–1867 George Evans Richmond 1856–1864 Thomas Fellows St Kilda 1856–1858; 1868–1872 John Foster Williamstown 1856–1857 Alexander Fyfe Geelong 1856–1857 John Goodman 1856–1858 James Grant Sandhurst Boroughs 1856–1870; 1871–1885 Augustus Greeves East Bourke 1856–1857; 1857–1859;1860–1861; 1864–1865 Charles Griffith Dundas and Follett 1856–1858 William Haines South Grant 1856–1858; 1860–1864 William Hammill Wimmera 1856–1857 George Harker Collingwood 1856–1860; 1864–1865; 1871–1874 Edward Henty Normanby 1856–1861 George Horne Warrnambool 1856–1861 Daniel Hughes Portland 1856–1859 John Humffray North Grant 1856–1864; 1868–1871 George Johnson Kyneton Boroughs 1856–1859 John King Gippsland 1856–1857 Peter Lalor North Grenville 1856–1871; 1874–1889 Henry Langlands /(John O'Shanassy) Melbourne 1857–1859 James McCulloch Wimmera 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878 Robert McDougall West Bourke 1856–1857 Archibald Michie Melbourne 1856–1861; 1863–1865; 1870–1871 David Moore Melbourne 1856–1859; 1864–1867 Francis Murphy Murray Boroughs 1856–1865; 1866–1871 John Myles South Grant 1856–1861 Patrick O'Brien South Bourke 1856–1859 John O'Shanassy Kilmore 1856–1865; 1877–1883 John Owens Loddon 1856–1859; 1861–1863 Alexander Palmer Castlemaine Boroughs 1856–1857 Charles Pasley South Bourke 1856–1857 Patrick Phelan West Bourke 1856–1860 Vincent Pyke Castlemaine Boroughs 1856–1857; 1859–1862 Charles Read Geelong 1856–1858 Andrew Rutherford Colac 1856–1857 William Rutledge Villiers and Heytesbury 1856–1859 Frederick Sargood St Kilda 1856–1857 Charles Sladen Geelong 1856–1857 John Smith Melbourne 1856–1879 Peter Snodgrass Anglesey 1856–1867 William Stawell Melbourne 1856–1857 Ebenezer Syme Loddon 1856–1859 Jeremiah Ware Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden & South Grenville 1856–1859 Jonathan Binns Were Brighton 1856–1857 Horatio Wills South Grant 1856–1859

Notes O'Shanassy won both Melbourne and Kilmore districts, deciding to represent the latter he resigned from Melbourne. The by-election for Melbourne in January 1857 was won by Henry Langlands. Baragwanath resigned in December 1857, replaced by John Everard in a January 1858 by-election. Cameron resigned in March 1857, replaced by John Wood in an April 1857 by-election. Childers resigned in February 1857, replaced by John Findlay in a July 1857 by-election. Clarke resigned in August 1858, replaced by Robert Anderson in an October 1858 by-election. Fellows resigned in May 1858, replaced by John Crews in a May 1858 by-election. Fyfe resigned in November 1857, replaced by George Board in a February 1858 by-election Goodman resigned in January 1858, replaced by William Forlonge in a January 1858 by-election. Forlonge resigned in January 1859, replaced in turn by William Nicholson in a January 1859 by-election Greeves resigned in March 1857, replaced by Richard Heales in a March 1857 by-election Griffith resigned in February 1858, replaced by William Mollison in an April 1858 by-election Haines left Parliament around November 1858, replaced by John Bell in a January 1859 by-election. King resigned in September 1857, replaced by John Johnson in a November 1857 by-election McDougall resigned in August 1857, replaced by Joseph Wilkie in an August 1857 by-election Palmer resigned in July 1857, replaced by Richard Davies Ireland in an August 1857 by-election Pasley resigned in July 1857, replaced by Sidney Ricardo in a July 1857 by-election. Pyke resigned in February 1857, replaced by Robert Sitwell in a March 1857 by-election Read resigned in February 1858, replaced by James Harrison in an April 1858 by-election Rutherford resigned in July 1857, replaced by Theodore Hancock in a July 1857 by-election Sargood resigned in December 1857, replaced by Henry Chapman in a January 1858 by-election. Sladen resigned in March 1857, replaced by Alexander Thomson in December 1857 Stawell resigned in February 1857, replaced by James Service in March 1857 Were resigned in February 1857, replaced by Charles Ebden in a March 1857 by-election

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