Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1871–1873

This is a list of members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1871 to 1873, as elected at the 1871 colonial elections held between 8 July 1871 and 6 September 1871 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day).[1]

Name Electorate Term in office
Robert Travers Atkin[6]East Moreton1868–1869; 1870–1872
Joshua Peter BellNorthern Downs1862–1879
John BramstonBurnett1871–1873
Archibald Berdmore BuchananWarrego1870; 1871–1873
Charles ClarkWarwick1871–1873
Benjamin CribbTown of Ipswich1861–1867; 1870–1873
Oscar de Satge[7]Clermont1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882
George EdmondstoneTown of Brisbane1860–1867; 1869–1877
John FerrettWest Moreton1860–1863; 1870–1873
Frederick ForbesWest Moreton1860–1863; 1865–1867;
1868–1873
Alexander FyfeRockhampton1870–1873
Charles Graham[7]Clermont1872–1876
Samuel Griffith[6]East Moreton1872–1893
William Henry GroomDrayton and Toowoomba1862–1901
John Handy[4]Town of Brisbane1870–1871; 1872–1873
William Hemmant [2]East Moreton1871–1876
John Johnston[8]Town of Ipswich1870–1872
Henry JordanEast Moreton [2]1860; 1868–1871;
1883–1890
Henry Edward King[1]Wide Bay1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883
Charles LilleyHamlet of Fortitude Valley1860–1873
Arthur Macalister[8]Town of Ipswich1860–1871; 1872–1876
Edward MacDevittKennedy1870–1874
William MilesMaranoa1864–1873; 1874–1875;
1876–1887
Boyd Dunlop MoreheadMitchell1871–1880; 1883–1896
Berkeley Basil Moreton[3]Burnett1870–1871; 1873–1875;
1883–1888
Kevin O'DohertyTown of Brisbane1867–1873
Hon Arthur Hunter PalmerPort Curtis1866–1881
Ratcliffe Pring[4]Town of Brisbane1860–1862; 1863–1866;
1867–1872; 1873–1874;
1878–1879
Hon Robert RamsayWestern Downs1867–1873
Charles Royds[5]Leichhardt1860–1864; 1868–1872
Edmund Royds[5]Leichhardt1864–1868; 1872–1875
John ScottLeichhardt1868, 1870–1888
Walter Jervoise Scott[3]Burnett1871–1878
Thomas Blacket StephensTown of South Brisbane1863–1875
John Malbon ThompsonTown of Ipswich1868–1881
George ThornWest Moreton1867–1874; 1876–1878;
1879–1883; 1887–1888;
1893–1902
Edmond ThorntonEastern Downs1868–1870; 1871–1873
Horace Tozer[1]Wide Bay1871; 1888–1898
William Henry WalshMaryborough1865–1878
Edward WienholtWestern Downs1870–1875

See also
  • Premier:
Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)

Notes
1 On 29 September 1871, Horace Tozer, member of Wide Bay, resigned to enable for previous member for Wide Bay Henry Edward King (who failed to win Maryborough in the 1871 election) to be re-elected in Wide Bay. On 4 October 1871 King was elected unopposed in the by-election in Wide Bay.
2 On 20 October 1871, Henry Jordan, member for East Moreton, resigned. William Hemmant won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1871.
3 On 24 October 1871, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Burnett, resigned. Walter Jervoise Scott won the resulting by-election on 7 November 1871.
4 On 11 January 1872, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. John Handy won the resulting by-election on 27 January 1872.
5 On 30 January 1872, Charles Royds, the member for Leichhardt, resigned.[2] His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1872.
6 On 7 March 1872, Robert Travers Atkin, member for East Moreton, resigned due to ill health (he died two months later). Samuel Griffith won the resulting by-election on 3 April 1872.
7 On 9 April 1872, Oscar de Satge, the member for Clermont, resigned. Charles Graham won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1872.
8 On 9 October 1872, John Johnston, the member for Ipswich, died. Arthur Macalister won the resulting by-election on 22 October 1872.

References
  1. "Queensland General Election Dates 1860–1929" (PDF). Queensland Parliament. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  2. "The Courier". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 31 January 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
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