Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1900
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1900

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 14 October 1897 to the elections of 1 November 1900. From 1889 there were 95 seats in the Assembly.

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

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

17th Parliament :

| Name | Electorate | Term in Office |
| - | - | - |
| John Anderson | Melbourne East | 1894–1901 |
| William Anderson | Windermere | 1886–1889; 1894–1898 |
| Edwin Austin | Ripon & Hampden | 1892–1900 |
| Alfred Shrapnell Bailes | Sandhurst | 1886–1894; 1897–1907 |
| William Beazley | Collingwood | 1889–1912 |
| George Bennett | Richmond | 1889–1908 |
| Robert Best | Fitzroy | 1889–1901 |
| John Bowser | Wangaratta and Rutherglen | 1894–1929 |
| James Hugh Brake | Horsham | 1894–1900 |
| Frederick Bromley | Carlton | 1892–1908 |
| Joseph Tilley Brown | Shepparton and Euroa | 1886–1889; 1897–1904 |
| John Burton | Stawell | 1892–1902 |
| Ewen Hugh Cameron | Evelyn | 1874–1914 |
| Godfrey Carter | Melbourne | 1877–1883; 1885–1900 |
| John Percy Chirnside | Grant | 1894–1904 |
| James Hume Cook | East Bourke Boroughs | 1894–1900 |
| Albert Craven | Benambra | 1889–1913 |
| Alfred Deakin | Essendon & Flemington | 1879–1879; 1880–1900 |
| Alfred Downward | Mornington | 1894–1929 |
| John Gavan Duffy | Kilmore, Dalhousie & Lancefield | 1874–1886; 1887–1904 |
| Daniel Duggan | Dunolly | 1894–1904 |
| John Henry Dyer | Borung | 1892–1902 |
| Theodore Fink | Jolimont & West Richmond | 1894–1904 |
| Charles Forrest | Polwarth | 1886–1894; 1897–1911 |
| Henry Foster | Gippsland East | 1889–1902 |
| Mackay John Scobie Gair | Bourke East | 1897–1904 |
| Duncan Gillies | Toorak | 1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903 |
| George Graham | Numurkah and Nathalia | 1884–1914 |
| James Graves | Delatite | 1877–1900; 1902–1904 |
| Frederick Gray | Prahran | 1894–1900 |
| Walter Grose | Creswick | 1894–1904 |
| William Gurr | Geelong | 1894–1902; 1907–1908 |
| Walter Hamilton | Sandhurst | 1894–1904 |
| John Hancock | Footscray | 1891–1892; 1894–1899 |
| Albert Harris | Gippsland Central | 1883–1910 |
| Joseph Harris | South Yarra | 1880–1894; 1897–1904 |
| H. B. Higgins | Geelong | 1894–1900 |
| William Irvine | Lowan | 1894–1906 |
| Isaac Isaacs | Bogong | 1892–1893; 1893–1901 |
| John Alfred Isaacs | Ovens | 1894–1902 |
| Thomas Kennedy | Benalla and Yarrawonga | 1894–1901 |
| John Keys | Dandenong & Berwick | 1880–1894; 1897–1900 |
| Joseph Kirton | Ballarat West | 1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908 |
| Thomas Langdon | Korong | 1880–1889; 1892–1914 |
| Jonas Levien | Barwon | 1871–1877; 1880–1906 |
| John Neil McArthur | Villiers & Heytesbury | 1896–1900 |
| Peter McBride | Kara Kara | 1897–1913 |
| James Whiteside McCay | Castlemaine | 1895–1899 |
| James McColl | Gunbower | 1886–1901 |
| Robert McGregor | Ballarat East | 1894–1924 |
| John McIntyre | Maldon | 1877–1880; 1881–1902 |
| Malcolm McKenzie | Anglesey | 1892–1903; 1911–1920 |
| Allan McLean | Gippsland North | 1880–1901 |
| Donald Norman McLeod | Portland | 1894–1900 |
| Frank Madden | Eastern Suburbs | 1894–1917 |
| William Maloney | Melbourne West | 1889–1903 |
| Francis Mason | Gippsland South | 1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902 |
| John Mason | Rodney | 1897–1902; 1907–1908 |
| David Methven | East Bourke Boroughs | 1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904 |
| James Moloney | Carlton South | 1897–1900 |
| John Morrissey | Rodney | 1897–1907 |
| William Moule | Brighton | 1894–1900 |
| Edward Murphy | Warrenheip | 1886–1900 |
| John Murray | Warrnambool | 1884–1916 |
| Bryan O'Loghlen | Port Fairy | 1878–1880; 1880–1883; 1888–1894; 1897–1900 |
| Richard O'Neill | Mandurang | 1893–1902 |
| Alfred Richard Outtrim | Maryborough | 1885–1902; 1904–1920 |
| Alexander Peacock | Clunes & Allandale | 1889–1933 |
| Hugh Rawson | Kyneton | 1892–1900 |
| George Russell | Grenville | 1892–1900 |
| Carty Salmon | Talbot and Avoca | 1894–1901 |
| George Sangster | Port Melbourne | 1894–1915 |
| William Shiels | Normanby | 1880–1904 |
| Robert Smith | Hawthorn | 1873–1877; 1878–1882; 1894–1900 |
| Thomas Smith | Emerald Hill | 1889–1904 |
| Michael Stapleton | Grenville | 1897–1899 |
| Samuel Staughton Sr. | Bourke West | 1880; 1883–1901 |
| David Sterry | Sandhurst South | 1889–1904 |
| James Styles | Williamstown | 1894–1900 |
| John William Taverner | Donald & Swan Hill | 1889–1904 |
| John Thomson | Dundas | 1892–1900; 1902–1914 |
| Richard Toutcher | Ararat | 1897–1935 |
| William Trenwith | Richmond | 1889–1903 |
| Albert Tucker | Fitzroy | 1874–1900 |
| John Tucker | Melbourne South | 1896–1904 |
| George Turner | St Kilda | 1889–1901 |
| George J. Turner | Gippsland West | 1892–1900 |
| Richard Vale | Ballarat West | 1886–1889; 1892–1902 |
| William Watt | North Melbourne | 1897–1900; 1902–1914 |
| James Wheeler | Daylesford | 1864–1867; 1880–1900 |
| John White | Albert Park | 1892–1902 |
| Edgar Wilkins | Collingwood | 1892–1908 |
| Edward David Williams | Castlemaine | 1894–1904 |
| Henry Williams | Eaglehawk | 1877–1883; 1889–1902 |
| Ephraim Zox | Melbourne East | 1877–1899 |

    Francis Mason was Speaker. William Beazley was Chairman of Committees.
    Anderson died 3 May 1898; replaced by John Pollock Spiers, sworn-in June 1898.
    Hancock died 22 November 1899; replaced by Samuel Mauger, sworn-in January 1900.
    McCay lost a by-election on 20 December 1899 after accepting the position of Minister for Education; replaced by Harry Lawson.
    E. Murphy died 12 April 1900; replaced by George Holden, sworn-in June 1900.
    Stapleton died 9 November 1899; replaced by David Kerr, sworn-in December 1899.
    Zox died 23 October 1899; replaced by Samuel Gillott, sworn-in November 1899.
