Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1868–1870

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 16 September – 2 November 1868 to the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870.

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

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

| Name | Province | Term in Office |
| - | - | - |
| Thomas Turner à Beckett | Central | 1852–1856; 1858–1878 |
| William à Beckett | South | 1868–1876 |
| Robert Anderson | Eastern | 1866–1883 |
| John Pinney Bear | South | 1863–1878 |
| Niel Black | Western | 1859–1880 |
| William Campbell | North-Western | 1851–1854; 1862–1882 |
| William J. T. Clarke | South | 1856–1861; 1862–1870 |
| George Ward Cole | Central | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| William Degraves | South | 1860–1874 |
| John Pascoe Fawkner | Central | 1851–1869 |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | North-Western | 1864–1908 |
| Alexander Fraser | North-Western | 1858–1881 |
| James Graham | Central | 1853–1854; 1866–1886 |
| James Henty | South-Western | 1853–1882 |
| Stephen Henty | Western | 1856–1870 |
| William Highett | Eastern | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| Robert Hope | South-Western | 1856–1864; 1867–1874 |
| Caleb Jenner | South-Western | 1863–1886 |
| Thomas Learmonth | South-Western | 1866–1868 |
| John McCrae | South-Western | 1860–1870 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Henry Morgan Murphy | Eastern | 1864–1873 |
| John O'Shanassy | Central | 1851–1856; 1868–1874 |
| James Palmer | Western | 1851–1870 |
| William Henry Pettet | South | 1864–1871 |
| Francis Robertson | North-Western | 1860–1864; 1868–1886 |
| Robert Simson | Western | 1868–1878; 1880–1882 |
| James Strachan | Western | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Robert Turnbull | Eastern | 1851–1853; 1864–1872 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |

James Palmer was President of the Council, William Mitchell was Chairman of Committees.

    Fawkner died 4 September 1869; replaced by Henry Walsh, sworn-in September 1869.
    Learmonth took leave of absence on or after September 1868 and resigned; replaced by Philip Russell, sworn-in April 1869.
