Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1896–1898
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1896–1898

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 10 September 1896 to the elections of 8 September 1898.

From 1889 there were fourteen Provinces and a total of 48 members.

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

| Name | Province | Term in Office |
| - | - | - |
| Joseph Henry Abbott | Northern | 1889–1904 |
| Sidney Austin | South-Western | 1888–1904 |
| James Balfour | South-Eastern | 1874–1913 |
| James Bell | North-Western | 1882–1904 |
| Frederick Brown | North-Eastern | 1884–1903 |
| Thomas Brunton | South | 1890–1904 |
| James Buchanan | South-Eastern | 1876–1898 |
| James C. Campbell | South-Eastern | 1895–1910 |
| William John Clarke | South | 1878–1897 |
| Joseph Connor | South-Western | 1886–1899 |
| Samuel Cooke | Western | 1888–1901 |
| David Coutts | North-Western | 1882–1897 |
| Edward Crooke | Gippsland | 1893–1922 |
| Henry Cuthbert | Wellington | 1874–1907 |
| Thomas Dowling | Nelson | 1886–1904 |
| William Embling | North-Central | 1892–1912 |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | North-Central | 1864–1908 |
| Simon Fraser | South Yarra | 1886–1901 |
| George Godfrey | South Yarra | 1895–1904 |
| Frederick Grimwade | North Yarra | 1891–1904 |
| Cornelius Ham | Melbourne | 1882–1904 |
| David Ham | Wellington | 1886–1904 |
| Nathaniel Levi | North Yarra | 1892–1904 |
| William McCulloch | Gippsland | 1880–1903 |
| Donald Melville | South | 1882–1919 |
| Edward Miller | South Yarra | 1893–1913 |
| Edward Morey | Wellington | 1889–1904 |
| William Osmand | Nelson | 1888–1901 |
| William Pearson (junior) | Gippsland | 1896–1916 |
| Pharez Phillips | North-Western | 1896–1901 |
| William Pitt | North Yarra | 1891–1910 |
| Joseph Pratt | North-Western | 1889–1907 |
| Robert Reid | Melbourne | 1892–1903 |
| Arthur Sachse | North-Eastern | 1892–1920 |
| Charles Sargeant | Gippsland | 1889–1898 |
| Frederick T. Sargood | South Yarra | 1874–1880; 1882–1901 |
| James Service | Melbourne | 1888–1899 |
| George Simmie | Northern | 1889–1904 |
| Arthur Snowden | Melbourne | 1895–1904 |
| Joseph Sternberg | Northern | 1891–1928 |
| Nathan Thornley | Western | 1882–1903 |
| John Wallace | North-Eastern | 1873–1901 |
| Thomas Wanliss | Wellington | 1893–1898 |
| Samuel Williamson | Nelson | 1891–1901 |
| William Irving Winter | Northern | 1884–1901 |
| Henry Wrixon | South-Western | 1896–1910 |
| Agar Wynne | Western | 1888–1903 |
| William Zeal | North-Central | 1882–1901 |

William Zeal was President of the Council, Frederick Brown was Chairman of Committees.

    Clarke died 15 May 1897; replaced by Rupert Clarke, sworn-in June 1897.
    Coutts died 3 May 1897; replaced by Thomas Comrie sworn-in June 1897.
