Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1870–1872
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1870–1872

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 24 August to 10 December 1870 to the elections of 24 August to September 1872.

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 |
| George Ward Cole | Central | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| John Cumming | South-Western | 1870–1880 |
| William Degraves | South | 1860–1874 |
| Frank Dobson | South | 1870–1895 |
| 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 |
| William Highett | Eastern | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| Robert Hope | South-Western | 1856–1864; 1867–1874 |
| Caleb Jenner | South-Western | 1863–1886 |
| Thomas McKellar | Western | 1870–1875 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Henry Morgan Murphy | Eastern | 1864–1873 |
| John O'Shanassy | Central | 1851–1856; 1868–1874 |
| William Henry Pettet | South | 1864–1871 |
| Francis Robertson | North-Western | 1860–1864; 1868–1886 |
| Philip Russell | South-Western | 1869–1875; 1880–1886 |
| Robert Simson | Western | 1868–1878; 1880–1882 |
| William Skene | Western | 1870–1876 |
| James Strachan | Western | 1851–1866; 1866–1874 |
| Robert Turnbull | Eastern | 1851–1853; 1864–1872 |
| Henry Walsh | Central | 1869–1871 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Robert Hope was Chairman of Committees.

    Pettet (sometimes spelt Pettett) died 2 December 1871, replaced by Thomas Hamilton in April 1872
    Walsh resigned in May 1871, replaced by Archibald Michie in a June 1871 by-election (sworn in August)
