Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1878–1880
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1878–1880

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of 17 August – 16 September 1878 to the elections of 20 March – 14 July 1880.

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 |
| - | - | - |
| Robert Anderson | Eastern | 1866–1883 |
| James Balfour | South | 1874–1913 |
| George Belcher | South-Western | 1875–1886 |
| Niel Black | Western | 1859–1880 |
| Thomas Bromell | Western | 1874–1887 |
| James Buchanan | South | 1876–1898 |
| William Campbell | North-Western | 1851–1854; 1862–1882 |
| William John Clarke | South | 1878–1897 |
| George Ward Cole | Central | 1853–1855; 1859–1879 |
| John Cumming | South-Western | 1870–1880 |
| Henry Cuthbert | South-Western | 1874–1907 |
| Frank Dobson | South | 1870–1895 |
| Nicholas Fitzgerald | North-Western | 1864–1908 |
| Alexander Fraser | North-Western | 1858–1881 |
| James Graham | Central | 1853–1854; 1866–1886 |
| Thomas Hamilton | South | 1872–1884 |
| William Edward Hearn | Central | 1878–1888 |
| James Henty | South-Western | 1853–1882 |
| William Highett | Eastern | 1853–1856; 1857–1880 |
| Caleb Jenner | South-Western | 1863–1886 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Robert Dyce Reid | Eastern | 1876–1881 |
| Francis Robertson | North-Western | 1860–1864; 1868–1886 |
| William Ross | Western | 1878–1888 |
| Frederick T. Sargood | Central | 1874–1880; 1882–1901 |
| Charles Sladen | Western | 1855–1856; 1864–1868; 1876–1882 |
| Theodotus Sumner | Central | 1873–1883 |
| John Wallace | Eastern | 1873–1901 |
| Samuel Wilson | Western | 1875–1881 |
| William Wilson | Eastern | 1875–1880 |

William Mitchell was President of the Council, Caleb Jenner was Chairman of Committees.

    Cole died 26 April 1879, replaced by James Lorimer who was elected unopposed 12 May 1879 sworn-in in July 1879.
