Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1872–1874
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1872–1874

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council from the elections of August–September 1872 to the elections of 12–25 March 1874.

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 |
| Thomas Hamilton | South | 1872–1884 |
| 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 |
| Archibald Michie | Central | 1852–1853; 1871–1873 |
| William Mitchell | North-Western | 1853; 1856–1858; 1859–1884 |
| Henry Morgan Murphy | Eastern | 1864–1873 |
| John O'Shanassy | Central | 1851–1856; 1868–1874 |
| 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 |
| Benjamin Williams | Eastern | 1856–1874 |

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

    Michie resigned in March 1873, replaced by Theodotus Sumner in a by-election the same month.
    Murphy resigned in November 1873, replaced by John Wallace in a by-election the same month.
    Turnbull died 21 November 1872, replaced by Francis Murphy in December 1872.
