Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1890–1899
# Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1890–1899

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1890 to 31 December 1899. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.

The chamber increased in size from 38 to 41 members on 23 August 1894.

## Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

* Arthur Hunter Palmer (24 December 1881 – 20 March 1898)
* Hugh Nelson (13 April 1898 – 1 January 1906)

Chairman of Committees:

* Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (31 July 1889 – 31 December 1892)
* Frederic Brentnall (26 May 1893 – 22 July 1902)

## Members

| Name | Date appointed | Date left | Reason for leaving |
| - | - | - | - |
| William Allan | 11 March 1897 | 19 October 1901 | |
| William Aplin | 19 October 1880 | 18 February 1901 | |
| John Archibald | 11 March 1897 | 20 May 1907 | |
| Andrew Henry Barlow | 10 June 1896 | 29 March 1915 | |
| William Draper Box | 2 January 1874 | 26 January 1904 | |
| Frederic Brentnall | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | |
| William Brookes | 27 June 1891 | 11 June 1897 | Resignation |
| Robert Bulcock | 23 August 1894 | 10 May 1900 | |
| Charles Hardie Buzacott | 23 August 1894 | 13 May 1901 | |
| Thomas Joseph Byrnes | 12 August 1890 | 13 March 1893 | Transferred to Assembly |
| Felix Clewitt | 30 July 1890 | 13 February 1913 | |
| James Cowlishaw | 18 April 1878 | 15 March 1922 | |
| Thomas Bridson Cribb | 23 May 1893 | 13 March 1896 | Transferred to Assembly |
| John Deane | 31 July 1889 | 27 October 1913 | |
| James Drake | 7 December 1899 | 13 May 1901 | |
| John Ferguson | 23 August 1894 | 30 March 1906 | |
| John Clark Foote | 12 May 1877 | 18 August 1895 | Death |
| Edward Barrow Forrest | 15 August 1882 | 8 March 1899 | Transferred to Assembly |
| William Forrest | 13 May 1883 | 23 April 1903 | |
| James Garrick | 13 November 1883 | 28 August 1894 | Seat vacated |
| Angus Gibson | 6 April 1899 | 28 May 1920 | |
| William Graham | 5 August 1880 | 7 June 1892 | Death |
| George Wilkie Gray | 23 August 1894 | 22 March 1922 | |
| Augustus Gregory | 10 November 1882 | 25 June 1905 | |
| Frederick Hart | 11 July 1872 | 15 July 1915 | |
| John Heussler | 13 December 1870 | 26 October 1907 | |
| Frederick Holberton | 4 July 1885 | 9 September 1907 | |
| George King | 26 January 1882 | 19 March 1890 | Resignation |
| James Lalor | 23 August 1888 | 11 August 1921 | |
| William Lambert | 15 March 1872 | 3 December 1901 | |
| John Macansh | 17 April 1886 | 1 August 1896 | Death |
| Thomas MacDonald-Paterson | 22 April 1885 | 11 March 1896 | Transferred to Assembly |
| John Frederick McDougall | 1 May 1860 | 13 September 1895 | Resignation |
| John McMaster | 9 May 1899 | 22 July 1901 | |
| Peter MacPherson | 1 July 1881 | 12 September 1913 | |
| Charles Marks | 28 November 1888 | 23 March 1922 | |
| Boyd Dunlop Morehead | 10 June 1896 | 30 October 1905 | |
| Berkeley Basil Moreton | 25 May 1888 | 25 June 1891 | Resignation |
| Hugh Mosman | 27 June 1891 | 17 January 1906 | |
| Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior | 22 February 1866 | 31 December 1892 | Death |
| Hugh Nelson | 13 April 1898 | 1 January 1906 | |
| Albert Norton | 23 August 1894 | 11 March 1914 | |
| Arthur Hunter Palmer | 24 December 1881 | 20 March 1898 | Death |
| Patrick Perkins | 23 May 1893 | 17 May 1901 | Death |
| William Perry | 22 September 1890 | 11 June 1891 | Death |
| William Pettigrew | 12 May 1877 | 23 June 1894 | Seat vacated |
| William Grene Power | 19 September 1883 | 14 August 1903 | Death |
| Alexander Raff | 14 August 1884 | 10 June 1910 | |
| John Scott | 23 August 1888 | 26 June 1890 | Resignation |
| James Thorneloe Smith | 23 August 1888 | 14 March 1902 | |
| Joseph Smyth | 5 May 1882 | 16 July 1910 | |
| Ernest James Stevens | 6 April 1899 | 7 September 1920 | |
| James Swan | 18 April 1878 | 26 May 1891 | Death |
| James Taylor | 4 November 1871 | 17 August 1893 | Resignation |
| William Taylor | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | |
| Andrew Joseph Thynne | 26 January 1882 | 23 March 1922 | |
| John Turner | 18 April 1878 | 29 July 1900 | |
| James Tyson | 23 May 1893 | 4 December 1898 | Death |
| John Webber | 9 May 1899 | 12 March 1904 | |
| Andrew Wilson | 19 September 1883 | 29 August 1906 | |
| Walter Horatio Wilson | 4 July 1885 | 28 February 1902 | |
| Henry Wood | 17 April 1886 | 31 December 1902 | |

    $^1$ The following had served previous terms before the appointment indicated:
* Charles Hardie Buzacott: 21 January 1879 – 5 July 1882
* Boyd Dunlop Morehead: 31 December 1880 – 3 August 1883
* Albert Norton: 11 September 1867 – 29 May 1868
