Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1863–1867
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1863 to 1867, as elected at the 1863 colonial elections held between 30 May 1863 and 27 June 1863 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). Name Electorate Term in office Joshua Peter Bell  West Moreton  1862–1879 Charles Blakeney  Town of Brisbane  1860–1865 William Brookes  Town of Brisbane  1863; 1864–1867;1882–1888 Henry Challinor  Town of Ipswich  1861–1868 Charles Coxen  Northern Downs  1860–1867 Benjamin Cribb  West Moreton  1861–1867; 1870–1873 Robert Cribb  East Moreton  1860–1867 George Dalrymple  Kennedy  1865–1867 Sydney Davis  Clermont  1865–1866 John Douglas  Port Curtis  1863–1866; 1867–1868;1875–1880 George Edmondstone  East Moreton  1860–1867; 1869–1877 John Edwards  Burnett  1863–1865 Gilbert Eliott  Wide Bay  1860–1870 Charles Fitzsimmons  Rockhampton  1860–1861, 1865–1868 Joseph Fleming  West Moreton  1860–1862; 1866–1867 Frederick Forbes  Warrego  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1868–1873 George Forbes  Clermont  1866–1867 William Henry Groom  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 Charles Haly  Burnett  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1869–1871; 1876–1878 Theodore Harden  Mitchell  1866 Robert Herbert  West Moreton  1860–1866 John Gore Jones  Mitchell  1862–1863; 1865–1866 William Kennedy  Maranoa  1863–1864 Edward Lamb  Mitchell  1867–1869 Charles Lilley  Hamlet of Fortitude Valley  1860–1873 Arthur Macalister  Town of Ipswich  1860–1871; 1872–1876 Robert Mackenzie  Burnett  1860–1869 John Donald McLean  Eastern Downs  1862–1866 William Miles  Maranoa  1864–1873; 1874–1875;1876–1887 Thomas DeLacy Moffat  Western Downs  1860–1864 Arthur Hunter Palmer  Port Curtis  1866–1881 Ratcliffe Pring  Town of Ipswich  1860–1862; 1863–1866;1867–1872; 1873–1874;1878–1879 Theophilus Parsons Pugh  Town of Brisbane  1863–1869 George Raff  Town of Brisbane  1860–1864; 1865–1867 George Reed  Town of Ipswich  1866–1867 Charles Royds  Leichhardt  1860–1864; 1868–1872 Edmund Royds  Leichhardt  1864–1868; 1872–1875 Gordon Sandeman  Leichhardt  1863–1870 Thomas Blacket Stephens  Town of South Brisbane  1863–1875 James Taylor  Western Downs  1860–1870 Roderick Travers  Clermont  1866 William Henry Walsh  Maryborough  1865–1878 John Watts  Western Downs  1860–1862; 1864–1867 Arnold Wienholt  Warwick  1863–1867
See also *Premier:: Robert Herbert (1859–February 1866): Arthur Macalister (February–July 1866): Robert Herbert (July–August 1866): Arthur Macalister (August 1866–August 1867)
Notes : On 15 September 1863, upon a successful petition by Robert Cribb on the basis that printed lines on the ballot paper misled voters, the election in East Moreton was declared void. The election was re-run on 26 September, and William Brookes lost his seat to Cribb, whilst George Edmondstone retained his. : On 8 February 1864, Charles Royds, the member for Leichhardt, resigned. His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 14 April 1864.: On 8 April 1864, George Raff, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. William Brookes won the resulting by-election on 22 April 1864.: On 28 July 1864, William Kennedy, the member for Maranoa, was unseated by the Elections and Qualifications Committee. William Miles won the resulting by-election on 27 September 1864.: On 2 October 1864, Thomas DeLacy Moffat, member for Western Downs, died. John Watts won the resulting by-election on 2 November 1864.: Under the Additional Members Act 1864, the seats of Clermont, Kennedy, Maryborough, Mitchell, Rockhampton and Warrego were created. By-elections to fill the new seats were held on 1 February 1865 (Maryborough and Rockhampton), on 18 March 1865 (Clermont and Kennedy) and on 25 March 1865 (Mitchell and Warrego). : On 15 April 1865, John Edwards, the member for Burnett, resigned. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1865.: On 25 November 1865, Charles Blakeney, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. George Raff won the resulting by-election on 25 November 1865.: On 1 January 1866, John Gore Jones, the member for Mitchell, resigned. Theodore Harden won the resulting by-election on 22 February 1866.: On 1 February 1866, John Douglas, the member for Port Curtis, was appointed as a minister. As such, he was required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election for his own seat. On 19 March 1866, he lost the by-election to Arthur Hunter Palmer. : On 21 July 1866, the member for Ipswich Ratcliffe Pring was appointed Attorney-General of Queensland by Premier Robert Herbert. As such, he was required to resign and contest a ministerial by-election for his own seat. On 4 August 1866, he lost the seat to George McCullagh Reed. : On 7 August 1866, the Premier of Queensland and member for West Moreton, Robert Herbert, resigned. Joseph Fleming won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1866.: On 18 August 1866, Sydney Davis, the member for Clermont, resigned. Roderick Travers won the resulting by-election on 11 September 1866; however, he declined to take the seat and resigned on 12 October. A further by-election on 13 November 1866 was won by George Forbes. : On 22 November 1866, Theodore Harden, the member for Mitchell, resigned. Edward Lamb won the resulting by-election on 4 January 1867.: On 16 December 1866, John Donald McLean, the member for Eastern Downs, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1867 elections.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)