Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1883–1888
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 9th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1883 to 1888, as elected at the 1883 colonial elections held between 10 August 1883 and 30 October 1883 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). Name Party Electorate Term in office Walter Adams  Ministerial  Mulgrave  1886–1892 Robert Aland  Opposition  Drayton and Toowoomba  1881–1893 William Allan  Opposition  Darling Downs  1881–1883; 1887–1896 John Annear  Ministerial  Maryborough  1884–1902 Archibald Archer  Independent  Blackall  1867–1869; 1878–1886;1888–1896 William Bailey  Ministerial  Wide Bay  1873–1888 John Lloyd Bale  Ministerial  Enoggera  1883–1885 Frank Beattie  Ministerial  Fortitude Valley  1874–1878; 1879–1886 Maurice Hume Black  Opposition  Mackay  1881–1893 William Brookes  Ministerial  North Brisbane  1863–1867; 1882–1888 Samuel Brooks  Ministerial  Fortitude Valley  1886–1888 William Villiers Brown  Independent  Townsville  1885–1888; 1891–1893 John Buckland  Ministerial  Bulimba  1882–1892 Robert Bulcock  Ministerial  Enoggera  1885–1888 James Campbell  Opposition  Aubigny  1884–1893 Thomas Campbell  Independent  Cook  1884–1885 Charles Chubb  Opposition  Bowen  1883–1888 Frederick Cooper  Independent  Cook  1878–1884 James Crombie  Opposition  Mitchell  1888–1898 James Dickson  Ministerial/Independent  Enoggera  1873–1888; 1892–1901 John Donaldson  Opposition  Warrego  1883–1893; 1896 Hon. Charles Dutton  Ministerial  Leichhardt  1883–1888 John Ferguson  Ministerial  Rockhampton  1881–1888 James Foote  Ministerial  Bundamba  1873–1878; 1880–1888;1892–1893 Justin Foxton  Ministerial  Carnarvon  1883–1904 Simon Fraser  Ministerial  South Brisbane  1868–1870; 1873–1878;1880–1888 James Garrick  Ministerial  Moreton  1867–1868; 1877–1883 John Govett  Opposition  Mitchell  1882–1888 Samuel Griffith  Ministerial  North Brisbane  1872–1893 Samuel Grimes  Ministerial  Oxley  1878–1902 William Henry Groom  Ministerial  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 John Hamilton  Opposition  Cook  1878–1904 William Higson  Ministerial  Rockhampton  1883–1888 Charles Lumley Hill  Independent  Cook  1878–1882, 1885–1888 Jacob Horwitz  Ministerial  Warwick  1878–1887 John Hurley  Independent  Maryborough  1883–1884 Jean-Baptiste Isambert  Ministerial  Rosewood  1882–1892 John Jessop  Opposition  Dalby  1882–1893 Henry Jordan  Ministerial  South Brisbane  1860; 1868–1871;1883–1890 Francis Kates  Ministerial  Darling Downs  1878–1881; 1883–1888 William Kellett  Ministerial  Stanley  1878–1888 James Lalor  Opposition  Maranoa  1878–1888 Isidor Lissner  Opposition  Kennedy  1883–1893; 1896–1899 Thomas MacDonald-Paterson  Ministerial  Moreton  1878–1885; 1896–1901 John MacFarlane  Ministerial  Ipswich  1878–1894 Thomas McIlwraith  Opposition  Mulgrave  1870–1871; 1873–1886;1888–1896 John McMaster  Ministerial  Fortitude Valley  1885–1899; 1901–1904;1907–1908 Thomas McWhannell  Ministerial  Gregory  1882–1888 John Murtagh Macrossan  Opposition  Townsville  1873–1878; 1879–1891 Matthew Mellor  Ministerial  Wide Bay  1883–1893 Alfred Midgley  Independent  Fassifern  1883–1887 William Miles  Ministerial  Darling Downs  1864–1873; 1874–1875;1876–1887 Boyd Dunlop Morehead  Opposition  Balonne  1871–1880; 1883–1896 Berkeley Basil Moreton  Ministerial  Burnett  1870–1871; 1873–1875; 1883–1888 Arthur Morgan  Independent  Warwick  1887–1896; 1898–1906 Frank Reid Murphy  Opposition  Barcoo  1885–1892 Hugh Nelson  Opposition  Northern Downs  1883–1898 Albert Norton  Opposition  Port Curtis  1878–1893 Edward Palmer  Opposition  Burke  1883–1893 William Pattison  Opposition  Blackall  1886–1893 Patrick Perkins  Opposition  Aubigny  1877–1884; 1888–1893 Robert Philp  Opposition  Musgrave  1886–1915 Arthur Rutledge  Ministerial  Kennedy  1878–1893; 1899–1904 William Salkeld  Ministerial  Ipswich  1883–1893 John Scott  Opposition  Leichhardt  1868, 1870–1888 Richard Bingham Sheridan  Ministerial  Maryborough  1883–1888 William Smyth  Ministerial  Gympie  1883–1899 Ernest James Stevens  Independent  Logan  1878–1896 John Stevenson  Ministerial  Normanby  1876–1893 George Thorn  Independent  Fassifern  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 Hiram Wakefield  Ministerial  Moreton  1885–1888 Donald Smith Wallace  Ministerial  Clermont  1883–1888 Peter White  Independent  Stanley  1883–1888
See also *Premier:: Samuel Griffith (Ministerial) (1883–1888)
Notes : The First Griffith Ministry was constituted on 13 November 1883.As a result, all new ministers had to resign their seats and contest them at ministerial by-elections; all except Charles Dutton, member for Leichhardt, were unopposed. Additionally, on the same day, James Garrick, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, who had lost his seat of Rockhampton at the election three months earlier, was elected unopposed for Moreton on 21 November 1883, whilst Dutton was re-elected on 7 December. : Following a petition alleging electoral fraud by Patrick Perkins or his supporters, on 21 February 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled the election of Patrick Perkins, the member for Aubigny, null and void. James Campbell was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 4 March 1884; although Perkins was able to contest the by-election, he decided not to do so. : On 4 March 1884, the Committee of Elections and Qualifications ruled Frederick Cooper, one of the members for Cook, was disqualified from sitting in the Legislative Assembly. Thomas Campbell, one of the unsuccessful candidates at the 1883 poll, was declared elected. The ''Brisbane Courier'' editorial on 27 February, anticipating a new election being called in Cook, said: "There was so much personation on both sides that a new election would be desirable, if it could be assumed that it would be conducted more free from abuse than its predecessor. ": On 8 July 1884, John Hurley, the member for Maryborough, resigned after having been declared insolvent. John Annear won the resulting by-election on 25 July 1884.: On 22 April 1885, Thomas MacDonald-Paterson, the member for Moreton, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Hiram Wakefield won the resulting by-election on 13 May 1885.: On 4 August 1885, Thomas Campbell, the member for Cook, resigned after having been declared insolvent. Charles Lumley Hill won the resulting by-election on 16 September 1885.: On 13 October 1885, John Lloyd Bale, the member for Enoggera, resigned due to ill health. Robert Bulcock was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 26 October 1885.: The Additional Members Act 1885 created three new seats: Barcoo, Musgrave and an additional seat each in Townsville and Fortitude Valley. The following members were elected::* Fortitude Valley (14 September 1885): John McMaster:* Townsville (11 November 1885): William Villiers Brown:* Barcoo (24 November 1885): Frank Reid Murphy:* Musgrave (5 January 1886): Robert Philp: On 23 January 1886, Archibald Archer, the member for Blackall, left for Europe on a prolonged visit, and resigned his seat. William Pattison won the resulting by-election on 13 April 1886.: On 16 April 1886, Frank Beattie, one of the members for Fortitude Valley, died. Samuel Brooks won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1886.: On 5 June 1886, Thomas McIlwraith, the member for Mulgrave, resigned. Walter Adams won the resulting by-election on 10 July 1886.: On 2 July 1887, Jacob Horwitz, the member for Warwick, resigned. Arthur Morgan was returned unopposed. won the resulting by-election on 18 July 1887.: On 19 July 1887, Alfred Midgley, the member for Fassifern, resigned. George Thorn, Jr. won the resulting by-election on 4 August 1887.: On 22 August 1887, William Miles, the member for Darling Downs, died. William Allan won the resulting by-election on 6 September 1887.: On 17 March 1888, Thomas McWhannell, the member for Gregory, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1888 election.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)* ''The General Election. List of Candidates'' Brisbane Courier, 26 April 1888, p. 6.