Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1871–1873
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1871 to 1873, as elected at the 1871 colonial elections held between 8 July 1871 and 6 September 1871(due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). Name Electorate Term in office Robert Travers Atkin  East Moreton  1868–1869; 1870–1872 Joshua Peter Bell  Northern Downs  1862–1879 John Bramston  Burnett  1871–1873 Archibald Berdmore Buchanan  Warrego  1870; 1871–1873 Charles Clark  Warwick  1871–1873 Benjamin Cribb  Town of Ipswich  1861–1867; 1870–1873 Oscar de Satge  Clermont  1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882 George Edmondstone  Town of Brisbane  1860–1867; 1869–1877 John Ferrett  West Moreton  1860–1863; 1870–1873 Frederick Forbes  West Moreton  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1868–1873 Alexander Fyfe  Rockhampton  1870–1873 Charles Graham  Clermont  1872–1876 Samuel Griffith  East Moreton  1872–1893 William Henry Groom  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 John Handy  Town of Brisbane  1870–1871; 1872–1873 William Hemmant   East Moreton  1871–1876 John Johnston  Town of Ipswich  1870–1872 Henry Jordan  East Moreton   1860; 1868–1871;1883–1890 Henry Edward King  Wide Bay  1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883 Charles Lilley  Hamlet of Fortitude Valley  1860–1873 Arthur Macalister  Town of Ipswich  1860–1871; 1872–1876 Edward MacDevitt  Kennedy  1870–1874 William Miles  Maranoa  1864–1873; 1874–1875;1876–1887 Boyd Dunlop Morehead  Mitchell  1871–1880; 1883–1896 Berkeley Basil Moreton  Burnett  1870–1871; 1873–1875;1883–1888 Kevin O'Doherty  Town of Brisbane  1867–1873 Hon Arthur Hunter Palmer  Port Curtis  1866–1881 Ratcliffe Pring  Town of Brisbane  1860–1862; 1863–1866;1867–1872; 1873–1874;1878–1879 Hon Robert Ramsay  Western Downs  1867–1873 Charles Royds Leichhardt  1860–1864; 1868–1872 Edmund Royds Leichhardt  1864–1868; 1872–1875 John Scott  Leichhardt  1868, 1870–1888 Walter Jervoise Scott  Burnett  1871–1878 Thomas Blacket Stephens  Town of South Brisbane  1863–1875 John Malbon Thompson  Town of Ipswich  1868–1881 George Thorn  West Moreton  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 Edmond Thornton  Eastern Downs  1868–1870; 1871–1873 Horace Tozer  Wide Bay  1871; 1888–1898 William Henry Walsh  Maryborough  1865–1878 Edward Wienholt  Western Downs  1870–1875
See also *Premier:: Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874)
Notes : On 29 September 1871, Horace Tozer, member of Wide Bay, resigned to enable for previous member for Wide Bay Henry Edward King (who failed to win Maryborough in the 1871 election) to be re-elected in Wide Bay. On 4 October 1871 King was elected unopposed in the by-election in Wide Bay. : On 20 October 1871, Henry Jordan, member for East Moreton, resigned. William Hemmant won the resulting by-election on 4 November 1871.: On 24 October 1871, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Burnett, resigned. Walter Jervoise Scott won the resulting by-election on 7 November 1871.: On 11 January 1872, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. John Handy won the resulting by-election on 27 January 1872.: On 30 January 1872, Charles Royds, the member for Leichhardt, resigned. His brother Edmund Royds won the resulting by-election on 20 February 1872.: On 7 March 1872, Robert Travers Atkin, member for East Moreton, resigned due to ill health (he died two months later). Samuel Griffith won the resulting by-election on 3 April 1872.: On 9 April 1872, Oscar de Satge, the member for Clermont, resigned. Charles Graham won the resulting by-election on 30 April 1872.: On 9 October 1872, John Johnston, the member for Ipswich, died. Arthur Macalister won the resulting by-election on 22 October 1872.
References *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)* ''Brisbane Courier'' variously over 1871–1873