Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1880–1889
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the Queensland Legislative Council''' from 1 January 1880 to 31 December 1889.Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.The chamber grew in size from 30 to 38 members during the course of the decade.
Office bearers President of the Legislative Council:* Joshua Peter Bell (3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881)* Arthur Hunter Palmer (24 December 1881 – 20 March 1898)Chairman of Committees:* Daniel Foley Roberts (30 May 1860 – 26 July 1889)* Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (31 July 1889 – 31 December 1892)
Members  Name Date appointed Date left Reason for leaving William Aplin    ''''  Joshua Peter Bell      Death William Draper Box    ''''  Frederic Brentnall    ''''  Alfred Henry Brown      Resignation Eyles Browne      Unknown Charles Hardie Buzacott      Resignation James Cowlishaw    ''''  John Deane    ''''  George Edmondstone      Death John Clark Foote    ''''  Edward Barrow Forrest    ''''  William Forrest    ''''  James Garrick    ''''  James Gibbon      Seat vacated William Graham    ''''  Augustus Gregory    ''''  Francis Thomas Gregory      Death Frederick Hart    ''''  John Heussler    ''''  William Hobbs       Resignation Frederick Holberton    ''''  Louis Hope      Resignation Francis Ivory      Resignation George King    ''''   James Lalor    ''''  William Lambert    ''''  John Macansh    ''''  Thomas MacDonald-Paterson    ''''  John Frederick McDougall    ''''  Peter MacPherson    ''''  Charles Marks    ''''  Charles Mein      Resignation Charles Melbourne      Seat vacated Boyd Dunlop Morehead      Transferred to Assembly Berkeley Basil Moreton    ''''  John Mullen      Seat vacated Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior    ''''   Dr. Kevin O'Doherty      Resignation Arthur Hunter Palmer    ''''  William Pettigrew    ''''  William Grene Power    ''''  Daniel Foley Roberts      Death Alexander Raff    ''''  Thomas Rome      Resignation Gordon Sandeman      Seat vacated John Scott    ''''  Henry Simpson      Resignation James Thorneloe Smith    ''''  Joseph Smyth    ''''  James Swan    ''''  James Taylor    ''''  William Taylor    ''''  Andrew Joseph Thynne    ''''  William Thornton      Death John Turner    ''''  William Henry Walsh      Death William Duckett White      Resignation Andrew Wilson    ''''  Walter Horatio Wilson    ''''  Henry Wood    '''' : James Taylor resigned from the Council on 10 January 1881 but was reappointed on 1 July 1881.: James Garrick was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 13 November 1869 until 8 December 1870.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)