Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1873–1878
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 7th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1873 to 1878, as elected at the 1873 colonial elections held between 4 November 1873 and 4 December 1873 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible to hold the elections on a single day). Name Electorate Term in office Francis Amhurst  Bowen  1875–1877; 1878–1881 William Bailey  Wide Bay  1873–1888 Frank Beattie  Fortitude Valley  1874–1878; 1879–1886 Joshua Peter Bell  Dalby  1862–1879 Henry Beor  Bowen  1877–1880 Adam Black   Logan  1875 Charles Hardie Buzacott   Rockhampton  1873–1877 Oscar de Satge  Normanby  1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882 James Dickson  Enoggera  1873–1888; 1892–1901 John Douglas  Maryborough  1863–1866; 1867–1868;1875–1880 George Edmondstone  Wickham  1860–1867; 1869–1877 Thomas Henry FitzGerald   Bowen  1867–1869; 1873–1875 James Foote  West Moreton  1873–1878; 1880–1888;1892–1893 George Fox  Normanby  1877–1878; 1901–1914 Simon Fraser  Bundamba  1868–1870; 1873–1878;1880–1888 William Fryar   East Moreton  1873–1877 James Garrick  East Moreton  1867–1868; 1877–1883 Charles Graham   Clermont  1872–1876 William Graham  Darling Downs  1875–1878 Samuel Griffith  Oxley  1872–1893 George Grimes  Bulimba  1876–1878 William Henry Groom  Toowoomba  1862–1901 Charles Haly  Leichhardt  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1869–1871; 1876–1878 William Hemmant   Bulimba  1871–1876 Albert John Hockings  Wickham  1877–1878 William Hodgkinson  Burke  1873–1875; 1888–1893 Francis Ivory  Burnett  1873–1878 James Johnston   Bulimba  1876 James Kidgell  Gympie  1877–1878 Henry Edward King  Ravenswood  1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883 Richard Ash Kingsford  South Brisbane  1875–1883 Charles Lilley   Fortitude Valley  1860–1873 Robert Lord   Gympie  1873–1877 Jacob Low  Balonne  1874–1883 Arthur Macalister   Ipswich  1860–1871; 1872–1876 Edward MacDevitt   Ravenswood  1870–1874 Peter MacDonald  Blackall  1873–1878 John MacFarlane  Ipswich  1878–1894 John MacFarlane  Rockhampton  1877–1878; 1879–1880 Thomas McIlwraith  Maranoa  1870–1871; 1873–1886;1888–1896 Peter McLean  Logan  1876–1883 John Murtagh Macrossan  Kennedy  1873–1878; 1879–1891 William Miles  CarnarvonNorthern Downs  1864–1873; 1874–1875;1876–1887 Boyd Dunlop Morehead  Mitchell  1871–1880; 1883–1896 Berkeley Basil Moreton   Maryborough  1870–1871; 1873–1875;1883–1888 James Morgan  Warwick  1870–1871; 1873–1878 William Edward Murphy  Cook  1876–1878 Philip Nind   Logan  1873–1875 Patrick O'Sullivan  Burke  1860–1863; 1867–1868;1876–1883; 1888–1893 Arthur Hunter Palmer  Port Curtis  1866–1881 James Augustus Parker   Burke  1875–1876 Edward Wilmot Pechey   Aubigny  1873–1877 Patrick Perkins  Aubigny  1877–1884; 1888–1893 de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse  Fassifern  1878–1883 John Pettigrew  Stanley  1873–1878 Ratcliffe Pring  CarnarvonBrisbane City  1860–1862; 1863–1866;1867–1872; 1873–1874;1878–1879 Edmund Royds   Leichhardt  1864–1868; 1872–1875 John Scott  Springsure  1868; 1870–1888 Walter Jervoise Scott  Mulgrave  1871–1878 Frederick Shaw   Logan  1875–1876 Thomas Blacket Stephens   South Brisbane  1863–1875 John Stevenson  Clermont  1876–1893 Robert Stewart  Brisbane City  1873–1878 John Malbon Thompson  Bremer  1868–1881 George Thorn  FassifernIpswich  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 Henry Thorn   Northern Downs  1867–1868; 1873–1876 John Thorn  Fassifern  1874–1878 John Tyrel  Carnarvon  1876–1883 Adam Walker   Balonne  1873–1874 William Henry Walsh  Warrego  1865–1878 Edward Wienholt   Darling Downs  1870–1875
See also *Premier:: Arthur Hunter Palmer (1870–1874): Arthur Macalister (1874–1876): George Thorn (1876–1877): John Douglas (1877–1879)
Notes : On 8 January 1874, Ratcliffe Pring, member for Carnarvon, was appointed to the Macalister Ministry as Attorney-General. He therefore was required to resign his seat and stand for a ministerial by-election. He lost the seat to William Miles at the resulting by-election on 20 January 1874.: On 8 January 1874, George Thorn, member for Fassifern, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. His brother John Thorn won the resulting by-election on 24 January 1874.: On 14 February 1874, Charles Lilley, member for Fortitude Valley, resigned. Frank Beattie won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1874.: The election of Adam Walker, the member for Balonne, was voided on 27 May 1874, and Jacob Low was appointed in his place. : The election of Philip Nind, the member for Logan, was voided on 27 May 1874.He retained his seat at the resulting by-election on 8 June 1874.: On 13 November 1874, Edward MacDevitt, member for Ravenswood, resigned. Henry Edward King won the resulting by-election on 9 December 1874.: On 1 February 1875, Edward Wienholt, member for Darling Downs, resigned. William Graham won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1875.: On 16 March 1875, Berkeley Basil Moreton, member for Maryborough, resigned. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 2 April 1875.: On 3 April 1875, Philip Nind, member for Logan, resigned. Adam Black won the resulting by-election on 16 April 1875.: On 5 May 1875, Thomas Henry FitzGerald, member for Bowen, resigned. Francis Amhurst won the resulting by-election on 14 May 1975.: On 13 May 1875, Thomas Blacket Stephens, member for South Brisbane, resigned. Richard Ash Kingsford won the resulting by-election on 26 May 1875, defeating the other nominee Ratcliffe Pring. : On 3 October 1875, Adam Black, member for Logan, resigned. Frederick Shaw won the resulting by-election on 19 October 1875.: On 13 September 1875, William Hodgkinson, member for Burke, resigned. James Augustus Parker won the resulting by-election on 26 October 1875.: On 14 October 1875, William Miles, member for Carnarvon, resigned. John Tyrel won the resulting by-election on 8 January 1876.: On 8 December 1875, Edmund Royds, member for Leichhardt, resigned. Charles Haly won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1876.: On 4 January 1876, Charles Graham, member for Clermont, resigned. John Stevenson won the resulting by-election on 4 February 1876.: On 12 April 1876, Frederick Shaw, member for Logan, resigned. Peter McLean won the resulting by-election on 9 May 1876.: The Additional Members Act 1875 created the new seat of Cook. On 1 June 1876, William Edward Murphy became its first member at a special election. : On 14 June 1876, Arthur Macalister, member for Ipswich, resigned. George Thorn won the resulting by-election on 20 June 1876.: On 26 June 1876, William Hemmant, member for Bulimba, resigned. James Johnston won the resulting by-election on 7 July 1876.: On 21 June 1876, James Augustus Parker, member for Burke, resigned. Patrick O'Sullivan won the resulting by-election on 22 August 1876.: On 30 October 1876, Henry Thorn, member for Northern Downs, resigned. William Miles won the resulting by-election on 14 November 1876.: On 7 November 1876, James Johnston, member for Bulimba, died. George Grimes won the resulting by-election on 18 November 1876.: On 9 March 1877, Robert Lord, member for Gympie, resigned. James Kidgell won the resulting by-election on 23 March 1877.: On 20 March 1877, Oscar de Satge, member for Normanby, resigned. George Fox won the resulting by-election on 19 April 1877.: On 24 March 1877, Francis Amhurst, member for Bowen, resigned. Henry Beor won the resulting by-election on 23 April 1877.: On 9 April 1877, Edward Wilmot Pechey, member for Aubigny, resigned. Patrick Perkins won the resulting by-election on 1 May 1877.: On 24 April 1877, William Fryar, member for East Moreton, resigned. James Garrick won the resulting by-election on 10 May 1877.: On 28 April 1877, George Edmondstone, member for Wickham, resigned. Albert John Hockings won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1877.: On 26 October 1877, Charles Hardie Buzacott, member for Rockhampton, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 20 November 1877.: On 1 February 1878, Robert Stewart, member for Brisbane City, resigned. Ratcliffe Pring won the resulting by-election on 12 February 1878.: On 12 February 1878, George Thorn, member for Ipswich, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 7 March 1878.: On 12 March 1878, John Thorn, member for Fassifern, resigned. de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse won the resulting by-election on 9 April 1878.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)* ''Brisbane Courier'' variously over 1873–1878