Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1860–1863
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 1st Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1860 to 1863, as elected at the inaugural 1860 colonial elections held between 27 April 1860 to 11 May 1860 (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 Alfred Broughton  West Moreton  1860 Henry Buckley  East Moreton  1860 Henry Challinor  West Moreton  1861–1868 Charles Coxen  Northern Downs  1860–1867 Benjamin Cribb  West Moreton  1861–1867; 1870–1873 Robert Cribb  Town of Brisbane  1860–1867 John Douglas  Port Curtis  1863–1866; 1867–1868;1875–1880 George Edmondstone  East Moreton  1860–1867; 1869–1877 Gilbert Eliott  Wide Bay  1860–1870 John Ferrett  Maranoa  1860–1863; 1870–1873 Charles Fitzsimmons  Port Curtis  1860–1861, 1865–1868 Joseph Fleming  West Moreton  1860–1862; 1866–1867 Frederick Forbes  Town of Ipswich  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1868–1873 St. George Richard Gore  Warwick  1860–1862  William Henry Groom  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 Charles Haly  Burnett  1860–1863; 1865–1867;1869–1871; 1876–1878 Hon Robert Herbert  Leichhardt  1860–1866 John Gore Jones  Warwick  1862–1863; 1865–1866 Henry Jordan  Town of Brisbane  1860; 1868–1871;1883–1890 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 Thomas DeLacy Moffat  Western Downs  1860–1864 William Nelson  West Moreton  1860 Patrick O'Sullivan  Town of Ipswich  1860–1863; 1867–1868;1876–1883; 1888–1893 Ratcliffe Pring  Eastern Downs  1860–1862; 1863–1866;1867–1872; 1873–1874;1878–1879 George Raff  Town of Brisbane  1860–1864; 1865–1867 Henry Richards  Town of South Brisbane  1860–1863 Charles Royds  Leichhardt  1860–1864; 1868–1872 Alfred Sandeman  Port Curtis  1861–1863 James Taylor  Western Downs  1860–1870 George Thorn (senior)  West Moreton  1860–1861 Thomas Warry  East Moreton  1860–1863 John Watts  Drayton and Toowoomba  1860–1862; 1864–1867
See also *Premier:: Robert Herbert (1859–1866)
Notes : On 22 June 1860, William Nelson, member for West Moreton, was unseated by petition. Joseph Fleming won the resulting by-election on 9 July 1860.: On 29 September 1860, Henry Buckley, member for East Moreton, resigned. Thomas Warry won the resulting by-election on 27 October 1860.: On 17 October 1860, Henry Jordan, member for Town of Brisbane, resigned. Robert Cribb won the resulting by-election on 8 December 1860.: On 21 December 1860, Alfred Broughton, member for West Moreton, resigned. Henry Challinor won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1861.: On 3 April 1861, George Thorn (senior), member for West Moreton, resigned. Benjamin Cribb won the resulting by-election on 26 April 1861.: On 16 May 1861, Henry Challinor, the member for West Moreton, resigned. He was re-elected at the resulting by-election on 31 May 1861.: On 3 September 1861, Charles Fitzsimmons, the member for Port Curtis, resigned. Alfred Sandeman won the resulting by-election on 15 October 1861.: On 14 January 1862, St. George Richard Gore, member for Warwick, resigned to contest a ministerial by-election after being made Secretary of Public Lands and Works. He was defeated by John Gore Jones at the resulting by-election on 4 February 1862.: On 22 April 1862, Ratcliffe Pring, the member for Eastern Downs, resigned. John Donald McLean won the resulting by-election on 2 May 1862.: On 26 July 1862, John Watts, the member for Drayton and Toowoomba, resigned. William Henry Groom won the resulting by-election on 11 August 1862.: On 3 November 1862, Joseph Fleming, the member for West Moreton, resigned. Joshua Peter Bell won the resulting by-election on 15 December 1862.: On 11 April 1863, Alfred Sandeman, the member for Port Curtis resigned due to complaints about his inactivity by his constituents. John Douglas won the resulting by-election on 12 May 1863.
References * Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860–1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001. *  Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)