Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1878–1883
Introduction This is a list of '''members of the 8th Legislative Assembly of Queensland''' from 1878 to 1883, as elected at the 1878 colonial elections held between 14 November 1878 and 10 December 1878 (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 Aland  Drayton and Toowoomba  1881–1893 William Allan  Darling Downs  1881–1883; 1887–1896 Francis Amhurst  Mackay  1875–1877; 1878–1881 Archibald Archer  Blackall  1867–1869; 1878–1886;1888–1896 William Bailey  Wide Bay  1873–1888 William Henry Baynes  Burnett  1878–1883 Frank Beattie  Fortitude Valley  1874–1878; 1879–1886 Joshua Peter Bell  Northern Downs  1862–1879 Henry Rogers Beor  Bowen  1877–1880 Maurice Hume Black  Mackay  1881–1993 William Brookes  North Brisbane  1863–1867; 1882–1888 John Buckland  Bulimba  1882–1892 Charles E. Chubb  Bowen  1883–1888 Frederick Cooper  Cook  1878–1884 Pope Alexander Cooper  Bowen  1881–1883 George Davenport  Drayton and Toowoomba  1878–1881 John Deane  Townsville  1878–1879 Oscar de Satge  Mitchell  1869–1870; 1870–1872; 1873–1877; 1881–1882 James Dickson  Enoggera  1873–1888; 1892–1901 John Douglas  Maryborough  1863–1866; 1867–1868;1875–1880 Albrecht Feez  Leichhardt  1880–1883 John Ferguson  Rockhampton  1881–1888 James Foote  Bundamba  1873–1878; 1880–1888;1892–1893 William Fowles  Clermont  1878–1879 Josiah Francis  Ipswich  1881–1883 Simon Fraser  South Brisbane  1868–1870; 1873–1878;1880–1888 James Garrick  Moreton  1867–1868; 1877–1883 John Govett  Mitchell  1882–1888 Samuel Walker Griffith  North Brisbane  1872–1893 Samuel Grimes  Oxley  1878–1902 William Henry Groom  Drayton and Toowoomba  1862–1901 John Hamilton  Gympie  1878–1904 William Hendren  Bundamba  1878–1880 Charles Lumley Hill  Gregory  1878–1882; 1885–1888 Jacob Horwitz  Warwick  1878–1887 Jean Baptiste Louis Isambert  Rosewood  1882–1892 John Shillito Jessop  Dalby  1882–1893 Francis Benjamin Kates  Darling Downs  1878–1881; 1883–1888 William Kellett  Stanley  1878–1888 Henry Edward King  Maryborough  1870–1871; 1871–1873; 1874–1883 Richard Ash Kingsford  South Brisbane  1875–1883 James Lalor  Maranoa  1878–1888 Jacob Low  Balonne  1874–1883 Thomas MacDonald-Paterson  Rockhampton  1878–1885; 1896–1901 John MacFarlane  Ipswich  1878–1894 John MacFarlane  Leichhardt  1877–1878; 1879–1880 Thomas McIlwraith  Mulgrave  1870–1871; 1873–1886;1888–1896 Angus Mackay  South Brisbane  1878–1880 Peter McLean  Logan  1876–1883 John Murtagh Macrossan  Townsville  1873–1878; 1879–1891 Thomas McWhannell  Gregory  1882–1888 Archibald Meston  Rosewood  1878–1882 William Miles  Darling Downs  1864–1873; 1874–1875;1876–1887 Boyd Dunlop Morehead  Mitchell  1871–1880; 1883–1896 Albert Norton  Port Curtis  1878–1893 Patrick O'Sullivan  Stanley  1860–1863; 1867–1868;1876–1883; 1888–1893 Arthur Hunter Palmer  North Brisbane  1866–1881 Henry Palmer  Maryborough  1880–1883 Henry Palmer  Kennedy  1878–1883 William Sheffield Paul  Leichhardt  1878–1879; 1888–1893 Patrick Perkins  Aubigny  1877–1884; 1888–1893 de Burgh Fitzpatrick Persse  Fassifern  1878–1883 Thomas Price  Wide Bay  1878–1883 Ratcliffe Pring  Fortitude Valley  1860–1862; 1863–1866;1867–1872; 1873–1874;1878–1879 William Rea  Rockhampton  1878–1881 Arthur Rutledge  Enoggera  1878–1893; 1899–1904 John Scott  Leichhardt  1868, 1870–1888 Roger Sheaffe  Burke  1878–1883 George Simpson  Dalby  1878–1882 Ernest James Stevens  Warrego  1878–1896 John Stevenson  Normanby  1876–1893 Francis Horace Stubley  Kennedy  1878–1883 Frederick ffoulkes Swanwick  Bulimba  1878–1882 John Malbon Thompson  Ipswich  1868–1881 George Thorn jnr  Northern Downs  1867–1874; 1876–1878;1879–1883; 1887–1888;1893–1902 John de Poix Tyrel  Carnarvon  1876–1883 John Walsh  Cook  1878–1883 Henry Joseph Weld-Blundell  Clermont  1879–1883
See also *Premier:: John Douglas (1877–1879): Thomas McIlwraith (1879–1883)
Notes : On 21 January 1879, following the defeat of the Douglas Ministry, the McIlwraith Ministry was sworn in. The Constitution required all of them to stand down and contest their parliamentary seats at ministerial by-elections. Only one of its members was opposed at election: John Malbon Thompson, the member for Ipswich, who was returned by a narrow majority at the poll on 1 February 1879 against James Foote. : On 3 February 1879, John Deane, the member for Townsville, resigned. John Murtagh Macrossan, who had already been appointed Minister for Works and Mines in the McIlwraith Ministry, won the resulting by-election on 4 March 1879.: On 1 March 1879, William Fowles, the member for Clermont, resigned following his appointment as Registrar of the Supreme Court. Henry Joseph Weld-Blundell won the resulting by-election on 5 April 1879.: On 24 March 1879, William Sheffield Paul, the member for Leichhardt, resigned. John MacFarlane won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1879.: On 3 April 1879, Joshua Peter Bell, the member for Northern Downs, was appointed as President of the Queensland Legislative Council replacing Maurice O'Connell, who had died on 23 March. George Thorn won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1879.: On 16 May 1879, following a petition upon claims by William Bailey that the Attorney-General and member for Fortitude Valley, Ratcliffe Pring, was engaging in legal services on behalf of the Crown for profit, his seat was vacated and a ministerial by-election announced. Pring was defeated by Frank Beattie at the by-election on 29 May 1879.: On 24 March 1880, Angus Mackay, member for South Brisbane, retired due to ill health and returned to Britain. Simon Fraser won the resulting by-election on 6 April 1880.: On 10 April 1880, John MacFarlane, the member for Leichhardt, died. Albrecht Feez won the resulting by-election on 6 May 1880.: On 4 June 1880, following the resignation of Ratcliffe Pring (who had not held a seat in either house since his defeat on 29 May 1879) as Attorney-General, Henry Beor resigned and contested a ministerial by-election for his seat of Bowen on 29 June 1880, which he won. : On 26 October 1880, William Hendren, the member for Bundamba, resigned following his being declared insolvent. James Foote won the resulting by-election on 12 November 1880.: On 24 November 1880, John Douglas, the former Premier and member for Maryborough, resigned. Henry Palmer won the resulting by-election on 13 December 1880.: On 1 January 1881, George Davenport, the member for Drayton and Toowoomba, died. Robert Aland won the resulting by-election on 14 January 1881.: On 25 December 1880, Henry Beor, the Attorney-General and member for Bowen, died. Pope Alexander Cooper, who had been appointed his replacement as Attorney-General, won the resulting by-election on 24 January 1881.: On 30 December 1880, Boyd Dunlop Morehead, the member for Mitchell, was appointed to the Queensland Legislative Council. Oscar de Satge won the resulting by-election on 3 February 1881.: On 3 January 1881, Francis Amhurst, the member for Mackay, died. Maurice Hume Black won the resulting by-election on 24 March 1881.: On 27 July 1881, John Malbon Thompson, the member for Ipswich, resigned. Josiah Francis won the resulting by-election on 8 August 1881.: On 21 September 1881, William Rea, the member for Rockhampton, died. John Ferguson won the resulting by-election on 8 October 1881.: On 1 November 1881, Francis Kates, the member for Darling Downs, resigned. William Allan won the resulting by-election on 29 November 1881.: On 24 December 1881, Arthur Hunter Palmer, the member for North Brisbane, was appointed as President of the Queensland Legislative Council, replacing Joshua Peter Bell, who had died on 20 December. William Brookes won the resulting by-election on 13 January 1882.: On 20 January 1882, George Simpson, the member for Dalby, resigned. John Jessop won the resulting by-election on 31 January 1882.: On 20 February 1882, Charles Lumley Hill, the member for Gregory, resigned. Thomas McWhannell won the resulting by-election on 21 March 1882.: On 5 April 1882, Oscar de Satge, the member for Mitchell, resigned. John Govett won the resulting by-election on 27 April 1882.: On 4 July 1882, Frederick Swanwick, the member for Bulimba, resigned. John Buckland won the resulting by-election on 13 July 1882.: On 4 July 1882, Archibald Meston, the member for Rosewood, resigned. Jean-Baptiste Isambert won the resulting by-election on 17 July 1882.: On 5 January 1883, Pope Alexander Cooper, the Attorney-General member for Bowen, resigned. Charles E. Chubb, who had been appointed Attorney-General on 6 January, won the resulting by-election on 18 January 1883.
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 1878–1883