title: Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1880–1889
text: # Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1880–1889
  
  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 | 19 October 1880 | 18 February 1901 | |
  | Joshua Peter Bell | 3 April 1879 | 20 December 1881 | Death |
  | William Draper Box | 2 January 1874 | 26 January 1904 | |
  | Frederic Brentnall | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | |
  | Alfred Henry Brown | 12 January 1874 | 26 January 1882 | Resignation |
  | Eyles Browne | 3 July 1863 | 14 August 1882 | Unknown |
  | Charles Hardie Buzacott | 21 January 1879 | 5 July 1882 | Resignation |
  | James Cowlishaw | 18 April 1878 | 15 March 1922 | |
  | John Deane | 31 July 1889 | 27 October 1913 | |
  | George Edmondstone | 12 May 1877 | 23 February 1883 | Death |
  | John Clark Foote | 12 May 1877 | 18 August 1895 | |
  | Edward Barrow Forrest | 15 August 1882 | 8 March 1899 | |
  | William Forrest | 13 May 1883 | 23 April 1903 | |
  | James Garrick | 13 November 1883 | 28 August 1894 | |
  | James Gibbon | 22 February 1866 | 19 February 1887 | Seat vacated |
  | William Graham | 5 August 1880 | 7 June 1892 | |
  | Augustus Gregory | 10 November 1882 | 25 June 1905 | |
  | Francis Thomas Gregory | 2 January 1874 | 23 October 1888 | Death |
  | Frederick Hart | 11 July 1872 | 15 July 1915 | |
  | John Heussler | 13 December 1870 | 26 October 1907 | |
  | William Hobbs | 26 April 1861 | 18 October 1880 | Resignation |
  | Frederick Holberton | 4 July 1885 | 9 September 1907 | |
  | Louis Hope | 24 April 1862 | 1 November 1882 | Resignation |
  | Francis Ivory | 15 September 1879 | 1 July 1881 | Resignation |
  | George King | 26 January 1882 | 19 March 1890 | |
  | James Lalor | 23 August 1888 | 11 August 1921 | |
  | William Lambert | 15 March 1872 | 3 December 1901 | |
  | John Macansh | 17 April 1886 | 1 August 1896 | |
  | Thomas MacDonald-Paterson | 22 April 1885 | 11 March 1896 | |
  | John Frederick McDougall | 1 May 1860 | 13 September 1895 | |
  | Peter MacPherson | 1 July 1881 | 12 September 1913 | |
  | Charles Marks | 28 November 1888 | 23 March 1922 | |
  | Charles Mein | 26 April 1872 | 11 July 1883 | Resignation |
  | Charles Melbourne | 18 April 1878 | 18 August 1885 | Seat vacated |
  | Boyd Dunlop Morehead | 31 December 1880 | 3 August 1883 | Transferred to Assembly |
  | Berkeley Basil Moreton | 25 May 1888 | 25 June 1891 | |
  | John Mullen | 26 April 1872 | 11 July 1883 | Seat vacated |
  | Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior | 22 February 1866 | 31 December 1892 | |
  | Dr. Kevin O'Doherty | 12 May 1877 | 4 November 1885 | Resignation |
  | Arthur Hunter Palmer | 24 December 1881 | 20 March 1898 | |
  | William Pettigrew | 12 May 1877 | 23 June 1894 | |
  | William Grene Power | 19 September 1883 | 14 August 1903 | |
  | Daniel Foley Roberts | 23 May 1860 | 26 July 1889 | Death |
  | Alexander Raff | 14 August 1884 | 10 June 1910 | |
  | Thomas Rome | 1 July 1881 | 24 January 1882 | Resignation |
  | Gordon Sandeman | 2 January 1874 | 18 August 1886 | Seat vacated |
  | John Scott | 23 August 1888 | 26 June 1890 | |
  | Henry Simpson | 29 July 1868 | 29 April 1882 | Resignation |
  | James Thorneloe Smith | 23 August 1888 | 14 March 1902 | |
  | Joseph Smyth | 5 May 1882 | 16 July 1910 | |
  | James Swan | 18 April 1878 | 26 May 1891 | |
  | James Taylor | 4 November 1871 | 17 August 1893 | |
  | William Taylor | 17 April 1886 | 23 March 1922 | |
  | Andrew Joseph Thynne | 26 January 1882 | 23 March 1922 | |
  | William Thornton | 30 October 1882 | 27 June 1884 | Death |
  | John Turner | 18 April 1878 | 29 July 1900 | |
  | William Henry Walsh | 20 February 1879 | 5 April 1888 | Death |
  | William Duckett White | 26 April 1861 | 5 August 1880 | Resignation |
  | Andrew Wilson | 19 September 1883 | 29 August 1906 | |
  | Walter Horatio Wilson | 4 July 1885 | 28 February 1902 | |
  | Henry Wood | 17 April 1886 | 31 December 1902 | |
  
      $^1$ James Taylor resigned from the Council on 10 January 1881 but was reappointed on 1 July 1881.
      $^2$ James Garrick was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 13 November 1869 until 8 December 1870.
  