Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1900–1909

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1900 to 31 December 1909. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.

The Council's size grew from 41 to 44 members, however, at times during the decade, as few as 35 members sat in the Chamber. The first Labour members of the Chamber were appointed under the Morgan-Kidston coalition.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

Hugh Nelson (13 April 1898 – 1 January 1906)
Arthur Morgan (19 January 1906 – 19 December 1916)

Chairman of Committees:

Frederic Brentnall (26 May 1893 – 22 July 1902)
Albert Norton (23 July 1902 – 5 August 1907)
Peter MacPherson (6 August 1907 – 12 September 1913)

Members

Members shaded red were Labour Party members of the Council.

Name	Date appointed	Date left	Reason for leaving
Peter Airey	000000001907-07-03-00003 July 1907	000000001908-01-13-000013 January 1908	Transferred to Assembly
William Allan	000000001897-03-11-000011 March 1897	000000001901-10-19-000019 October 1901	Death
John Annear	000000001902-07-05-00005 July 1902	000000001910-05-28-000028 May 1910	Death
William Aplin	000000001880-10-19-000019 October 1880	000000001901-02-18-000018 February 1901	Death
John Archibald	000000001897-03-11-000011 March 1897	000000001907-05-20-000020 May 1907	Death
Andrew Henry Barlow	000000001896-06-10-000010 June 1896	000000001915-03-29-000029 March 1915	Death^[1]
Thomas Beirne	000000001905-07-27-000027 July 1905	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
William Draper Box	000000001874-01-02-00002 January 1874	000000001904-01-26-000026 January 1904	Death
Frederic Brentnall	000000001886-04-17-000017 April 1886	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
William Villiers Brown	000000001901-07-15-000015 July 1901	000000001915-04-29-0000April 29, 1915	Death
Robert Bulcock	000000001894-08-23-000023 August 1894	000000001900-05-10-000010 May 1900	Death
Charles Hardie Buzacott	000000001894-08-23-000023 August 1894	000000001901-05-13-000013 May 1901	Resignation
Albert Callan	000000001902-07-05-00005 July 1902	000000001912-05-09-0000May 9, 1912
William Henry Campbell	000000001906-07-12-000012 July 1906	000000001919-06-17-0000June 17, 1919
Arthur John Carter	000000001901-07-15-000015 July 1901	000000001917-11-06-0000November 6, 1917
Felix Clewitt	000000001890-07-30-000030 July 1890	000000001913-02-13-0000February 13, 1913
James Cowlishaw	000000001878-04-18-000018 April 1878	000000001922-03-15-0000March 15, 1922
Alfred Davey	000000001906-07-12-000012 July 1906	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
John Deane	000000001889-07-31-000031 July 1889	000000001913-10-27-0000October 27, 1913
James Drake	000000001899-12-07-00007 December 1899	000000001901-05-13-000013 May 1901	Transferred to Federal Parliament
Bartley Fahey	000000001904-05-05-00005 May 1904	000000001920-08-09-0000August 9, 1920
John Ferguson	000000001894-08-23-000023 August 1894	000000001906-03-30-000030 March 1906	Death
William Forrest	000000001883-05-13-000013 May 1883	000000001903-04-23-000023 April 1903	Death
Angus Gibson	000000001899-04-06-00006 April 1899	000000001920-05-28-0000May 28, 1920
George Wilkie Gray	000000001894-08-23-000023 August 1894	000000001922-03-22-0000March 22, 1922
Augustus Gregory	000000001882-11-10-000010 November 1882	000000001905-06-25-000025 June 1905	Death
Henry Littleton Groom	000000001906-07-12-000012 July 1906	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Thomas Murray Hall	000000001906-07-12-000012 July 1906	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Frederick Hart	000000001872-07-11-000011 July 1872	000000001915-07-15-0000July 15, 1915
John Heussler	000000001870-12-13-000013 December 1870	000000001907-10-26-000026 October 1907	Death
Albert Hinchcliffe	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Frederick Holberton	000000001885-07-04-00004 July 1885	000000001907-09-09-00009 September 1907	Death
Magnus Jensen	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001915-05-16-0000May 16, 1915
Thomas Alexander Johnson	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001914-10-28-0000October 28, 1914
James Lalor	000000001888-08-23-000023 August 1888	000000001921-08-11-0000August 11, 1921
William Lambert	000000001872-03-15-000015 March 1872	000000001901-12-03-00003 December 1901	Resignation
Frank McDonnell	000000001907-07-03-00003 July 1907	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Charles McGhie	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001917-01-21-0000January 21, 1917
John McMaster	000000001899-05-09-00009 May 1899	000000001901-07-22-000022 July 1901	Transferred to Assembly
Peter MacPherson	000000001881-07-01-00001 July 1881	000000001913-09-12-0000September 12, 1913
Charles Marks	000000001888-11-28-000028 November 1888	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Edward David Miles	000000001902-07-05-00005 July 1902	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Boyd Dunlop Morehead	000000001896-06-10-000010 June 1896	000000001905-10-30-000030 October 1905	Death
Berkeley Basil Moreton	000000001901-07-15-000015 July 1901	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Arthur Morgan	000000001906-01-19-000019 January 1906	000000001916-12-20-0000December 20, 1916
Hugh Mosman	000000001891-06-27-000027 June 1891	000000001906-01-17-000017 January 1906	Resignation
Peter Murphy	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
John Murray	000000001901-03-12-000012 March 1901	000000001903-11-13-000013 November 1903	Resignation
Hugh Nelson	000000001898-04-13-000013 April 1898	000000001906-01-01-00001 January 1906	Death
Charles Nielson	000000001907-09-14-000014 September 1907	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Albert Norton	000000001894-08-23-000023 August 1894	000000001914-03-11-0000March 11, 1914	Death
Thomas O'Sullivan	000000001903-09-24-000024 September 1903	000000001906-01-25-000025 January 1906	Transferred to Assembly
Thomas O'Sullivan	000000001908-02-18-000018 February 1908	000000001915-12-09-0000December 9, 1915
Arthur Horatio Parnell	000000001908-03-03-00003 March 1908	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Patrick Perkins	000000001893-05-23-000023 May 1893	000000001901-05-17-000017 May 1901	Death
Edmund Plant	000000001905-06-08-00008 June 1905	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Francis Isidore Power	000000001901-07-15-000015 July 1901	000000001912-06-24-0000June 24, 1912
William Grene Power	000000001883-09-19-000019 September 1883	000000001903-08-14-000014 August 1903	Death
Alexander Raff	000000001884-08-14-000014 August 1884	000000001910-06-10-0000June 10, 1910
William Rawlings	000000001906-07-12-000012 July 1906	000000001906-08-05-00005 August 1906	Death
James Thorneloe Smith	000000001888-08-23-000023 August 1888	000000001902-03-14-000014 March 1902	Death
Robert Harrison Smith	000000001904-05-04-00004 May 1904	000000001911-11-11-000011 November 1911	Death^[2]
Joseph Capel Smyth	000000001882-05-05-00005 May 1882	000000001910-07-16-0000July 16, 1910
Ernest James Stevens	000000001899-04-06-00006 April 1899	000000001920-09-07-0000September 7, 1920
William Taylor	000000001886-04-17-000017 April 1886	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
Lewis Thomas	000000001902-07-05-00005 July 1902	000000001913-02-16-0000February 16, 1913
Andrew Joseph Thynne	000000001882-01-26-000026 January 1882	000000001922-03-23-0000March 23, 1922	Council abolished
Henry Turner	000000001907-07-03-00003 July 1907	000000001922-03-23-000023 March 1922	Council abolished
John Turner	000000001878-04-18-000018 April 1878	000000001900-07-29-000029 July 1900	Death
John Webber	000000001899-05-09-00009 May 1899	000000001904-03-12-000012 March 1904	Death
Andrew Heron Wilson	000000001883-09-19-000019 September 1883	000000001906-08-29-000029 August 1906	Death
Walter Horatio Wilson	000000001885-07-04-00004 July 1885	000000001902-02-28-000028 February 1902	Death
Henry Wood	000000001886-04-17-000017 April 1886	000000001902-12-31-000031 December 1902	Resignation

References

Waterson, Duncan Bruce: Biographical Register of the Queensland Parliament 1860-1929 (second edition), Sydney 2001.
Alphabetical Register of Members (Queensland Parliament)
Queensland Government Gazette. 3 July 1907. p. 89:3. Missing or empty |title= (help)

Preceded by 1890–1899	Queensland Legislative Council 1900–1909	Succeeded by 1910–1916

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