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)