This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from the elections of 26 August – 26 September 1859 to the elections of 2–19 August 1861.
The Assembly was created in 1856. The following districts were abolished by the Victorian Electoral Act, 1858, taking effect at the 1859 elections: Alberton, Anglesey, Castlemaine Boroughs, Colac, Dundas and Follett (renamed to Dundas), Evelyn and Mornington, Geelong, Gippsland, Loddon, Melbourne, North Grant, North Grenville, Polwarth, Ripon, Hampden and South Grenville, South Melbourne and Talbot.
The following districts were created in 1859: Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Avoca, Dalhousie, North Gippsland, Polwarth and South Grenville, Sandridge, South Gippsland, Ararat, Castlemaine, Creswick, East Bourke Boroughs, Emerald Hill, Maldon, Mandurang, Maryborough, Ripon and Hampden, West Melbourne, Ballaarat East, Ballaarat West, East Melbourne, Grenville, North Melbourne, Gippsland North, Mornington, Dundas (renamed from Dundas and Follett) and Evelyn.
Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. Name Electorate Term in Office 1858–1864 1859–1861 1856–1864; 1866–1870 1859–1861 George Elliott Barton 1859–1861 1859–1861 1856–1864 1856–1857; 1859–1864 1859–1861 1859–1861; 1864–1865 1859–1861; 1868–1870 1859–1864 1859–1860 1859–1864 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880 1857–1861 1856–1861; 1866–1867 1856–1864 1858–1859; 1861; 1864;1868–1871; 1874 1859–1861 1859–1874; 1878–1884 1859–1870 1859–1862 1856–1870; 1871–1885 1859–1861 1856–1860; 1864–1865; 1871–1874 1858–1860 1857–1864 1859–1861 1856–1861 1859–1864 1856–1861 1859–1865 1859–1861; 1862–1865 1856–1864; 1868–1871 1859–1861 1857–1864; 1866–1867 1857–1861; 1862–1864 1859–1864 1859–1860 1859 1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879 1856–1871; 1874–1889 1859–1864 1859–1861; 1874–1877 1859–1861 1859–1861; 1861–1864 1859–1861 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878 1859–1877; 1883–1897 1859–1860 1859–1860 1856–1861; 1863–1865; 1870–1871 1858–1858; 1859–1864 1856–1865; 1866–1871 1856–1861 1859–1861 1859–1864 1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881 1856–1865; 1877–1883 1856–1860 1859–1861 1856–1857; 1859–1862 1859–1862 1859–1861 1859–1861 1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886 1859–1864 1856–1861 1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;1880–1883; 1886–1894 1856–1867 1859–1861 1857–1859; 1859–1861 1859–1868 1857–1861 1857–1861; 1861–1864 1859–1864; 1871–1892 1859–1861
Aspinall resigned September 1860, replaced by Henry Samuel Chapman in a November 1860 by-election Brodie resigned in May 1861, replaced by James Sullivan in a May 1861 by-election Cowie resigned in January 1860, replaced by Augustus Greeves in a February 1860 by-election Ebden resigned in May 1861, replaced by George Higinbotham in a May 1861 by-election Everard left Parliament in December 1859, replaced by Wilson Gray in a January 1860 by-election Harker resigned in March 1860, replaced by James Martley in a March 1860 by-election Harrison resigned September 1860, replaced by Nicholas Foott in a November 1860 by-election Horne resigned February 1861, replaced by Thomas Manifold in a March 1861 by-election Hunter left Parliament in July 1861, replaced by Graham Berry in a July 1861 by-election Ireland lost the December 1860 by-election after being appointed Attorney-General, replaced by Nathaniel Levi sworn in January 1861 Keefer resigned in March 1860, replaced by John Donald in a March 1860 by-election King resigned November 1859, replaced by William Bell in a January 1860 by-election. Bell resigned in March 1860, replaced by William Jones in a March 1860 by-election Macadam left Parliament in May 1861, replaced by Alexander John Smith (May to July 1861) McLeod resigned in September 1860, replaced by William Haines in a November 1860 by-election McMillan resigned November 1860, replaced by George Hedley in a January 1861 by-election Phelan's election was declared void in January 1860, replaced by John Carre Riddell in a February 1860 by-election
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