Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1877–1880

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 11 May 1877. Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

There was an electoral redistribution which came into effect in 1877, fourteen districts were created (Barwon, Benambra, Boroondara, Carlton, Delatite, Fitzroy, Footscray, Geelong, Grant, Kara Kara, Kilmore and Anglesey, Maryborough and Talbot, Moira, Stawell) and eight abolished (Kilmore, The Murray, Murray Boroughs, South Grant, Crowlands, Geelong East, Geelong West, Maryborough).

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate. Name Electorate Term in Office West Melbourne 1877–1880 Maryborough & Talbot 1877–1883 Villiers & Heytesbury 1864–1880 Ballarat West 1877–1886 Brighton 1871–1894; 1900–1909 Geelong 1861–1865; 1869–1886 Ovens 1877–1880; 1883–1886 Grenville 1877–1880 Sandhurst 1877 Richmond 1874–1889; 1892–1894 Maryborough & Talbot 1866–1870; 1877–1885; 1890–1893 Ballarat East 1877–1880; 1880–1883 West Bourke 1877–1880 Evelyn 1874–1914 St Kilda 1877–1883; 1885–1900 Mandurang 1861–1862; 1863–1880 Williamstown 1871–1887 Sandhurst 1877–1883 Wimmera 1877–1880 East Bourke Boroughs 1876–1883 Creswick 1877–1889 Portland 1868–1880 Avoca 1861–1880 Grenville 1877–1894 St Kilda 1874–1880; 1889–1894 Kara Kara 1877–1893 North Gippsland 1856–1864; 1867–1874; 1876–1880 Dalhousie 1874–1886; 1887–1904 Villiers & Heytesbury 1877–1879 Castlemaine 1866–1878 South Bourke 1871–1874; 1877–1880 Ballarat West 1875–1886 Rodney 1874–1883 Ararat 1875–1881; 1883–1889; 1904–1906 Rodney 1861–1868; 1870–1877; 1877–1889 Avoca 1856–1870; 1871–1885 Delatite 1877–1900; 1902–1904 Kilmore and Anglesey 1874–1892; 1903–1904 Ballarat East 1869–1870; 1871–1886 Geelong 1870–1881 Ovens 1864–1886 Geelong 1868–1871; 1876–1880; 1880–1882 Footscray 1859–1861; 1864–1874; 1875–1879 Grant 1856–1871; 1874–1889 Collingwood 1874–1891 North Melbourne 1877–1892 Barwon 1871–1877; 1880–1906 Ripon & Hampden 1864–1883; 1894–1897 Emerald Hill 1877–1880 South Gippsland 1869–1871; 1877–1878 Wimmera 1864–1880 Warrnambool 1856–1861; 1862–1872; 1874–1878 Fitzroy 1877–1879; 1880–1883 Sandhurst 1877–1880; 1881–1902 West Melbourne 1861–1864; 1866–1878; 1880–1886 Dundas 1864–1865; 1866–1878 Sandridge 1874–1875; 1876–1883 Collingwood 1876–1886; 1887–1889 Mandurang 1871–1880; 1883–1886 Carlton 1874–1880; 1881–1883; 1886–1892 Emerald Hill 1877–1892 Polwarth & South Grenville 1859–1861; 1877–1880; 1880–1881 Moira 1862–1867; 1872–1874; 1877–1880 Belfast 1856–1865; 1877–1883 Castlemaine 1870–1895 Mornington 1872–1880 East Bourke 1870–1882 Grant 1877–1889 Creswick 1874–1886; 1889–1894 Creswick 1877–1880 Maldon 1857–1862; 1874–1881; 1883–1886 Moira 1877–1880 East Melbourne 1877–1881 Boroondara 1866–1871; 1874–1877 West Bourke 1856–1879 Richmond 1859–1865; 1871–1874; 1877–1880;1880–1883; 1886–1894 Ballarat West 1861–1864; 1871–1892; 1894–1894 North Gippsland 1866–1875; 1877–1880 North Melbourne 1877–1881 Fitzroy 1874–1900 Normanby 1877–1880 Mandurang 1877–1883; 1889–1902 Stawell 1859–1864; 1871–1892 Benambra 1861–1864; 1877–1880; 1886–1889 Kyneton Boroughs 1874–1892 East Melbourne 1877–1899 Gavan Duffy was Speaker, John James was Chairman of Committees.

Blackham resigned in July 1877, replaced by Angus Mackay the same month. Dwyer left Parliament around November 1879, replaced by Joseph Jones who was sworn-in in December 1879. Farrell resigned around May 1878; replaced by Charles Henry Pearson, sworn-in July 1878. King died 13 February 1879; replaced by William Clark, sworn-in July 1879. Levien was unseated in December 1877 replaced by John Ince the same month. Macartney died 2 June 1878; replaced by Francis Mason, sworn-in July 1878. McCulloch resigned around May 1878; replaced by James Francis, sworn-in July 1878. Macgregor resigned around June 1879; replaced by Cuthbert Robert Blackett, sworn-in July 1879. McMahon resigned in February 1878, replaced by Bryan O'Loghlen the same month. Macpherson resigned July 1878; replaced by John Serjeant, sworn-in August 1878. G. P. Smith died 6 December 1877, replaced by Robert Murray Smith who was elected on 24 December 1877,The Argus 24 December 1877 sworn-in in February 1878. J. Smith died 30 January 1879, replaced by Alfred Deakin who was sworn-in in July 1879.

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