# Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1870–1879

This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from 1 January 1870 to 31 December 1879. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.
It was expanded from 21 to 30 members during the period, with 6 members being added on 2 January 1874, and another three on 12 May 1877.

## Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:
* Maurice Charles O'Connell (26 August 1860 – 23 March 1879)
* Joshua Peter Bell (3 April 1879 – 20 December 1881)
Chairman of Committees:
* Daniel Foley Roberts (30 May 1860 – 26 July 1889)

## Members

| Name | Date appointed | Date left | Reason for leaving |
| John Alexander Bell | 26 September 1866 | 21 November 1872 | Resignation |
| Joshua Peter Bell | 3 April 1879 | 20 December 1881 | |
| Francis Edward Bigge | 1 May 1860 | 16 May 1873 | Resignation |
| William Draper Box | 2 January 1874 | 26 January 1904 | |
| Alfred Henry Brown | 12 January 1874 | 26 January 1882 | |
| Eyles Browne | 3 July 1863 | 14 August 1882 | |
| Archibald Buchanan | 2 January 1874 | 6 June 1878 | Seat vacated |
| Charles Hardie Buzacott | 21 January 1879 | 5 July 1882 | |
| James Cowlishaw | 18 April 1878 | 15 March 1922 | |
| George Edmondstone | 12 May 1877 | 23 February 1883 | |
| Gilbert Eliott | 15 November 1870 | 30 June 1871 | Death |
| Henry Fitz | 23 May 1860 | 16 May 1873 | Unknown |
| John Clark Foote | 12 May 1877 | 18 August 1895 | |
| John Galloway | 13 November 1869 | 17 April 1872 | Resignation |
| James Garrick | 13 November 1869 | 8 December 1870 | Seat vacated |
| James Gibbon | 22 February 1866 | 19 February 1887 | |
| St. George Richard Gore | 3 July 1863 | 16 August 1871 | Death |
| Francis Thomas Gregory | 2 January 1874 | 23 October 1888 | |
| Henry Harden | 10 June 1868 | 1 June 1870 | Resignation |
| Frederick Hart | 11 July 1872 | 15 July 1915 | |
| George Harris | 23 May 1860 | 31 August 1876 | Resignation |
| John Heussler | 26 September 1866 | 8 October 1870 | Seat vacated |
| John Heussler | 13 December 1870 | 26 October 1907 | |
| William Hobbs | 26 April 1861 | 18 October 1880 | |
| Samuel Hodgson | 6 November 1871 | 16 April 1872 | Resignation |
| Louis Hope | 24 April 1862 | 1 November 1882 | |
| William Lambert | 15 March 1872 | 3 December 1901 | |
| Francis Ivory | 15 September 1879 | 1 July 1881 | |
| William Long | 10 March 1873 | 1 March 1878 | Resignation |
| John Frederick McDougall | 1 May 1860 | 13 September 1895 | |
| Charles Mein | 19 May 1876 | 22 April 1885 | |
| Charles Melbourne | 18 April 1878 | 18 August 1885 | |
| John Mullen | 26 April 1872 | 11 July 1883 | |
| Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior | 22 February 1866 | 31 December 1892 | |
| Maurice Charles O'Connell | 1 May 1860 | 23 March 1879 | Death |
| Dr. Kevin O'Doherty | 12 May 1877 | 4 November 1885 | |
| William Pettigrew | 12 May 1877 | 23 June 1894 | |
| Robert Ramsay | 2 January 1874 | 14 June 1877 | Seat vacated |
| Daniel Foley Roberts | 23 May 1860 | 26 July 1889 | |
| Gordon Sandeman | 2 January 1874 | 18 August 1886 | |
| Henry Simpson | 29 July 1868 | 29 April 1882 | |
| Thomas Blacket Stephens | 22 July 1876 | 26 August 1877 | Death |
| James Swan | 18 April 1878 | 26 May 1891 | |
| James Taylor | 4 November 1871 | 17 August 1893 | |
| George Thorn | 9 January 1874 | 16 June 1876 | Transferred to Assembly |
| William Thornton | 26 September 1866 | 8 September 1879 | Resignation |
| John Turner | 18 April 1878 | 29 July 1900 | |
| William Henry Walsh | 20 February 1879 | 5 April 1888 | |
| Claudius Buchanan Whish | 23 June 1870 | 22 April 1872 | Resignation |
| William Duckett White | 26 April 1861 | 5 August 1880 | |
| William Wilson | 2 January 1874 | 6 June 1878 | Seat vacated |
| William Yaldwyn | 10 June 1868 | 15 May 1877 | Resignation |