THE FIRST PARLIAMENT.
(First Session, 1860.)
THE GOVERNOR:
His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, K.C.M.G.
THE MINISTRY:
With Seats in the Legislative Assembly.
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Colonial Secretary—The Honourable Robert George Wyndham Herbert. Attorney-General—The Honourable Ratcliffe Pring. Colonial Treasurer—The Honourable Robert Ramsay Mackenzie. |
With Seats in the Legislative Council.
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Minister without Portfolio—The Honourable Maurice Charles O'Connell.[a] Minister without Portfolio—The Honourable John James Galloway.[b] |
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (15).
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President—The Honourable Sir Charles Nicholson.[c] Chairman of Committees—The Honourable Daniel Foley Roberts.[d] |
| [c] Balfour, Hon. John. | [d] Harris, Hon. George. |
| [c] Bigge, Hon. Francis Edward. | [c] Laidley, Hon. James. |
| [c] Compigne, Hon. Alfred William. | [c] Massie, Hon. Robert George. |
| [d] Fitz, Hon. Henry Bates. | [c] McDougall, Hon. John Frederick. |
| [c] Fullarton, Hon. George. | [c] O'Connell, Hon. Maurice Charles. |
| [c] Galloway, Hon. John James. | [d] Simpson, Hon. Stephen. |
[c]Yaldwyn, Hon. William Henry.
MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY (26).
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Speaker—The Honourable Gilbert Eliott (Wide Bay). Chairman of Committees—Arthur Macalister (Ipswich). |
| Blakeney, Charles William (Brisbane). | Lilley, Charles (Fortitude Valley). |
| Broughton, Alfred Delves (West Moreton). | Mackenzie, Robert Ramsay (Burnett). |
| Buckley, Henry (East Moreton). | Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy (Western Downs). |
| Coxen, Charles (Northern Downs). | [e] Nelson, William Lambie (West Moreton). |
| Edmondstone, George (East Moreton). | O'Sullivan, Patrick (Ipswich). |
| Ferrett, John (Maranoa). | Pring, Ratcliffe (Eastern Downs). |
| Fitzsimmons, Charles (Port Curtis). | Raff, George (Brisbane). |
| Forbes, Frederick Augustus (Ipswich). | Richards, Henry (Brisbane South). |
| Gore, St. George Richard (Warwick). | Royds, Charles James (Leichhardt). |
| Haly, Charles Robert (Burnett). | Taylor, James (Western Downs). |
| Herbert, Robert George Wyndham (Leichhardt). | Thorn, George, sen. (West Moreton). |
| Jordan, Henry (Brisbane). | Watts, John (Drayton and Toowoomba). |
[Footnote a:] Captain O'Connell resigned on 28th August, and became President of Legislative Council.
[Footnote b:] Appointed 28th August, 1860; resigned 10th November, 1860.
[Footnote c:] Appointed for five years by Sir William Denison.
[Footnote d:] Appointed for life by Sir G. F. Bowen.
[Footnote e:] Unseated on petition in June, 1860—disqualified, being a minister of religion; succeeded by Joseph Fleming.
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