This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council

Queensland Legislative Council

The Queensland Legislative Council was the upper house of the parliament in the Australian state of Queensland. It was a fully nominated body which first took office on 1 May 1860. It was abolished by the Constitution Amendment Act 1921, which took effect on 23 March 1922.Consequently, the...

from 1 January 1880 to 31 December 1889. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned.

The chamber grew in size from 30 to 38 members during the course of the decade.

Office bearers

President of the Legislative Council:

• Joshua Peter Bell
  Joshua Peter Bell
  Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. was a pastoralist and parliamentarian from Queensland, Australia. His eldest son was barrister and parliamentarian Joshua Thomas Bell.-Early life:...
  
   (3 April 1879—20 December 1881)
• Arthur Hunter Palmer
  Arthur Hunter Palmer
  Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer KCMG was an Irish-Australian politician and a Premier of Queensland.Palmer was born in Armagh, Ireland, the son of Lieutenant Arthur Palmer, R.N., and his wife, Emily née Hunter. Palmer was educated at Youghal Grammar School and a private tutor in Dublin...
  
   (24 December 1881—20 March 1898)

Chairman of Committees:

• Daniel Foley Roberts (30 May 1860—26 July 1889)
• Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior (31 July 1889—31 December 1892)

Members

Name	Date appointed	Date left	Reason for leaving
William Aplin William Aplin William Aplin was a pastoralist, businessman and parliamentarian, Aplin was the founding member of the Townsville Municipal Council and also the Mayor twice, he was also a member of the Thuringowa Divisional Board in 1879, 1886, 1889 and from 1894 to 1896, he was Thuringowa's first chairman when...	1880-10-19	1901-02-18
Joshua Peter Bell Joshua Peter Bell Sir Joshua Peter Bell K.C.M.G. was a pastoralist and parliamentarian from Queensland, Australia. His eldest son was barrister and parliamentarian Joshua Thomas Bell.-Early life:...	1879-04-03	1881-12-20	Death
William Box	1874-01-02	1904-01-26
Frederic Brentnall	1886-04-17	1922-03-23
Alfred Henry Brown	1874-01-12	1882-01-26	Resignation
Irwin Browne	1863-07-03	1882-08-14	Unknown
Charles Hardie Buzacott	1879-01-21	1882-07-05	Resignation
James Cowlishaw	1878-04-18	1922-03-15
John Deane	1889-07-31	1913-10-27
George Edmondstone George Edmondstone George Edmondstone was an alderman and mayor in the Brisbane Municipal Council. .-Personal life:George Edmondstone was born on 4 May 1809 in...	1877-05-12	1883-02-23	Death
John Clark Foote	1877-05-12	1895-08-18
Edward Barrow Forrest	1882-08-15	1899-03-08
William Forrest	1883-05-13	1903-04-23
James Garrick	1883-11-13	1894-08-28
James Gibbon	1866-02-22	1887-02-19	Seat vacated
William Graham	1880-08-05	1892-06-07
Augustus Gregory Augustus Gregory Sir Augustus Charles Gregory KCMG. was an English-born Australian explorer. Between 1846 and 1858 he undertook four major expeditions.-Early years:...	1882-11-10	1905-06-25
Francis Thomas Gregory Francis Thomas Gregory Francis Thomas Gregory was an English-born Australian explorer and politician.-Biography:Gregory was born at Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England, and was the younger brother of the explorer Augustus Gregory...	1874-01-02	1888-10-23	Death
Frederick Hart	1872-07-11	1915-07-15
William Hobbs	1861-04-26	1880-10-18	Resignation
Frederick Holberton	1885-07-04	1907-09-09
Louis Hope	1862-04-24	1882-11-01	Resignation
Francis Ivory	1879-09-15	1881-07-01	Resignation
George King	1882-01-26	1890-03-19
James Lalor	1888-08-23	1921-08-11
William Lambert	1872-03-15	1901-12-03
John MacAnsh	1886-04-17	1896-08-01
Thomas MacDonald-Paterson Thomas Macdonald-Paterson Thomas Macdonald-Paterson was an Australian politician. Born in Glasgow, Scotland, he was educated there privately before migrating to Australia in 1861, where he became a butcher, speculator and lawyer...	1885-04-22	1896-03-11
John McDougall	1860-05-01	1895-09-13
Peter MacPherson	1881-07-01	1913-09-12
Charles Marks	1888-11-28	1922-03-23
Charles Mein	1872-04-26	1883-07-11	Resignation
Charles Melbourne	1878-04-18	1886-08-18	Seat vacated
Boyd Dunlop Morehead	1880-12-31	1883-08-03	Transferred to Assembly
Berkeley Basil Moreton	1888-05-25	1891-06-25
John Mullen	1872-04-26	1883-07-11	Seat vacated
Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior	1866-02-22	1892-12-31
Kevin O'Doherty	1877-05-12	1885-11-04	Resignation
Arthur Hunter Palmer Arthur Hunter Palmer Sir Arthur Hunter Palmer KCMG was an Irish-Australian politician and a Premier of Queensland.Palmer was born in Armagh, Ireland, the son of Lieutenant Arthur Palmer, R.N., and his wife, Emily née Hunter. Palmer was educated at Youghal Grammar School and a private tutor in Dublin...	1881-12-24	1898-03-20
William Pettigrew	1877-05-12	1894-06-23
William Grene Power	1883-09-19	1903-08-14
Daniel Foley Roberts	1860-05-23	1889-07-26	Death
Alexander Raff	1884-08-14	1910-06-10
Thomas Rome	1881-07-01	1882-01-24	Resignation
Gordon Sandeman Gordon Sandeman Gordon Sandeman was an Australian politician and a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for 1 term between 1856 and 1857.-Early life:...	1874-01-02	1886-08-18	Seat vacated
John Scott John Scott (Queensland politician) John Scott was, grazier, company director and politician. He was the son of John Scott and his wife Marion Purves...	1888-08-23	1890-06-26
Henry Simpson	1868-07-29	1882-04-29	Resignation
James Thorneloe Smith	1888-08-23	1902-03-14
Joseph Smyth	1882-05-05	1910-07-16
James Swan	1878-04-18	1891-05-26
James Taylor	1871-11-04	1893-08-17
William Taylor	1886-04-17	1922-03-23
Andrew Thynne	1882-01-26	1922-03-23
William Thornton	1882-10-30	1884-06-27	Death
John Sargent Turner	1878-04-18	1900-07-29
William Henry Walsh William Henry Walsh William Henry Walsh Queensland squatter and politician. Member of New South Wales' Legislative Assembly 1859-1860, member of Queensland's Legislative Assembly from 1865–1878 and Queensland’s Legislative Council from 1879-1888...	1879-02-20	1888-04-05	Death
William Duckett White	1861-04-26	1880-08-05	Resignation
Andrew Heron Wilson	1883-09-19	1906-08-29
Walter Horatio Wilson Walter Horatio Wilson Walter Horatio Wilson was a lawyer and politician who was on the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1885 until 1902.-References:...	1885-07-04	1902-02-28
Henry Conwell Wood	1886-04-17	1902-12-31

James Taylor resigned from the Council on 10 January 1881 but was reappointed on 1 July 1881.

James Garrick was previously a member of the Legislative Council from 13 November 1869 until 8 December 1870.