Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1897–1900

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the elections of 14 October 1897 to the elections of 1 November 1900. From 1889 there were 95 seats in the Assembly.

Victoria was a British self-governing colony in Australia at the time.

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that member's term(s) in the Assembly, not necessarily for that electorate.
17th Parliament
NameElectorateTerm in Office
John AndersonMelbourne East1894–1901
William Anderson [a]Windermere1886–1889; 1894–1898
Edwin AustinRipon & Hampden1892–1900
Alfred Shrapnell BailesSandhurst1886–1894; 1897–1907
William BeazleyCollingwood1889–1912
George BennettRichmond1889–1908
Robert BestFitzroy1889–1901
John BowserWangaratta and Rutherglen1894–1929
James Hugh BrakeHorsham1894–1900
Frederick BromleyCarlton1892–1908
Joseph Tilley BrownShepparton and Euroa1886–1889; 1897–1904
John BurtonStawell1892–1902
Ewen Hugh CameronEvelyn1874–1914
Godfrey CarterMelbourne1877–1883; 1885–1900
John Percy ChirnsideGrant1894–1904
James Hume CookEast Bourke Boroughs1894–1900
Albert CravenBenambra1889–1913
Alfred DeakinEssendon & Flemington1879–1879; 1880–1900
Alfred DownwardMornington1894–1929
John Gavan DuffyKilmore, Dalhousie & Lancefield1874–1886; 1887–1904
Daniel Joseph DugganDunolly1894–1904
John Henry DyerBorung1892–1902
Theodore FinkJolimont & West Richmond1894–1904
Charles ForrestPolwarth1886–1894; 1897–1911
Henry FosterGippsland East1889–1902
Mackay John Scobie GairBourke East1897–1904
Duncan GilliesToorak1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903
George GrahamNumurkah and Nathalia1884–1914
James GravesDelatite1877–1900; 1902–1904
Frederick GrayPrahran1894–1900
Walter GroseCreswick1894–1904
William GurrGeelong1894–1902; 1907–1908
Walter HamiltonSandhurst1894–1904
John Hancock [b]Footscray1891–1892; 1894–1899
Albert HarrisGippsland Central1883–1910
Joseph HarrisSouth Yarra1880–1894; 1897–1904
H. B. HigginsGeelong1894–1900
William IrvineLowan1894–1906
Isaac IsaacsBogong1892–1893; 1893–1901
John Alfred IsaacsOvens1894–1902
Thomas KennedyBenalla and Yarrawonga1894–1901
John KeysDandenong & Berwick1880–1894; 1897–1900
Joseph KirtonBallarat West1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908
Thomas LangdonKorong1880–1889; 1892–1914
Jonas LevienBarwon1871–1877; 1880–1906
John Neil McArthurVilliers & Heytesbury1896–1900
Peter McBrideKara Kara1897–1913
James Whiteside McCay [c]Castlemaine1895–1899
James McCollGunbower1886–1901
Robert McGregorBallarat East1894–1924
John McIntyreMaldon1877–1880; 1881–1902
Malcolm McKenzieAnglesey1892–1903; 1911–1920
Allan McLeanGippsland North1880–1901
Donald Norman McLeodPortland1894–1900
Frank MaddenEastern Suburbs1894–1917
William MaloneyMelbourne West1889–1903
Francis MasonGippsland South1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902
John MasonRodney1897–1902; 1907–1908
David MethvenEast Bourke Boroughs1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904
James MoloneyCarlton South1897–1900
John MorrisseyRodney1897–1907
William MouleBrighton1894–1900
Edward Murphy [d]Warrenheip1886–1900
John MurrayWarrnambool1884–1916
Bryan O'LoghlenPort Fairy1878–1880; 1880–1883;
1888–1894; 1897–1900
Richard O'NeillMandurang1893–1902
Alfred Richard OuttrimMaryborough1885–1902; 1904–1920
Alexander PeacockClunes & Allandale1889–1933
Hugh RawsonKyneton1892–1900
George RussellGrenville1892–1900
Carty SalmonTalbot and Avoca1894–1901
George SangsterPort Melbourne1894–1915
William ShielsNormanby1880–1904
Robert SmithHawthorn1873–1877; 1878–1882; 1894–1900
Thomas SmithEmerald Hill1889–1904
Michael Stapleton [e]Grenville1897–1899
Samuel Staughton Sr.Bourke West1880; 1883–1901
David SterrySandhurst South1889–1904
James StylesWilliamstown1894–1900
John William TavernerDonald & Swan Hill1889–1904
John ThomsonDundas1892–1900; 1902–1914
Richard ToutcherArarat1897–1935
William TrenwithRichmond1889–1903
Albert TuckerFitzroy1874–1900
John TuckerMelbourne South1896–1904
George TurnerSt Kilda1889–1901
George J. TurnerGippsland West1892–1900
Richard ValeBallarat West1886–1889; 1892–1902
William WattNorth Melbourne1897–1900; 1902–1914
James WheelerDaylesford1864–1867; 1880–1900
John WhiteAlbert Park1892–1902
Edgar WilkinsCollingwood1892–1908
Edward David WilliamsCastlemaine1894–1904
Henry WilliamsEaglehawk1877–1883; 1889–1902
Ephraim Zox [f]Melbourne East1877–1899
Francis Mason was Speaker. William Beazley was Chairman of Committees.
[a] Anderson died 3 May 1898; replaced by John Pollock Spiers, sworn-in June 1898.
[b] Hancock died 22 November 1899; replaced by Samuel Mauger, sworn-in January 1900.
[c] McCay lost a by-election on 20 December 1899 after accepting the position of Minister for Education; replaced by Harry Lawson.
[d] E. Murphy died 12 April 1900; replaced by George Holden, sworn-in June 1900.
[e] Stapleton died 9 November 1899; replaced by David Kerr, sworn-in December 1899.
[f] Zox died 23 October 1899; replaced by Samuel Gillott, sworn-in November 1899.
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