Members of the Queensland Legislative Council, 1860–1869
This is a list of members of the Queensland Legislative Council from its creation on 1 May 1860 to 31 December 1869. Appointments, made by the Governor of Queensland, were for life, although many members for one reason or another resigned. Prior to 1860, Queensland was part of the colony of New South Wales.
Starting with 11 members, by 26 April 1861, the council had increased to 21 members. From then until the end of the decade, the mean membership was slightly over 20, ranging from 16–17 for a period from July 1865 to February 1866, to 23–24 for a period from July 1863 to April 1864.
Office bearers
President of the Legislative Council:Chairman of Committees:
- Daniel Foley Roberts
Members
| Name | Date appointed | Date left | Reason for leaving |
| John Balfour | Resignation | ||
| William Barker | Resignation | ||
| John Alexander Bell | ' | ||
| Francis Edward Bigge | ' | ||
| John Bramston | Resignation | ||
| Alfred Henry Brown | Resignation | ||
| Eyles Browne | ' | ||
| Alfred Compigne | Resignation | ||
| John Douglas | Elected to Assembly | ||
| John Douglas | Resignation | ||
| Henry Fitz | ' | ||
| George Fullerton | Seat vacated | ||
| John Galloway | Resignation | ||
| John Galloway | ' | ||
| James Garrick | ' | ||
| James Gibbon | ' | ||
| St. George Richard Gore | ' | ||
| Henry Harden | ' | ||
| George Harris | ' | ||
| John Heussler | ' | ||
| William Hobbs | ' | ||
| Louis Hope | ' | ||
| Frederick Isaac | Death | ||
| James Laidley | Resignation | ||
| William Landsborough | Resignation | ||
| John McConnel | Resignation | ||
| John Frederick McDougall | ' | ||
| Robert Massie | Resignation | ||
| Thomas Lodge Murray-Prior | ' | ||
| Charles Nicholson | Returned to England | ||
| Francis North | Death | ||
| Albert Norton | Resignation | ||
| Maurice Charles O'Connell | ' | ||
| John Panton | Death | ||
| Ratcliffe Pring | Elected to Assembly | ||
| Daniel Foley Roberts | ' | ||
| Henry Simpson | ' | ||
| Stephen Simpson | Resignation | ||
| Richard Joseph Smith | Resignation | ||
| William Thornton | ' | ||
| John Watts | Elected to Assembly | ||
| William Duckett White | ' | ||
| Western Wood | Resignation | ||
| William Yaldwyn | |||
| William Henry Yaldwyn | Resignation | ||
| William Henry Yaldwyn | Death |