Our First Half-Century Part 19

APPENDIX B.

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 a.s.sembly._

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._

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).

President--The Honourable Sir Charles Nicholson.[c]

Chairman of Committees--The Honourable Daniel Foley Roberts.[d]

[c] Balfour, Hon. John.

[c] Bigge, Hon. Francis Edward.

[c] Compigne, Hon. Alfred William.

[d] Fitz, Hon. Henry Bates.

[c] Fullarton, Hon. George.

[c] Galloway, Hon. John James.

[d] Harris, Hon. George.

[c] Laidley, Hon. James.

[c] Ma.s.sie, Hon. Robert George.

[c] McDougall, Hon. John Frederick.

[c] O'Connell, Hon. Maurice Charles.

[d] Simpson, Hon. Stephen.

[c] Yaldwyn, Hon. William Henry.

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE a.s.sEMBLY (26).

Speaker--The Honourable Gilbert Eliott (_Wide Bay_).

Chairman of Committees--Arthur Macalister (_Ipswich_).

Blakeney, Charles William (_Brisbane_).

Broughton, Alfred Delves (_West Moreton_).

Buckley, Henry (_East Moreton_).

c.o.xen, Charles (_Northern Downs_).

Edmondstone, George (_East Moreton_).

Ferrett, John (_Maranoa_).

Fitzsimmons, Charles (_Port Curtis_).

Forbes, Frederick Augustus (_Ipswich_).

Gore, St. George Richard (_Warwick_).

Haly, Charles Robert (_Burnett_).

Herbert, Robert George Wyndham (_Leichhardt_).

Jordan, Henry (_Brisbane_).

Lilley, Charles (_Fort.i.tude Valley_).

Mackenzie, Robert Ramsay (_Burnett_).

Moffatt, Thomas de Lacy (_Western Downs_).

[e] Nelson, William Lambie (_West Moreton_).

O'Sullivan, Patrick (_Ipswich_).

Pring, Ratcliffe (_Eastern Downs_).

Raff, George (_Brisbane_).

Richards, Henry (_Brisbane South_).

Royds, Charles James (_Leichhardt_).

Taylor, James (_Western Downs_).

Thorn, George, sen. (_West Moreton_).

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 pet.i.tion in June, 1860--disqualified, being a minister of religion; succeeded by Joseph Fleming.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: COCOA-NUT PALMS, JOHNSTONE RIVER, NORTH QUEENSLAND]

[Ill.u.s.tration: CUSTOM HOUSE AND PETRIE BIGHT, BRISBANE]

APPENDIX C.

THE EIGHTEENTH PARLIAMENT.

(1909.--Second Session.)