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 Name Electorate Term in Office Melbourne East 1894–1901 Windermere 1886–1889; 1894–1898 Ripon & Hampden 1892–1900 Sandhurst 1886–1894; 1897–1907 Collingwood 1889–1912 Richmond 1889–1908 Fitzroy 1889–1901 Wangaratta and Rutherglen 1894–1929 Horsham 1894–1900 Carlton 1892–1908 Shepparton and Euroa 1886–1889; 1897–1904 Stawell 1892–1902 Evelyn 1874–1914 Melbourne 1877–1883; 1885–1900 Grant 1894–1904 East Bourke Boroughs 1894–1900 Benambra 1889–1913 Essendon & Flemington 1879–1879; 1880–1900 Mornington 1894–1929 Kilmore, Dalhousie & Lancefield 1874–1886; 1887–1904 Dunolly 1894–1904 Borung 1892–1902 Jolimont & West Richmond 1894–1904 Polwarth 1886–1894; 1897–1911 Gippsland East 1889–1902 Bourke East 1897–1904 Toorak 1861–1868; 1870–1894; 1897–1903 Numurkah and Nathalia 1884–1914 Delatite 1877–1900; 1902–1904 Prahran 1894–1900 Creswick 1894–1904 Geelong 1894–1902; 1907–1908 Sandhurst 1894–1904 Footscray 1891–1892; 1894–1899 Gippsland Central 1883–1910 South Yarra 1880–1894; 1897–1904 Geelong 1894–1900 Lowan 1894–1906 Bogong 1892–1893; 1893–1901 Ovens 1894–1902 Benalla and Yarrawonga 1894–1901 Dandenong & Berwick 1880–1894; 1897–1900 Ballarat West 1889–1894; 1894–1904; 1907–1908 Korong 1880–1889; 1892–1914 Barwon 1871–1877; 1880–1906 Villiers & Heytesbury 1896–1900 Kara Kara 1897–1913 Castlemaine 1895–1899 Gunbower 1886–1901 Ballarat East 1894–1924 Maldon 1877–1880; 1881–1902 Anglesey 1892–1903; 1911–1920 Gippsland North 1880–1901 Portland 1894–1900 Eastern Suburbs 1894–1917 Melbourne West 1889–1903 Gippsland South 1871–1877; 1878–1886; 1889–1902 Rodney 1897–1902; 1907–1908 East Bourke Boroughs 1889–1894; 1897–1902; 1903–1904 Carlton South 1897–1900 Rodney 1897–1907 Brighton 1894–1900 Warrenheip 1886–1900 Warrnambool 1884–1916 Port Fairy 1878–1880; 1880–1883;1888–1894; 1897–1900 Mandurang 1893–1902 Maryborough 1885–1902; 1904–1920 Clunes & Allandale 1889–1933 Kyneton 1892–1900 Grenville 1892–1900 Talbot and Avoca 1894–1901 Port Melbourne 1894–1915 Normanby 1880–1904 Hawthorn 1873–1877; 1878–1882; 1894–1900 Emerald Hill 1889–1904 Grenville 1897–1899 Bourke West 1880; 1883–1901 Sandhurst South 1889–1904 Williamstown 1894–1900 Donald & Swan Hill 1889–1904 Dundas 1892–1900; 1902–1914 Ararat 1897–1935 Richmond 1889–1903 Fitzroy 1874–1900 Melbourne South 1896–1904 St Kilda 1889–1901 Gippsland West 1892–1900 Ballarat West 1886–1889; 1892–1902 North Melbourne 1897–1900; 1902–1914 Daylesford 1864–1867; 1880–1900 Albert Park 1892–1902 Collingwood 1892–1908 Castlemaine 1894–1904 Eaglehawk 1877–1883; 1889–1902 Melbourne East 1877–1899 Francis Mason was Speaker. William Beazley was Chairman of Committees.

Anderson died 3 May 1898; replaced by John Pollock Spiers, sworn-in June 1898. Hancock died 22 November 1899; replaced by Samuel Mauger, sworn-in January 1900. McCay lost a by-election on 20 December 1899 after accepting the position of Minister for Education; replaced by Harry Lawson. E. Murphy died 12 April 1900; replaced by George Holden, sworn-in June 1900. Stapleton died 9 November 1899; replaced by David Kerr, sworn-in December 1899. Zox died 23 October 1899; replaced by Samuel Gillott, sworn-in November 1899.

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