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Appendix 7
Presidents of the Legislative Council, 1856 Name
STEPHEN, Sir Alfred
Term of Office
20 May 1856 - 28 Jan 1857 (resigned)
PLUNKETT, John Hubert
29 Jan 1857 - 6 Feb 1858 (resigned)
BURTON, Sir William Westbrooke
9 Jan 1858 - 10 Mar 1861 (resigned)
WENTWORTH, William Charles
24 Jun 1861 - 10 Oct 1862 (resigned)
MURRAY, Terence (later Sir Terence)
Aubrey
HAY, John (later Sir John)
LACKEY, John (later Sir John)
14 Oct 1862 - 22 Jun 1873 (died)
8 Jul 1873 - 10 Jan 1892 (died)
26 Jan 1892 - 23 May 1903 (resigned)
SUTTOR, Francis (later Sir Francis)
Bathurst
23 May 1903 - 4 Apr 1915 (died)
FLOWERS, Frederick
27 Apr 1915 - 14 Dec 1928 (died)
PEDEN, John (later Sir John) Beverley
5 Feb 1929 - 22 Apr 1946 (term expired)
FARRAR, Ernest Henry
27 Jul - 15 Dec 1938 (acting);
30 Apr 1946 - 16 Jun 1952 (died)
DICKSON, William Edward
18 Aug 1952 - 22 May 1966 (died)
WRIGHT, Ernest Gerald
BUDD, Harry (later Sir Harry) Vincent
JOHNSON, John Richard
WILLIS, Max Frederick
23 May - 5 Dec 1956 (acting)
9 Aug 1966 - 5 Nov 1978 (term expired)
7 Nov 1978 - 3 Jul 1991 (removed from office by
vote of the House)
3 Jul 1991 - 29 Jun 1998 (resigned)
CHADWICK, Virginia Anne
29 Jun 1998 - 5 Mar 1999 (first woman President)
(term expired)
BURGMANN, Dr Meredith
11 May 1999 -
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