Political Career
When the miners were granted the right to vote and representation in 1855 Humffray was elected unopposed as the member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballarat Province (1855-1856); then Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for North Grant(1856-1864) then Ballarat East (1868-1871). He served as Minister for Mines (1860-1861) and Chairman of the Royal Commission on Mining (1862).
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