Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1937–1940

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
The following are lists of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly:* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1856–1859* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1859–1861* Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1861–1864...

from 1937 to 1940, as elected at the 1937 state election.

Name	Party	Electorate Electoral districts of Victoria The Victorian Legislative Assembly, from the Australian State, is elected from 88 single-member electorates called districts.-Current districts:This is a list of districts .* Electoral district of Albert Park* Electoral district of Altona...	Term in office
Albert Allnutt	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	Mildura Electoral district of Mildura Mildura is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 27,162 km² rural electorate in the far-north-west of the state, encompassing the regional towns of Hopetoun, Mildura, Ouyen, Red Cliffs and Robinvale...	1927–1945
Hon Henry Angus	United Australia United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...	Gunbower Electoral district of Gunbower The Electoral district of Gunbower was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Gunbower:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1911–1934
Hon Sir Stanley Argyle Stanley Argyle Sir Stanley Seymour Argyle KBE , Australian politician, was the 32nd Premier of Victoria. He was born in Kyneton, Victoria, the son of a grazier, and was educated at Brighton Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, where he graduated in medicine...	United Australia	Toorak	1920–1940
Hon Henry Bailey Henry Bailey (Australian politician) Henry Stephen Bailey was an Australian politician.Born in Ballarat East to stoker Thomas William Bailey and Margaret Kemple, he attended state school and St Patrick's College before becoming a law clerk at Ballarat and Port Fairy...	Country	Warrnambool Electoral district of Warrnambool The Electoral district of Warrnambool was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Warrnambool:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1914–1932; 1935–1950
William Barry William Barry (Australian politician) William Peter Barry was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Carlton from July 1932 until April 1955...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Carlton	1932–1955
Matthew Bennett	Country	Gippsland West Electoral district of Gippsland West ĦThe electoral district of Gippsland West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Gippsland West:-External links:...	1929–1950
Ernie Bond Ernie Bond James Ernest "Ernie" Bond is an English former professional footballer who played as an outside left in the Football League for Manchester United and Carlisle United and in the Scottish League for Queen of the South....	Labor	Port Fairy and Glenelg	1924–1943
Alexander Borthwick	Country	Gippsland North	1938–1942
Fanny Brownbill Fanny Brownbill Fanny Eileen Brownbill was an Australian state politician, serving as the Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving from 1938 until her death in 1948...	Labor	Geelong Electoral district of Geelong The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is based around inner metropolitan Geelong and includes the suburbs of Bell Park, Drumcondra, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong and parts of Highton, and North Geelong...	1938–1948
William Brownbill William Brownbill William Brownbill was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 1920 to 1932, then from 1935 until his death in 1938. He represented the electoral district of Geelong for the Australian Labor Party...	Labor	Geelong Electoral district of Geelong The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is based around inner metropolitan Geelong and includes the suburbs of Bell Park, Drumcondra, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong and parts of Highton, and North Geelong...	1920–1932; 1935–1938
Hon Albert Bussau	Country	Ouyen Electoral district of Ouyen The Electoral district of Ouyen was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Ouyens:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1932–1938
John Cain John Cain (senior) John Cain was an Australian politician, who became the 34th premier of Victoria, and was the first Australian Labor Party leader to win a majority in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. He was the only premier of Victoria whose son also served as premier.-Early life:Cain was born, one of 18...	Labor	Northcote Electoral district of Northcote The Electoral district of Northcote is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It currently covers the suburbs of Alphington, Fairfield, Northcote, Thornbury, and part of Preston. It lies on the northern bank of the Yarra River between the Merri and Darebin creeks.The seat...	1917–1957
Finlay Cameron	Country	Kara Kara and Borung Electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung The Electoral district of Kara Kara and Borung was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Kara Kara and Borung:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1935–1945
Col. Harold Cohen Harold Cohen (politician) Brigadier Harold Edward Cohen CMG, DSO was an Australian soldier, lawyer and, like his grandfather Edward Cohen, a Victorian State politician....	United Australia	Caulfield Electoral district of Caulfield -See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly-External links:*...	1935–1943
Arthur Cook	Labor	Bendigo	1924–1945
Frederick Cook	Ind./McEwen Country	Benalla Electoral district of Benalla Benalla is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. The electorate covers a rural area of 17,120 km², and includes the towns of Benalla, Bright, Eildon, Euroa, Mansfield, Mount Beauty, Murchison, Myrtleford, Nagambie and Violet Town...	1936–1961
Ned Cotter	Labor	Richmond	1908–1945
Ernest Coyle	Country	Waranga	1927–1943
Herbert Cremean	Labor	Clifton Hill Electoral district of Clifton Hill Electoral district of Clifton Hill was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Clifton Hill:...	1929–1932; 1934–1945
William Cumming	United Australia	Hampden Electoral district of Hampden Hampden was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria from 1904 until its abolision on 1976. Most of the territory located in the old division of Hampden was transferred into the re-created electorate of Ripon. Hampden's most notable member was the...	1935–1945
Patrick Denigan	Labor	Allandale Electoral district of Allandale The electoral district of Allandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Allandale:...	1936–1945
Lot Diffey	Country	Wangaratta and Ovens	1929–1945
James Dillon	United Australia	Essendon Electoral district of Essendon The Electoral district of Essendon is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Essendon, Moonee Ponds and Ascot Vale...	1932–1943
Keith Dodgshun	Country	Ouyen Electoral district of Ouyen The Electoral district of Ouyen was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Ouyens:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1938–1955
Hon Albert Dunstan Albert Dunstan Sir Albert Arthur Dunstan, KCMG was an Australian politician. A member of the Country Party , Dunstan was the 33rd Premier of Victoria. His term as Premier was the second-longest in the state's history, behind Sir Henry Bolte...	Country	Korong and Eaglehawk Electoral district of Korong and Eaglehawk Electoral district of Korong and Eaglehawk was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Korong and Eaglehawk:...	1920–1950
William Dunstone	Country	Rodney Electoral district of Rodney The Electoral district of Rodney is a Victorian Legislative Assembly electorate in Northern Victoria.The Rodney District covers an area of 7,808 square kilometres, including the towns of Echuca, Rochester, Nathalia, Cohuna, Heathcote, Gunbower, Kyabram, Rushworth and Stanhope.The district...	1936–1944
John Ellis	United Australia	Prahran Electoral district of Prahran Prahran is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 12km² electorate in the inner south-east of Melbourne, taking in the suburbs of South Yarra, Prahran and Windsor, as well as parts of Balaclava, St Kilda, St Kilda East and Toorak...	1932–1945
William Everard William Everard (Australian politician) William Hugh Everard , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the Electoral district of Evelyn from 1917 until his retirement in 1950...	United Australia	Evelyn Electoral district of Evelyn The Electoral district of Evelyn is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly covering the urban fringe north east of Melbourne. It was first proclaimed in 1859.The seat has shrunk considerably in size as the eastern suburbs of Melbourne grew...	1917–1950
Frank Field Frank Field (Australian politician) Francis "Frank" Field was an Australian politician.Born in North Carlton to public servant William John Field and Kate Emily Honeybone, he attended St Mary's Primary School in Dandenong and St Kevin's College before studying at Melbourne University, from which he graduated with a Master of Arts...	Labor	Dandenong Electoral district of Dandenong The Electoral district of Dandenong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1904 when the district of Dandenong and Berwick was abolished....	1937–1947
George Frost	Labor	Maryborough and Daylesford Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford The Electoral district of Maryborough and Daylesford was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Maryborough and Daylesford:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1920–1942
John Austin Gray	United Australia	Hawthorn Electoral district of Hawthorn The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1889 and has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors....	1930–1939
William Haworth William Haworth Sir William Crawford Haworth was an Australian politician. Born in Melbourne, he was educated at state schools before attending the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of Pharmacy. He became a pharmaceutical chemist, and served in the military 1940-44...	United Australia	Albert Park Electoral district of Albert Park The Electoral district of Albert Park is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the inner city suburbs of South Melbourne, Albert Park, Port Melbourne and St Kilda...	1937–1945
Tom Hayes	Labor	Melbourne Electoral district of Melbourne The Electoral district of Melbourne is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the localities of Carlton, North Carlton, Melbourne, East Melbourne, West Melbourne, North Melbourne, Parkville, Newmarket, Kensington and Flemington, and includes Melbourne...	1924–1955
Hon Edmond Hogan Edmond Hogan Edmond John "Ned" Hogan , Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria, was born in Wallace, Victoria, where his Irish-born parents were small farmers...	Country	Warrenheip and Grenville	1913–1943
Frederick Holden	Independent	Grant	1932–1950
Jack Holland	Labor	Flemington Electoral district of Flemington Flemington was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1904 with the abolition of Essendon and Flemington, when it was won by Edward Warde, formerly the Labor member for that seat. It was briefly abolished in 1945 and recreated in 1955 before being abolished...	1925–1955
Thomas Hollway Thomas Hollway Thomas Tuke "Tom" Hollway was the 36th Premier of Victoria, holding office from 1947 to 1950, and again for a short period in 1952....	United Australia	Ballarat	1932–1955
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes Wilfrid Kent Hughes Sir Wilfrid Selwyn Kent Hughes KBE, MVO, MC was an Australian soldier, Olympian and Olympic Games organiser, author and federal and state government minister.Kent Hughes was born in Melbourne to an upper middle-class family...	United Australia	Kew Electoral district of Kew The Electoral district of Kew is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies a few kilometres east of Melbourne and is centred around the suburb of Kew and also contains parts of Balwyn and Canterbury....	1927–1949
Hon Herbert Hyland Herbert Hyland Sir Herbert John Thornhill Hyland , storekeeper, investor, and politician, was born on 15 March 1884 at Prahran, Melbourne, second son of George Hyland, a Victorian-born painter, and his wife Mary, née Thornhill, from Ireland...	Country	Gippsland South Electoral district of Gippsland South The Electoral district of Gippsland South is a Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Eastern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1929–1970
Jim Jewell	Labor	Brunswick Electoral district of Brunswick The Electoral district of Brunswick is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the northern suburbs of Melbourne and is based around the suburb of Brunswick....	1910–1949
Frank Keane	Labor	Coburg Electoral district of Coburg Electoral district of Coburg was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Coburg:...	1924–1940
Alfred Kirton	United Australia/Country	Mornington Electoral district of Mornington The Electoral district of Mornington is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Mornington:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1932–1947
Brig. George Knox	United Australia	Upper Yarra	1927–1960
Hamilton Lamb	Country	Lowan Electoral district of Lowan The Electoral district of Lowan is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Western Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1935–1943
Hon John Lemmon	Labor	Williamstown Electoral district of Williamstown Williamstown is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria. It is a 33 km² urban electorate in the inner south-western suburbs of Melbourne, encompassing the suburbs of Brooklyn, Newport, Spotswood, Williamstown and Yarraville...	1904–1955
Hon Albert Lind	Country	Gippsland East Electoral district of Gippsland East The Electoral district of Gippsland East is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers most of eastern Victoria and includes the towns of Bairnsdale, Lakes Entrance, Orbost, Omeo, Maffra and Heyfield....	1920–1961
Alec McDonald	Country	Stawell and Ararat Electoral district of Stawell and Ararat The Electoral district of Stawell and Ararat was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Stawell and Ararat:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1935–1945
Allan McDonald Allan McDonald Allan McKenzie McDonald, DFC was an Australian politician.-Early life:McDonald was born at Winchelsea, Victoria, the fourth child of contractor Allan McDonald and Elizabeth, née McKenzie. He attended Winchelsea State School and subsequently worked as a farm labourer and then farmer...	United Australia	Polwarth Electoral district of Polwarth The Electoral district of Polwarth is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers much of the rural territory west of Geelong and includes the towns of Anglesea, Lorne, Lismore, Colac, Camperdown, Terang and Mortlake....	1933–1940
John McDonald John McDonald (Victorian politician) Sir John Gladstone Black McDonald was 37th Premier of Victoria from 27 June 1950 to 17 December 1952, except for a few days in October 1952 when Thomas Hollway led a brief Electoral Reform League government...	Country	Goulburn Valley Electoral district of Goulburn Valley The Electoral district of Goulburn Valley was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Goulburn Valley:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1936–1955
Hon Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria during 1945...	Independent	Brighton Electoral district of Brighton The Electoral district of Brighton is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Brighton:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1928–1945
William McKenzie	Labor	Wonthaggi Electoral district of Wonthaggi The Electoral district of Wonthaggi was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Wonthaggi:...	1927–1947
Hon Edwin Mackrell	Country	Upper Goulburn	1920–1945
James Weir McLachlan	Independent	Gippsland North	1908–1938
Thomas Maltby	United Australia	Barwon	1929–1961
Hon Norman Martin	Country	Gunbower Electoral district of Gunbower The Electoral district of Gunbower was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Gunbower:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1934–1945
Archie Michaelis	United Australia	St Kilda Electoral district of St Kilda The Electoral district of St. Kilda was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members of St Kilda:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1932–1952
William Moncur	Country	Walhalla Electoral district of Walhalla The Electoral district of Walhalla was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members of Walhalla:-See also:Parliaments of the Australian states and territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1927–1945
John Mullens John Mullens John Michael Mullens was an Australian politician. Born in Ballarat, Victoria, he was educated there at St Patrick's College before becoming a teacher in state schools...	Labor	Footscray Electoral district of Footscray The Electoral district of Footscray is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It lies just north of Melbourne and covers the suburbs of Footscray, Maribyrnong and Seddon....	1937–1945
James Murphy	Labor	Port Melbourne Electoral district of Port Melbourne Electoral district of Port Melbourne was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Port Melbourne:...	1917–1942
Hon Francis Old	Country	Swan Hill Electoral district of Swan Hill The Electoral district of Swan Hill is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council ....	1919–1945
Trevor Oldham	United Australia	Boroondara	1933–1953
James Paton	Country	Benambra Electoral district of Benambra The Electoral district of Benambra is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in north-east Victoria and includes the towns of Chiltern, Wodonga, Yackandandah, Beechworth, Tallangatta, and Corryong...	1932–1947
Clive Shields	United Australia	Castlemaine and Kyneton	1932–1940
Hon William Slater Bill Slater (politician) -Early life:Slater is believed to have been born in 1890. He was born to parents of Irish background. His father left his family when he was four years old. He and two siblings were brought up by his mother in Prahran. After briefly attending Armadale State School Slater left school early to sell...	Labor	Dundas	1917–1947
Vinton Smith	United Australia	Oakleigh Electoral district of Oakleigh The Electoral district of Oakleigh is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the suburbs of Carnegie, Murrumbeena, Hughesdale, Oakleigh East, Oakleigh and parts of Chadstone, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Glen Huntly and Ormond.The seat is Labor Party...	1932–1937
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe	Labor	Collingwood	1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947
Les Tyack	United Australia	Hawthorn Electoral district of Hawthorn The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1889 and has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors....	1939–1940; 1950–1952
Ivy Weber Ivy Weber Ivy Lavinia Weber was an Australian politician.Born at Captains Flat in New South Wales to schoolteacher John Filshie and his wife Elizabeth Seaman, she was educated at the local schools, eventually becoming a physical culturist and organiser...	Independent	Nunawading Electoral district of Nunawading The electoral district of Nunawading was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Nunawading:...	1937–1943
Harry White	United Australia	Bulla and Dalhousie	1932–1943
Henry Zwar	Ind. UAP	Heidelberg Electoral district of Heidelberg Electoral district of Heidelberg was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Heidelberg:...	1932–1945

In April 1938, the Country member for Ouyen

Electoral district of Ouyen

The Electoral district of Ouyen was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Ouyens:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...

, Albert Bussau, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London. Country candidate Keith Dodgshun won the resulting by-election in May 1938.

On 29 April 1938, the Labor member for Geelong

Electoral district of Geelong

The Electoral district of Geelong is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is based around inner metropolitan Geelong and includes the suburbs of Bell Park, Drumcondra, East Geelong, Geelong, Geelong West, Newtown and South Geelong and parts of Highton, and North Geelong...

, William Brownbill

William Brownbill

William Brownbill was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 1920 to 1932, then from 1935 until his death in 1938. He represented the electoral district of Geelong for the Australian Labor Party...

, died. His widow, Labor candidate Fanny Brownbill

Fanny Brownbill

Fanny Eileen Brownbill was an Australian state politician, serving as the Labor Party Member for Geelong, Victoria, serving from 1938 until her death in 1948...

, won the resulting by-election in June 1938, becoming the first woman Labor MP in Victoria.

On 18 September 1938, the Independent member for Gippsland North, James Weir McLachlan, died. Country candidate Alexander Borthwick won the resulting by-election in November 1938.

On 6 May 1939, the UAP member for Hawthorn

Electoral district of Hawthorn

The Electoral district of Hawthorn is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was first proclaimed in 1889 and has usually been a safe seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors....

, John Austin Gray, died. UAP candidate Les Tyack won the resulting by-election in June 1939.

Sources

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