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 1943 to 1945, as elected at the 1943 state election.

On 25 September 1945, a cross-party group of five United Australia members, two Country members and one Independent voted with Labor and two left-wing Independents to defeat the Dunstan Ministry. The end result, on 2 October 1945, was the swearing in of the Macfarlan Ministry and the calling of the 1945 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... /Min.	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 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 territories*List 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
Richard Brose	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...	1944–1964
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
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
Arthur Cook	Labor	Bendigo	1924–1945
Frederick Cook	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
Tom Corrigan	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:...	1942–1952
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:...	1929–1945
William Cumming	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... /Min.	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
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 territories*List 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/Min.	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
Bill Fulton	Country	Gippsland North	1942–1945; 1947–1952
Bob Gray	United Australia	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:...	1943–1947; 1952–1955
Edward Guye Edward Guye Edward Fritz Guye was an Australian politician who sat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1940 to 1958.Guye was born in Brentford, England, the son of Fritz Guye and his wife Gertrude Percy Ashton Glover. His father was a Swiss watchmaker who had settled in London. His father died in 1901...	Country	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....	1940–1958
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/Min.	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
Harry Hedditch	Country	Port Fairy and Glenelg	1943–1945; 1947–1950
Wollaston Heily	Country	Waranga	1943–1945
Bill Hodson	Labor	Castlemaine and Kyneton	1940–1945
Frederick Holden	Independent/Country	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
Leslie Hollins Leslie Hollins Leslie Henry Hollins was an Australian politician.Born at Wonthaggi to farmer Henry Hollins and Lilian Mary Theresa Gardner, he attended local state schools before becoming an automotive engineer. He worked with the Melbourne General Omnibus Company in 1915 before serving in the Australian...	Social Credit Douglas Credit Party The Douglas Credit Party was an Australian political party based around the social credit theory of monetary reform, first set out by C. H. Douglas. It gained its strongest result in Queensland in 1935, when it gained 7.02% of first preferences. The party's strongest federal result was at the 1934... /Min.	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....	1940–1945
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
Andrew Hughes Andrew Hughes (Australian politician) Andrew Arthur Hughes was an Australian politician.Born in South Yarra to brickmaker George Alfred Hughes and Eliza Smartt, Hughes attended Brighton State School and then the College of the Bible in Glen Iris, becoming a minister of religion...	Independent Socialist	Caulfield Electoral district of Caulfield -See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly-External links:*...	1943–1945
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
Raymond Hyatt Raymond Hyatt John Allison Raymond Hyatt was an Australian politician.Born in Blakeville to sawmiller Harry Hyatt and Elizabeth Dalton, he attended Blakeville State School and became a sawmiller and timber contractor...	Labor	Warrenheip and Grenville	1943–1947
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
Alfred Kirton	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. Sir 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
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 territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1936–1955
Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan Ian MacFarlan was the Deputy Leader of the Australian Liberal Party in the Australian state of Victoria during 1945...	United Australia/Min.	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
Edwin Mackrell	Country/Min.	Upper Goulburn	1920–1945
Thomas Maltby	United Australia/Min.	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 territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1934–1945
Samuel Merrifield	Labor	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...	1943–1955
Wilfred Mibus	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 ....	1944–1964
Archie Michaelis	United Australia/Min.	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 territories*List 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 territories*List 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
Charlie Mutton	Ind. 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:...	1940–1967
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
Squire Reid	Labor	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...	1927–1932; 1937–1947
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
Clive Stoneham Clive Stoneham Clive Philip Stoneham, OBE was an Australian politician. He was an ALP member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for 28 years from 1942 to 1970, representing the electorates of Maryborough and Daylesford and Midlands...	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...	1942–1970
Harold Thonemann	United Australia	Toorak	1941–1945
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe	Labor	Collingwood	1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947
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
Leslie Webster	Country	Bulla and Dalhousie	1944–1947
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 July 1943, the Independent member for 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:...

, 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...

, resigned to contest Division of Henty

Division of Henty

The Division of Henty was an Australian Electoral Division in Victoria. The division was created in 1913 and abolished in 1990. It was named for the Henty family of Portland, the first European settlers in Victoria. It was located in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, including at various times...

 in the 1943 federal election

Australian federal election, 1943

Federal elections were held in Australia on 21 August 1943. All 74 seats in the House of Representatives, and 19 of the 36 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia John Curtin easily defeated the opposition Country Party led...

. UAP candidate Bob Gray won the resulting by-election in September 1943.

On 31 August 1943, the Country member for Waranga, Ernest Coyle, died. Country candidate Wollaston Heily won the resulting by-election in October 1943.

On 7 December 1943, the Country member for 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 ....

, Hamilton Lamb, died. Country candidate Wilfred Mibus won the resulting by-election in 1944.

On 12 April 1944, the Country member for 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...

, William Dunstone, died. Country candidate Richard Brose won the resulting by-election in June 1944.

Sources

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