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 1952 to 1955, as elected at the 1952 state election.

Two party splits took place during the period:

• In August 1953, several Liberal members were expelled for supporting former Liberal Premier 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....
  
  , who had formed an "Electoral Reform League" grouping in the Parliament advocating two Assembly seats for every Federal seat in Victoria and had, at the 1952 election, defeated the Liberal leader Les Norman in his own seat.
• In 1955 during the Hobart conference of the governing Labor Party, the mostly Catholic supporters of the Industrial Groups
  Industrial Groups
  The Industrial Groups were groups formed by the Australian Labor Party in the late 1940s, to combat Communist Party influence in the trade unions....
  
   and B. A. Santamaria
  B. A. Santamaria
  Bartholomew Augustine "B. A." Santamaria, otherwise 'Bob' , was an Australian political activist and journalist and one of the most influential political figures in 20th century Australian history...
  
   either resigned from the party or were expelled and formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
  Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist)
  The Australian Labor Party was the name initially used by the right-wing group which split away from the Australian Labor Party in 1955, and which later became the Democratic Labor Party in 1957....
  
  , which ultimately became the Democratic Labor Party
  Democratic Labor Party (historical)
  The Democratic Labor Party was an Australian political party that existed from 1955 until 1978.-History:The DLP was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party that began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H.V...
  
   (DLP).

Both groups lost almost their entire parliamentary representation at the 1955 state election which followed, although the DLP continued to be a significant source of Liberal preferences until the early 1970s.

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
Hon 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... /DLP Democratic Labor Party (historical) The Democratic Labor Party was an Australian political party that existed from 1955 until 1978.-History:The DLP was formed as a result of a split in the Australian Labor Party that began in 1954. The split was between the party's national leadership, under the then party leader Dr H.V...	Carlton	1932–1955
John Bloomfield	Liberal Liberal Party of Australia The Liberal Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Founded a year after the 1943 federal election to replace the United Australia Party, the centre-right Liberal Party typically competes with the centre-left Australian Labor Party for political office...	Malvern Electoral district of Malvern -External links:*...	1953–1970
Henry Bolte Henry Bolte Sir Henry Edward Bolte GCMG was an Australian politician. He was the 38th and longest serving Premier of Victoria.- Early years :...	Liberal	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...	1947–1972
John Bourke John Peter Bourke John Peter Bourke QC was an Australian politician.Born in Chiltern to schoolteacher William Richard Bourke and Mary Anne Clancy, he attended Christian Brothers College in East Melbourne before studying law at Melbourne University, working as a journalist to finance his study...	Labor	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...	1952–1955
Hon Richard Brose	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...	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
William Buckingham	Country	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:...	1947–1955
Hon 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
Les Coates Les Coates Leslie Robert "Les" Coates was an Australian politician.Born in Brighton to market gardener Robert Brooke Coates and Jane Annie Boxshall, he attended Moorabbin State School and became a cigar maker. Around 1924 he married Hilda Grace Hedberg, with whom he had two children...	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....	1952–1955
Leslie Cochrane	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:...	1950–1970
Phillip Connell	Labor	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...	1952–1958
Frederick Cook	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
Terry Corrigan	Labor/DLP	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:...	1952–1955
Les D'Arcy	Labor/DLP	Grant	1952–1955
Alexander Dennett	Ind./Electoral Reform	Caulfield Electoral district of Caulfield -See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly-External links:*...	1945–1955
Keith Dodgshun	Country	Rainbow Electoral district of Rainbow The Electoral district of Rainbow was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Rainbow:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1938–1955
John Don	Ind./Electoral Reform	Elsternwick Electoral district of Elsternwick The Electoral district of Elsternwick was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It was created in 1945.-Members for Elsternwick:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1945–1955
Hon Val Doube Val Doube Valentine Joseph "Val" Doube was an Australian politician.Born in Brighton to hat maker Francis William Robert Doube and Honora Fitzgerald, he was educated at St James' School in Gardenvale before studying at Melbourne University, receiving a Diploma of Physical Education in 1940...	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...	1950–1961; 1970–1979
James Dunn	Labor/Independent	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...	1950–1955
George Fewster	Labor/DLP	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...	1950–1955
Hon Leslie Galvin	Labor	Bendigo	1945–1955, 1958–1964
Hon Malcolm Gladman	Labor	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...	1952–1955
Hon Bob Gray	Labor	Box Hill Electoral district of Box Hill The Electoral district of Box Hill is an eastern metropolitan electorate approximately 12 kilometres east of Melbourne, Australia in Victoria's Legislative Assembly....	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...	Liberal	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
Tom Hayes	Labor/DLP	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
Jack Holland	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....	1925–1955
Hon 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....	Ind./Electoral Reform	Glen Iris Electoral district of Glen Iris The Electoral district of Glen Iris was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members of Glen Iris:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1932–1955
Robert Holt Robert Holt Robert Wilfred Holt was an Australian politician. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated in Melbourne at Scotch College and the University of Melbourne. He became a barrister in 1940. In 1945 he was elected to the Victorian Legislative Assembly as the Labor member for Portland. He was...	Labor	Portland Electoral district of Portland The electoral district of Portland was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Portland:...	1945–1947, 1950–1955
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
Brig. Sir George Knox	Liberal	Scoresby Electoral district of Scoresby The Electoral district of Scoresby is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Scoresby:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1927–1960
William Leggatt William Leggatt Sir William Watt Leggatt DSO, MC was an Australian soldier, lawyer and politician. He served as commanding officer of the 2/40th Battalion and later Sparrow Force during World War II, fighting in Timor against the Japanese invasion in 1942. He was captured by the Japanese and sent to Changi prison...	Liberal	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...	1947–1956
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
Alan Lind	Labor	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...	1952–1955, 1969–1979
Hon Sir 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
Michael Lucy	Labor/DLP	Ivanhoe Electoral district of Ivanhoe (Victoria) The Electoral district of Ivanhoe is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is located in the north-eastern suburbs of Melbourne and is based around the suburbs of Heidelberg, Ivanhoe and Rosanna....	1952–1955
Bob McClure	Labor	Dundas	1952–1955
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	Shepparton Electoral district of Shepparton The Electoral district of Shepparton is a rural Lower House electoral district of the Victorian Parliament. It is located within the Northern Victoria Region of the Legislative Council....	1936–1955
Sir Thomas Maltby	Liberal	Barwon	1929–1961
Hon Samuel Merrifield	Labor	Moonee Ponds Electoral district of Moonee Ponds Electoral district of Moonee Ponds was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Moonee Ponds:...	1943–1955
Wilfred Mibus	Liberal	Borung	1944–1964
Hon Tom Mitchell	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...	1947–1976
Edmund Morrissey Edmund Morrissey Edmund "Leo" Morrissey was a member of the Australian Labor Party for the seat of Mernda from December 1952 until April 1955. In 1955, he left the ALP and "crossed the floor" and joined the anti-Communist Democratic Labor Party....	Labor/DLP	Mernda Electoral district of Mernda The Electoral district of Mernda was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Mernda:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1952–1955
Ernie Morton	Labor	Ripon Electoral district of Ripon Ripon is a single member electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is a rural electorate based in western Victoria. It includes the towns of Ararat, Maryborough, Stawell, Creswick, Avoca, Beaufort, Dunolly, Halls Gap, Kingston, and Skipton. It has existed continuously since...	1945–1947, 1950–1955
Hon George Moss George Moss George Moss is a Christian, American rapper, artist, producer, actor, and radio host at 88.3 and 89.9 WAYfm. After the release of his debut solo album, "All or Nothing" in 2008 and a string of radio singles such as "Whoa!", "Get Right", "Transparent", and "Go Hard or Go Home", he quickly rose to...	Country	Murray Valley Electoral district of Murray Valley The Electoral district of Murray Valley is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.It contains the towns of Cobram, Numurkah, Rutherglen, Wangaratta and Yarrawonga, as well as many other smaller towns....	1945–1973
Charles Murphy	Labor/DLP	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....	1952–1955
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
Joseph O'Carroll	Labor/DLP	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:...	1949–1955
Trevor Oldham	Liberal	Malvern Electoral district of Malvern -External links:*...	1933–1953
Robert Pettiona	Labor	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...	1951–1955
Horace Petty	Liberal	Toorak	1952–1964
Peter Randles	Labor/DLP	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....	1949–1955
William Ruthven William Ruthven William "Rusty" Ruthven VC was an Australian soldier and state Labor politician. For actions in World War I he was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth...	Labor	Preston Electoral district of Preston The Electoral district of Preston is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It is currently based around the northern Melbourne suburbs of Preston and Reservoir. It has always been a safe Labor Party seat....	1945–1961
Arthur Rylah Arthur Rylah Sir Arthur Gordon Rylah KBE CMG was an Australian politician and lawyer.-Background:Rylah was born in Kew, Melbourne. He was educated at Trinity Grammar and the University of Melbourne, graduating with a law degree from this university in 1932...	Liberal	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....	1949–1971
Frank Scully Frank Scully (politician) Francis Raymond Scully , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of Richmond representing the Australian Labor Party from 1949-1955 and the Australian Labor Party from 1955-1958...	Labor/DLP	Richmond	1949–1958
Hon John Sheehan	Labor	Ballarat	1952–1955
Hon Ernie Shepherd	Labor	Sunshine Electoral district of Sunshine Electoral district of Sunshine was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Sunshine:...	1945–1958
Hon Joseph Smith	Labor	Goulburn Electoral district of Goulburn (Victoria) Electoral district of Goulburn was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Goulburn:...	1945–1947, 1950–1955
Harold Stirling	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 ....	1952–1968
Hector Stoddart	Labor	Gippsland North	1952–1955
Hon 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	Midlands Electoral district of Midlands The Electoral district of Midlands was an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Midlands:-See also:*Parliaments of the Australian states and territories*List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1942–1970
Hon Patrick Sutton	Labor	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...	1950–1970
Ray Tovell	Ind./Electoral Reform	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...	1945–1955
Bill Towers	Labor	Collingwood	1947–1962
Keith Turnbull	Liberal	Korong	1950–1964
Robert Whately	Liberal	Camberwell	1945–1956
George Edward White	Labor/DLP	Mentone	1945–1947, 1950–1955
Hon Russell White	Country	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:...	1945–1960

On 2 May 1953, the Opposition Leader and Liberal member for Malvern

Electoral district of Malvern

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, Trevor Oldham, died. Liberal candidate John Bloomfield won the resulting by-election on 11 July 1953.

Sources

• Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria
  Parliament of Victoria
  The Parliament of Victoria is the bicameral legislature of the Australian state of Victoria. It follows a Westminster-derived parliamentary system and consists of The Queen, represented by the Governor of Victoria; the Legislative Council ; and the Legislative Assembly...
  
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