Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1955–1958

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 1955 to 1958, as elected at the 1955 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
Jim Balfour	Liberal	Morwell Electoral district of Morwell The Electoral district of Morwell is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It covers the regional centres of Morwell and Traralgon as well as the surrounding rural areas in the middle of Gippsland....	1955–1982
Nathaniel Barclay	Country	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...	1947–1952; 1955–1962
Hon John Bloomfield	Liberal	Malvern Electoral district of Malvern -External links:*...	1953–1970
Hon 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
Hon 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
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
Vernon Christie	Liberal	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....	1955–1973
Arthur Clarey Arthur Clarey Reynold Arthur Clarey was an Australian politician.Born in South Yarra to estate agent Francis William Clarey and Catherine Lawson , Arthur attended Flemington State School, Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, graduating with a Bachelor of Commerce...	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...	1955–1972
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
Roy Crick	Labor	Grant	1955–1966
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
Arthur Drakeford Jr.	Labor	Pascoe Vale Electoral district of Pascoe Vale The Electoral district of Pascoe Vale is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly.-Members for Pascoe Vale:-Election results:-See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories...	1945–1947; 1955–1958
Roberts Dunstan	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...	1956–1982
Leo Fennessy Leo Fennessy Leo Michael Fennessy was an Australian politician.Fennessy was born at Warrnambool to police superintendent Pierce Fennessy and Mary Kenafick. He attended St Thomas' Christian Brothers College at Clifton Hill and became a boot trader in 1922...	Labor	Brunswick East Electoral district of Brunswick East Electoral district of Brunswick East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Brunswick East:...	1955–1970
Larry Floyd	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...	1955–1973
Alexander Fraser Alexander Fraser (Australian politician) Alexander John Fraser was an Australian politician.Fraswer was educated at Kyneton College in Kyneton, Victoria, before becoming a company manager...	Liberal	Caulfield East Electoral district of Caulfield East Electoral district of Caulfield East was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Caulfield East:...	1950–1952; 1955–1965
Richard Gainey	Liberal	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...	1955–1967
George Gibbs	Liberal	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:...	1955–1967
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
Jack Holden	Liberal	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:...	1955–1967
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
Kevin 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...	1956–1967
Hon Sir 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
Harry Kane	Liberal	Broadmeadows Electoral district of Broadmeadows The Electoral district of Broadmeadows is an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Assembly created in 1952. The seat is currently based on the suburbs of Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Coolaroo, Dallas and Jacana...	1955–1962
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
Hon 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
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
Denis Lovegrove	Labor	Carlton	1955–1973
Sam Loxton Sam Loxton Samuel John Everett "Sam" Loxton OBE is a former Australian cricketer, footballer and politician. Among these three pursuits, his greatest achievements were attained on the cricket field; he played in 12 Tests for Australia from 1948 to 1951...	Liberal	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...	1955–1979
Colin MacDonald	Labor	Geelong West	1955–1958
Jim MacDonald Jim MacDonald (politician) James David "Jim" MacDonald was an Australian politician.Born in Bathurst, MacDonald married Valdree Mae Drewe, with whom he had three sons. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1940, serving in New Guinea and the South Pacific until he was discharged in 1946. On his return he founded...	Liberal	Burwood	1955–1976
Hon William McDonald	Liberal	Dundas	1947–1952; 1955–1970
Hon Sir Thomas Maltby	Liberal	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...	1929–1961
Jim Manson	Liberal	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....	1955–1973
Edward Meagher	Liberal	Mentone	1955–1976
Hon Wilfred Mibus	Liberal	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
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
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
Charlie Mutton	Independent/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 Horace Petty	Liberal	Toorak	1952–1964
Murray Porter	Liberal	Sandringham Electoral district of Sandringham The Electoral district of Sandringham is an electoral district of the Victorian Legislative Assembly. It consists of the Melbourne bayside suburbs of Beaumaris, Black Rock and Sandringham, and parts of Cheltenham, Hampton, Highett, and Mentone....	1955–1970
Joe Rafferty	Liberal	Caulfield Electoral district of Caulfield -See also:* Parliaments of the Australian states and territories* List of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly-External links:*...	1955–1979
Hon George Reid	Liberal	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....	1947–1952; 1955–1973
Charlie Ring	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....	1955–1970
John Rossiter	Liberal	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...	1955–1976
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	Reservoir Electoral district of Reservoir Electoral district of Reservoir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Reservoir:...	1945–1961
Hon 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
Roy Schintler	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....	1955–1967
Gordon Scott	Liberal	Ballarat South	1955–1964
Francis Scully	DLP Democratic Labor Party The Democratic Labor Party is a political party in Australia that espouses social conservatism and opposes neo-liberalism. The first "DLP" Senator in decades, party vice-president John Madigan was elected to the Australian Senate with 2.3 percent of the primary vote in Victoria at the 2010 federal...	Richmond	1949–1958
Hon Ernie Shepherd	Labor	Ascot Vale Electoral district of Ascot Vale Ascot Vale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Ascot Vale:...	1945–1958
David Snider	Liberal	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...	1955–1964
John Stanistreet	Liberal	Bendigo	1955–1958
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
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 territoriesList of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly...	1942–1970
Bob Suggett	Liberal	Moorabbin Electoral district of Moorabbin Electoral district of Moorabbin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Moorabbin:...	1955–1979
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
Edgar Tanner	Liberal	Ripponlea	1955–1976
Alex Taylor	Liberal	Balwyn Electoral district of Balwyn Electoral district of Balwyn was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Balwyn:...	1955–1973
Archie Todd	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:...	1955–1958
Bill Towers	Labor	Collingwood	1947–1962
Campbell Turnbull	Labor	Brunswick West Electoral district of Brunswick West Electoral district of Brunswick West was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Victoria.-Members for Brunswick West:...	1955–1973
Hon Keith Turnbull	Liberal	Kara Kara	1950–1964
Hon Robert Whately	Liberal	Camberwell	1945–1956
Hon Russell White	Country	Ballarat North	1945–1960
Vernon Wilcox Vernon Wilcox Vernon Francis Wilcox CBE QC was an Australian politician. In a political career spanning twenty years, he represented the electorate of Camberwell in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and held many positions in the Victorian Cabinet...	Liberal	Camberwell	1956–1976
Frank Wilkes Frank Wilkes Frank Noel Wilkes AM , Australian politician, was Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981. Wilkes was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote Primary and Secondary Schools and Preston Technical College. During the Second World War he served in the southwest Pacific in the...	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...	1957–1988
Ray Wiltshire	Liberal	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....	1955–1976

On 25 December 1955, the Labor member for 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...

, Jack Holland, died. His son Kevin Holland won the resulting by-election on 18 February 1956.

In February 1956, the Liberal member for 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...

, 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...

, resigned to become Agent-General for Victoria in London. Liberal candidate Roberts Dunstan won the resulting by-election on 3 March 1956.

On 17 March 1956, the Liberal member for Camberwell, Robert Whately, died in a car accident near Yass

Yass, New South Wales

Yass is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Yass Valley Shire. The name appears to have been derived from an Aboriginal word, "Yarrh" , said to mean 'running water'....

. Liberal candidate Vernon Wilcox

Vernon Wilcox

Vernon Francis Wilcox CBE QC was an Australian politician. In a political career spanning twenty years, he represented the electorate of Camberwell in the Victorian Legislative Assembly and held many positions in the Victorian Cabinet...

won the resulting by-election on 21 April 1956.

On 4 August 1957, the Labor member for 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...

and former Premier of Victoria, 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...

, died while campaigning for Labor at the Queensland election

Queensland state election, 1957

Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 3 August 1957 to elect the 75 members of the state's Legislative Assembly. The major parties contesting the election were the Queensland Labor Party led by Premier Vince Gair, the Australian Labor Party led by former Deputy Premier John...

. Labor candidate Frank Wilkes

Frank Wilkes

Frank Noel Wilkes AM , Australian politician, was Leader of the Labor Opposition in Victoria from 1977 to 1981. Wilkes was born in Melbourne and educated at Northcote Primary and Secondary Schools and Preston Technical College. During the Second World War he served in the southwest Pacific in the...

won the resulting by-election on 21 September 1957.

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