Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1940–1943
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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council
between 1940 and 1943. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1937 triennial election with terms expiring in 1943, while the other half were elected at the 1940 triennial election with terms expiring in 1946.
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
between 1940 and 1943. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1937 triennial election with terms expiring in 1943, while the other half were elected at the 1940 triennial election with terms expiring in 1946.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Term of office |
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Sir William Angliss | 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... |
Southern | 1946 | 1912–1952 |
James Miller Balfour | 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... |
Gippsland | 1946 | 1936–1943 |
Sir Frank Beaurepaire Frank Beaurepaire Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated... |
United Australia | Monash Monash Province Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Monash Province:-References:... |
1946 | 1942–1952 |
William Beckett William Beckett (Australian politician) William James Beckett CBE was an Australian politician.Born in Prahran to Irish-born taxi proprietor Samuel Beckett and Scottish-born Margaret Cameron, he attended both state and private schools before becoming a second-hand furniture dealer at Fitzroy with his brother Henry... |
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... |
Melbourne | 1946 | 1914–1931; 1934–1952 |
George Bolster | United Australia | Ballarat | 1946 | 1934–1946 |
Percy Byrnes | Country | North Western | 1946 | 1942–1969 |
Gilbert Chandler Gilbert Chandler Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler, CMG, KBE was a Liberal Party of Australia politician who served in the Bolte Ministry in Victoria.... |
United Australia | Southern | 1943 | 1935–1973 |
Percy Clarey Percy Clarey Percy James Clarey was an Australian trade union leader and politician.-Early life:Clarey was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria, the fifth child of general agent Francis William Clarey and Jessie Littlejohn Clarey, née Lawson. The family soon moved to Melbourne, and Percy attended South Yarra State... |
Labor | Doutta Galla Doutta Galla Province Doutta Galla Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Doutta Galla Province:... |
1943 | 1937–1949 |
Hon Sir Frank Clarke | United Australia | Monash | 1943 | 1913–1955 |
Archibald Crofts | United Australia | Monash | 1946 | 1935–1942 |
James Herbert Disney | Labor | Melbourne West Melbourne West Province Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne West Province:... |
1943 | 1916–1943 |
James Stanley Disney | United Australia | Higinbotham Higinbotham Province Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia throughout its history, though it was won by... |
1946 | 1940–1946 |
Clifden Eager | United Australia | East Yarra East Yarra Province East Yarra Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for East Yarra Province:... |
1946 | 1930–1958 |
Hon William Edgar William Edgar William Edgar is a British mechanical engineer, who was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2004.He is graduate from Strathclyde University and Birmingham University with an MSc in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics.... |
United Australia | East Yarra | 1943 | 1904–1913; 1917–1948 |
Archibald Fraser | Labor | Melbourne North Melbourne North Province Melbourne North Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne North Province:... |
1946 | 1940–1954 |
Charles Gartside | United Australia | South Eastern | 1943 | 1937–1955 |
Hon Sir George Goudie | Country | North Western | 1943 | 1919–1949 |
Hon Sir John Harris | Country | North Eastern | 1946 | 1920–1946 |
Percival Inchbold | McEwen Country | North Eastern | 1943 | 1935–1953 |
Cyril Isaac | United Australia | South Eastern | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
Paul Jones Paul Jones (Australian politician) Paul Jones was an Australian politician. Born in Gaffneys Creek, Victoria, he was educated at South Melbourne College before becoming a goldminer and teacher. He also studied at the University of Melbourne for an MA. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in bizarre... |
Labor | Doutta Galla | 1946 | 1938–1958 |
James Kennedy James Kennedy (Australian politician) The Honourable Sir James Arthur "Jim" Kennedy Kt was an Australian politician and sportsman. Kennedy served as a minister in the Dunstan and Hollway Victorian state governments in the 1940s. He played Australian rules football for Essendon and Carlton during the early 1900s... |
United Australia | Higinbotham | 1943 | 1937–1954 |
Pat Kennelly | Labor | Melbourne West | 1946 | 1938–1952 |
Richard Kilpatrick | Country | Northern | 1946 | 1928–1946 |
Lieut-Col. George Lansell | United Australia | Bendigo | 1946 | 1928–1952 |
John Lienhop | Country | Bendigo | 1943 | 1937–1951 |
Gordon McArthur | United Australia | South Western | 1943 | 1931–1965 |
William MacAulay | McEwen Country | Gippsland | 1943 | 1937–1957 |
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... |
Country | South Western | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
Daniel McNamara | Labor | Melbourne | 1943 | 1916; 1917–1947 |
Sir Herbert Olney | United Australia | Melbourne North | 1943 | 1931–1943 |
Alfred Pittard | United Australia | Ballarat | 1943 | 1931–1949 |
Hon Henry Pye | Country | North Western | 1946 | 1932–1942 |
Robert Rankin Robert Rankin (Australian politician) Robert Chisholm Rankin was an Australian politician.Born in Malvern to Indian-born bootmaker William Rankin and Elizabeth Chisholm, he served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, attaining the rank of captain. He married Ethel Josephine Bennetts around 1918... |
Country | Western | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
Leonard Rodda Leonard Rodda Leonard Roy Rodda was an Australian politician.Born in Tarranyurk to farmer Frederick Rodda and Elizabeth Mary Curnow, he attended Tarranyurk State School before working on the family farm... |
Country | Western | 1943 | 1937–1946 |
Hon George Tuckett | Country | Northern | 1943 | 1925–1955 |
- On 9 April 1942, Henry Pye, Country MLC for North Western Province, died. Country candidate Percy Byrnes won the resulting by-election in May 1942.
- On 20 May 1942, Archibald Crofts, United Australia MLC for MonashMonash ProvinceMonash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Monash Province:-References:...
, died. United Australia candidate Sir Frank BeaurepaireFrank BeaurepaireSir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated...
won the resulting by-election in July 1942.
Sources
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of VictoriaParliament of VictoriaThe 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...
. - Victorian Year Book 1939–40