This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council

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 1955 and 1958. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1952 triennial election with terms expiring in 1958, while the other half were elected at the 1955 triennial election with terms expiring in 1961.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Term of office
David Arnott David arnott David Arnott is an American actor, screenwriter and musical composer living in Southern California. Among his credits, Arnott co-wrote The Last Action Hero, and starred in The Last Man with Jeri Ryan. David is a member of the legendary "Pad O' Guys" screenwriting group, including Shane Black and...	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...	Western	1958	1952–1958
Albert Bailey	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...	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:...	1958	1952–1958
Keith Bradbury	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...	North Eastern	1961	1953–1978
Tom Brennan	DLP	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:...	1958	1952–1958
Charles Bridgford Charles Bridgford Charles Haig Bridgford was an Australian politician. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia, Bridgford represented the South Eastern Province in the Victorian Legislative Council from 1955 to 1961.-References:...	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...	South Eastern	1961	1955–1961
Percy Byrnes	Country	North Western	1958	1942–1969
Ewen Paul Cameron	Liberal	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:...	1961	1948–1960
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....	Liberal	Southern	1961	1935–1973
Vance Dickie	Liberal	Ballarat	1961	1956–1978
Clifden Eager	Liberal	East Yarra	1958	1930–1958
Percy Feltham	Country	Northern	1961	1955–1967
Don Ferguson	Labor	South Western	1958	1952–1958
Bill Fulton	Country	Gippsland	1958	1953–1964
John Galbally John Galbally John William 'Jack' Galbally CBE, QC was an Australian Labor Party politician.-Early life:Galbally was educated at St Patrick's College in East Melbourne and Melbourne High School...	Labor	Melbourne North	1961	1949–1979
Charles Gawith	Liberal	Monash	1961	1955–1967
Thomas Grigg Thomas Grigg Thomas Henry Grigg was an Australian politician.Born in Maldon to miner Thomas Henry Grigg and Elizabeth Jones, he attended state school before becoming a miner in 1902. On 8 May 1914 he married Ida Alberta May in Sydney, with whom he would have three children...	Liberal	Bendigo	1961	1951–1967
John Jones	Labor	Ballarat	1958	1952–1958
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...	DLP	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:...	1958	1938–1958
Jack Little Jack Little (Australian politician) John Albert "Jack" Little was an Australian politician. Born in Maryborough, Victoria, he was educated at East Brunswick and Thornbury State Primary Schools, before becoming a Clicker in a Shoe factory in Collingwood, and later an official with the Victorian Boot Employees' Union, of which he was...	DLP	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:...	1958	1954–1958
Herbert Ludbrook	Liberal	Ballarat	1961	1949–1956
Gordon McArthur	Liberal	South Western	1961	1931–1965
William MacAulay	Country	Gippsland	1961	1937–1957
Buckley Machin	Labor	Melbourne West	1961	1955–1963
Ronald Mack	Liberal	Western	1961	1955–1968
Arthur Mansell	Country	North Western	1961	1952–1973
Bob May Bob May (politician) Robert William "Bob" May was an Australian politician.Born in Yarram to grazier Robert May and Elizabeth Buist Wilson, May attended Macks Creek State School and Yarram High School before becoming a dairy farmer and grazier in Trenton Valley. On 21 April 1930 he married Helena Rossiter, with whom...	Country	Gippsland	1961	1957–1973
Roy Rawson	Labor	Southern	1958	1952–1958
Pat Sheehy	DLP	Melbourne	1958	1952–1958
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	Doutta Galla	1961	1949–1960
Arthur Smith	Labor	Bendigo	1958	1952–1964
Ivan Swinburne	Country	North Eastern	1958	1946–1976
Fred Thomas	Labor	Melbourne	1961	1948–1960
Lindsay Thompson Lindsay Thompson Lindsay Hamilton Simpson Thompson AO, CMG , Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 40th Premier of Victoria from June 1981 to April 1982...	Liberal	Higinbotham	1961	1955–1970
George Tilley	Labor	South Eastern	1958	1952–1958
Dudley Walters	Country	Northern	1958	1946–1964
Arthur Warner	Liberal	Higinbotham	1958	1946–1964

On 15 January 1956, Herbert Ludbrook, Liberal MLC for Ballarat Province, died. Country candidate Vance Dickie won the resulting by-election on 3 March 1956.

On 17 May 1957, William MacAulay, Country MLC for Gippsland Province, died. Country candidate Bob May

Bob May (politician)

Robert William "Bob" May was an Australian politician.Born in Yarram to grazier Robert May and Elizabeth Buist Wilson, May attended Macks Creek State School and Yarram High School before becoming a dairy farmer and grazier in Trenton Valley. On 21 April 1930 he married Helena Rossiter, with whom...

 won the resulting by-election on 29 June 1957.

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