Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961–1964
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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council
between 1961 and 1964. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1958 triennial election with terms expiring in 1964, while the other half were elected at the 1961 state election
with terms expiring in 1967.
The 1961 election was the first conjoint election for the Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council; from that point forward, the triennial election for the Council and the general election for the Assembly would always be held on the same day, although this was not provided for automatically until 1984.
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 1961 and 1964. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1958 triennial election with terms expiring in 1964, while the other half were elected at the 1961 state election
Victorian state election, 1961
Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 15 July 1961 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council. The Liberal and Country Party government of Premier Henry Bolte won a third term in office...
with terms expiring in 1967.
The 1961 election was the first conjoint election for the Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council; from that point forward, the triennial election for the Council and the general election for the Assembly would always be held on the same day, although this was not provided for automatically until 1984.
Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Term of office |
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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 | 1967 | 1953–1978 |
Percy Byrnes | Country | North Western | 1964 | 1942–1969 |
Murray Byrne | 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... |
Ballarat | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
Hon 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:... |
1967 | 1948–1964 |
Bill Campbell | Liberal | East Yarra | 1967 | 1964–1983 |
Hon 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 | 1967 | 1935–1973 |
Vance Dickie | Liberal | Ballarat | 1967 | 1956–1978 |
Doug Elliot | 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 | 1967 | 1960–1979 |
Percy Feltham | Country | Northern | 1967 | 1955–1967 |
Bill Fulton | Country | Gippsland | 1964 | 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 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:... |
1967 | 1949–1979 |
William Garrett | Liberal | Southern | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
Charles Gawith | Liberal | 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:... |
1967 | 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 | 1967 | 1951–1967 |
Kenneth Gross | Liberal | Western | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
Rupert Hamer Rupert Hamer Sir Rupert James Hamer, AC, KCMG, ED , generally known until he was knighted in 1982 as Dick Hamer, Australian Liberal Party politician, was the 39th Premier of Victoria, serving from 1972 to 1981.-Early years:... |
Liberal | East Yarra | 1964 | 1958–1971 |
Alan Hunt Alan Hunt (politician) Alan John Hunt AM is an Australian politician, having been a member of the Victorian Legislative Council from 1961 until 1992.... |
Liberal | South Eastern | 1967 | 1961–1992 |
Alexander Knight Alexander Knight Alexander Rutherford Knight was born 24 January, 1899 in Dunedin and died 8 April, 1986 in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played 51 first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the Plunket Shield.- External Links :* from Cricinfo.... |
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:... |
1967 | 1963–1979 |
Hon Sir Gordon McArthur | Liberal | South Western | 1967 | 1931–1965 |
Buckley Machin | Labor | Melbourne West | 1967 | 1955–1963 |
Ronald Mack | Liberal | Western | 1967 | 1955–1968 |
Bill Mair | Liberal | South Eastern | 1964 | 1958–1964 |
Arthur Mansell | Country | North Western | 1967 | 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 | 1967 | 1957–1973 |
Samuel Merrifield | 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:... |
1964 | 1958–1970 |
Graham Nicol | Liberal | Monash | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
Jack O'Connell | Labor | Melbourne | 1964 | 1958–1972 |
Arthur Smith | Labor | Bendigo | 1964 | 1952–1964 |
Ivan Swinburne | Country | North Eastern | 1964 | 1946–1976 |
Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | South Western | 1964 | 1958–1970 |
Hon 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 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... |
1967 | 1955–1970 |
Archie Todd | Labor | Melbourne West | 1964 | 1958–1970 |
John Tripovich | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1967 | 1960–1976 |
Hon Sir Arthur Warner | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1964 | 1946–1964 |
Dudley Walters | Country | Northern | 1964 | 1946–1964 |
John Walton | Labor | Melbourne North | 1964 | 1958–1982 |
- The 1943 state election and the 1943 triennial election were both held on 12 June 1943, and the same took place in 1904; however, these were not conjoint elections, as until 1950 the two elections had different franchise and separate rolls. See
- On 20 June 1963, Buckley Machin, Labor MLC for Melbourne West ProvinceMelbourne West ProvinceMelbourne 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:...
, died. Labor candidate Alexander KnightAlexander KnightAlexander Rutherford Knight was born 24 January, 1899 in Dunedin and died 8 April, 1986 in Auckland. He was a New Zealand cricketer who played 51 first-class matches for the Otago Volts in the Plunket Shield.- External Links :* from Cricinfo....
won the resulting by-election on 10 August 1963. - On 18 January 1964, Ewen Paul Cameron, Liberal MLC for East Yarra ProvinceEast Yarra ProvinceEast 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:...
, died. Liberal candidate Bill Campbell won the resulting by-election on 14 March 1964.
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 1954–58