Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1964–1967

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 1964 and 1967. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members 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, while the other half were elected at the 1964 state election

Victorian state election, 1964

Elections were held in the Australian state of Victoria on 27 June 1964 to elect the 66 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 17 members of the 34-member Legislative Council...

with terms expiring in 1970.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Term of office
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
Sir Percy Byrnes	Country	North Western	1970	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	1970	1958–1976
Bill Campbell	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	1964–1983
Ian Cathie Ian Cathie Ian Robert Cathie is a former Australian politician.Born in Melbourne to printer George Mitchell Cathie and Sybil Balding, he attended state schools and then the University of Melbourne, where he studied teaching. On 5 January 1957 he married Christine Watson, with whom he had four children; he...	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...	South Eastern	1970	1964–1970
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
Michael Clarke	Country	Northern	1970	1964–1976
Hon Vance Dickie	Liberal	Ballarat	1967	1956–1978
Doug Elliot	Labor	Melbourne	1967	1960–1979
Percy Feltham	Country/Independent	Northern	1967	1955–1967
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	1970	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
Stan Gleeson	Liberal	South Western	1967	1965–1979
Jock Granter	Liberal	Bendigo	1970	1964–1988
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	1970	1958–1976
Hon 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	1970	1958–1971
Murray Hamilton	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...	1970	1967–1982
Arthur Hewson	Country	Gippsland	1970	1964–1970
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
Hon Ronald Mack	Liberal	Western	1967	1955–1968
Bill Mair	Liberal	South Eastern	1970	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:...	1970	1958–1970
Graham Nicol	Liberal	Monash	1970	1958–1976
Jack O'Connell	Labor	Melbourne	1970	1958–1972
David Snider	Liberal	Higinbotham	1970	1964–1966
Ivan Swinburne	Country	North Eastern	1970	1946–1976
Geoffrey Thom	Liberal	South Western	1970	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	1967	1955–1970
Archie Todd	Labor	Melbourne West	1970	1958–1970
John Tripovich	Labor	Doutta Galla	1967	1960–1976
John Walton	Labor	Melbourne North	1970	1958–1982

On 30 August 1964, Bill Mair, Liberal MLC for South Eastern Province, died. Labor candidate Ian Cathie

Ian Cathie

Ian Robert Cathie is a former Australian politician.Born in Melbourne to printer George Mitchell Cathie and Sybil Balding, he attended state schools and then the University of Melbourne, where he studied teaching. On 5 January 1957 he married Christine Watson, with whom he had four children; he...

won the resulting by-election on 10 October 1964.

On 10 August 1965, Sir Gordon McArthur, Liberal MLC for South Western Province, died. Liberal candidate Stan Gleeson won the resulting by-election on 18 September 1965.

On 29 December 1966, David Snider (politician), Liberal MLC for Higinbotham Province

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...

, died. Liberal candidate Murray Hamilton won the resulting by-election on 25 February 1967.

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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