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 1970 and 1973. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1967 state election with terms expiring in 1973, while the other half were elected at the 1970 state election with terms expiring in 1976. A redistribution in 1965 had created the new provinces of Boronia

Boronia Province

Boronia Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished progressively in 1992 and 1996 and was replaced with Koonung Province.-Members for Boronia Province:...

 and Templestowe

Templestowe Province

Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia, but was held by the Australian Labor Party on two...

 out of the former Southern Province; the full redistribution took effect at the 1970 election.

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	1973	1953–1978
Hon 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	1976	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:...	1973	1964–1983
Hon Sir 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	Boronia Boronia Province Boronia Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished progressively in 1992 and 1996 and was replaced with Koonung Province.-Members for Boronia Province:...	1973	1935–1973
Michael Clarke	Country	Northern	1976	1964–1976
Hon Vance Dickie	Liberal	Ballarat	1973	1956–1978
Bernie Dunn	Country	North Western	1976	1969–1988
Dolph Eddy Dolph Eddy Randolph John "Dolph" Eddy was an Australian politician.Born in Richmond to driver Randolph Edgar Eddy and Myrtle Truscott, he was educated at local state schools and Melbourne Technical College, becoming a cabinet maker and upholsterer. On 29 July 1941 he married Hazel May Morgan, with whom he...	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:...	1976	1970–1982
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	1973	1960–1979
Hon William Fry	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...	1973	1967–1979
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:...	1973	1949–1979
William Garrett	Liberal	Templestowe Templestowe Province Templestowe Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1967 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was traditionally held by the Liberal Party of Australia, but was held by the Australian Labor Party on two...	1976	1958–1976
Stan Gleeson	Liberal	South Western	1973	1965–1979
Jock Granter	Liberal	Bendigo	1976	1964–1988
Fred Grimwade Fred Grimwade Frederick Sheppard "Fred" Grimwade was an Australian politician.Grimwade was born in Melbourne, the son of Erick Grimwade and Gwendolen Ada Carnegie...	Liberal	Bendigo	1973	1967–1987
Kenneth Gross	Liberal	Western	1976	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	1976	1958–1971
Vernon Hauser Vernon Hauser Vernon Thomas Hauser , Australian politician, was a Member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Boronia Province from 1970–76 and for Nunawading Province from 1976-82 representing the [Liberal Party of Australia]...	Liberal	Boronia	1976	1970–1982
Murray Hamilton	Liberal	Higinbotham	1976	1967–1982
Charles Hider Charles Hider Charles Allen Moir Hider is a former Australian politician.Hider was born in Melbourne to John Jubilee Hider and Marjorie Louise Moir, and attended Ivanhoe Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Law. He became a solicitor in 1959...	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:...	1973	1970–1979
Hon Vasey Houghton Vasey Houghton William Vasey Houghton MLC , better known as Vasey Houghton, was an Australian politician, grazier, and conservationist. He was one of the longest-serving members of the Victorian State Parliament, spending eighteen years as a Member of the Legislative Council, nine of them on the front bench...	Liberal	Templestowe	1973	1967–1985
Hon 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	1973	1961–1992
Glyn Jenkins	Liberal	South Western	1976	1970–1982
Eric Kent Eric Kent Daniel Eric Kent is a former Australian politician.Kent was born at Areegra near Warracknabeal to D. Kent, a wheat and wool grower, and Sophie Elizabeth, née Menzel. He attended Areegra State School and farmed on the family property until 1949, after which he farmed at Yannathan, first dairy and...	Labor	Gippsland	1976	1970–1976, 1979–1985
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:...	1973	1963–1979
Stuart McDonald	Country	Northern	1973	1967–1979
Arthur Mansell	Country	North Western	1973	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	1973	1957–1973
Clive Mitchell	Country	Western	1973	1968–1973
Graham Nicol	Liberal	Monash	1976	1958–1976
Jack O'Connell	Labor	Melbourne	1976	1958–1972
Haddon Storey	Liberal	East Yarra	1976	1971–1996
Ivan Swinburne	Country	North Eastern	1976	1946–1976
Bon Thomas	Labor	Melbourne West	1976	1970–1982
Ivan Trayling	Labor	Melbourne	1976	1972–1982
John Tripovich	Labor	Doutta Galla	1973	1960–1976
John Walton	Labor	Melbourne North	1976	1958–1982
Roy Ward	Liberal	South Eastern	1976	1970–1988
Bunna Walsh	Labor	Melbourne West	1976	1970

Charles Hider

Charles Hider

Charles Allen Moir Hider is a former Australian politician.Hider was born in Melbourne to John Jubilee Hider and Marjorie Louise Moir, and attended Ivanhoe Grammar School and the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Law. He became a solicitor in 1959...

 was elected at a by-election to fill the remaining three years of 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...

's term in Monash Province

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:...

, which was held on the same day as the 1970 elections.

Labor candidate Bunna Walsh, who won the Melbourne West Province

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:...

 seat at the 1970 election, was not admitted to the Council due to a conviction 20 years earlier for robbery with violence in the South Melbourne Children's Court. His election was then declared void in September 1970 by the Court of Disputed Returns, and Labor candidate Bon Thomas won the resulting by-election on 24 October 1970.

In March 1981, 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 MLC for East Yarra Province

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:...

, resigned to contest the Legislative Assembly

Victorian Legislative Assembly

The Victorian Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria in Australia. Together with the Victorian Legislative Council, the upper house, it sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Melbourne.-History:...

 by-election in the seat of 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....

. Liberal candidate Haddon Storey won the resulting by-election on 17 April 1971.

On 20 April 1972, Jack O'Connell, Labor MLC for Melbourne Province, died. Labor candidate Ivan Trayling was elected unopposed at the resulting by-election on 9 June 1972.

Sources

• Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria
  Parliament of Victoria
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