Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1925–1928
This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between the elections of 4 June 1925 and 2 June 1928. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1922 triennial election with terms expiring in 1928, while the other half were elected at the 1925 triennial election with terms expiring in 1931.
The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each for a total of 34 members.[1]
- Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name | Party | Province | Expiry Due | Term in Office |
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Richard Abbott | Country | Northern | 1928 | 1907–1913; 1922–1928 |
William Angliss | Nationalist | Southern | 1928 | 1912–1952 |
Edwin Bath | Nationalist | Nelson | 1931 | 1922–1937 |
William Beckett | Labor | Melbourne North | 1931 | 1914–1931; 1934–1952 |
Theodore Beggs | Nationalist | Nelson | 1928 | 1910–1928 |
Alexander Bell | Nationalist | Wellington | 1931 | 1917–1931 |
Frederick Brawn | Nationalist | Wellington | 1928 | 1907–1934 |
Alfred Chandler | Nationalist | South Eastern | 1931 | 1919–1935 |
Frank Clarke | Nationalist | Melbourne South | 1931 | 1913–1955 |
Russell Clarke | Nationalist | Southern | 1931 | 1910–1937 |
Henry Cohen | Nationalist | Melbourne | 1931 | 1921–1937 |
William Crockett | Country/Country Progressive | North Western | 1928 | 1919–1928 |
George Martley Davis | Nationalist | Gippsland | 1931 | 1917–1937 |
Arthur Disney | Labor | Melbourne West | 1931 | 1916–1943 |
William Edgar | Nationalist | East Yarra | 1931 | 1904–1913; 1917–1948 |
George Goudie | Country | North Western | 1931 | 1919–1949 |
John Harris | Country | North Eastern | 1928 | 1920–1946 |
Howard Hitchcock | Nationalist | South Western | 1931 | 1925–1931 |
John Percy Jones | Labor | Melbourne East | 1928 | 1910–1940 |
Herbert Keck | Nationalist | Bendigo | 1931 | 1921–1937 |
Esmond Kiernan | Labor | Melbourne North | 1928 | 1919–1940 |
Martin McGregor | Nationalist | Gippsland | 1928 | 1922–1936 |
Daniel McNamara | Labor | Melbourne East | 1931 | 1916; 1917–1947 |
James Merritt | Nationalist | East Yarra | 1928 | 1913–1928 |
Thomas Payne | Nationalist | Melbourne South | 1928 | 1901–1928 |
Horace Richardson | Nationalist | South Western | 1928 | 1912–1934 |
Marcus Saltau | Nationalist | Western | 1928 | 1924–1940 |
Herbert Smith | Nationalist | Melbourne | 1928 | 1921–1935 |
Joseph Sternberg [a] | Nationalist | Bendigo | 1928 | 1891–1928 |
George Tuckett | Country | Northern | 1931 | 1925–1955 |
William Tyner | Nationalist | South Eastern | 1928 | 1922–1940 |
Edward White | Nationalist | Western | 1931 | 1907–1931 |
Robert Williams | Labor | Melbourne West | 1928 | 1922–1938 |
Albert Zwar | Country | North Eastern | 1931 | 1922–1935 |
Sir Frank Clarke was President; William Edgar was Chairman of Committees; T. R. Gilchrist was Clerk of the Council.
- a On 13 January 1928, Joseph Sternberg, MLC for Bendigo, died. He was not replaced until the general election in June 1928.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ^ "Bendigo Province. By-election Will Not be Held". The Argus. Melbourne. 28 January 1928.
- Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
- Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1927 (PDF). Vol. 173. Melbourne: H. J. Green. 1928.