Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1946–1949

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1946 and 1949. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1943 triennial election with terms expiring in 1949, while the other half were elected at the 1946 triennial election with terms expiring in 1952.

Name Party Province Term expires Term of office
Sir William Angliss Liberal Southern 1952 1912–1952
Sir Frank Beaurepaire Liberal Monash 1952 1942–1952
William Beckett Labor Melbourne 1952 1914–1931; 1934–1952
Percy Byrnes Country North Western 1952 1942–1969
Ewen Paul Cameron[3] Liberal East Yarra 1949 1948–1960
Gilbert Chandler Liberal Southern 1949 1935–1973
Percy Clarey Labor Doutta Galla 1949 1937–1949
Hon Sir Frank Clarke Liberal Monash 1949 1913–1955
Les Coleman Labor Melbourne West 1949 1943–1955
Clifden Eager Liberal East Yarra 1952 1930–1958
Hon William Edgar[3] Liberal East Yarra 1949 1904–1913; 1917–1948
Archibald Fraser Labor Melbourne North 1952 1940–1954
Charles Gartside Liberal South Eastern 1949 1937–1955
Hon Sir George Goudie[4] Country North Western 1949 1919–1949
Trevor Harvey Country Gippsland 1952 1943–1952
Percival Inchbold Country North Eastern 1949 1935–1953
Cyril Isaac Liberal South Eastern 1952 1940–1952
Paul Jones Labor Doutta Galla 1952 1938–1958
James Kennedy Liberal Higinbotham 1949 1937–1954
Pat Kennelly Labor Melbourne West 1952 1938–1952
James Kittson Liberal Ballarat 1952 1946–1952
Lieut-Col. George Lansell Country/Liberal Bendigo 1952 1928–1952
John Lienhop Country/Liberal Bendigo 1949 1937–1951
Gordon McArthur Liberal South Western 1949 1931–1965
William MacAulay Country Gippsland 1949 1937–1957
Allan McDonald Country/Ind./Liberal South Western 1952 1940–1952
Hugh MacLeod[1] Ind. Liberal Western 1949 1946–1955
Daniel McNamara[2] Labor Melbourne 1949 1916; 1917–1947
Likely McBrien Independent Melbourne North 1949 1943–1949
Alfred Pittard Liberal Ballarat 1949 1931–1949
Robert Rankin Country/Ind./Liberal Western 1952 1940–1952
Leonard Rodda[1] Country Western 1949 1937–1946
Ivan Swinburne Country North Eastern 1952 1946–1976
Fred Thomas[2] Labor Melbourne 1949 1948–1960
Hon George Tuckett Country Northern 1949 1925–1955
Dudley Walters Country Northern 1952 1946–1964
Arthur Warner Liberal Higinbotham 1952 1946–1964
1 In August 1946, Leonard Rodda, Country MLC for Western, resigned. Independent Liberal candidate Hugh MacLeod won the resulting by-election on 30 November 1946.
2 On 28 December 1947, Daniel McNamara, Labor MLC for Melbourne Province, died. Labor candidate Fred Thomas won the resulting by-election on 20 March 1948.
3 On 6 June 1948, William Edgar, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, died. Liberal candidate Ewen Paul Cameron won the resulting by-election on 7 August 1948.
4 On 30 April 1949, Sir George Goudie, Country MLC for North Western Province, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1949 triennial election.

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