Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1943–1946
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1943–1946

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1943 and 1946. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1940 triennial election with terms expiring in 1946, while the other half were elected at the 1943 triennial election with terms expiring in 1949.

| Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Term of office |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Sir William Angliss | Liberal | Southern | 1946 | 1912–1952 |
| James Miller Balfour | Country | Gippsland | 1946 | 1936–1943 |
| Sir Frank Beaurepaire | Liberal | Monash | 1946 | 1942–1952 |
| William Beckett | Labor | Melbourne | 1946 | 1914–1931; 1934–1952 |
| George Bolster | Liberal | Ballarat | 1946 | 1934–1946 |
| Percy Byrnes | Country | North Western | 1946 | 1942–1969 |
| 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 |
| Arthur Disney | Labor | Melbourne West | 1949 | 1916–1943 |
| James Disney | Liberal/Min. | Higinbotham | 1946 | 1940–1946 |
| Clifden Eager | Liberal | East Yarra | 1946 | 1930–1958 |
| Hon William Edgar | Liberal | East Yarra | 1949 | 1904–1913; 1917–1948 |
| Archibald Fraser | Labor | Melbourne North | 1946 | 1940–1954 |
| Charles Gartside | Liberal | South Eastern | 1949 | 1937–1955 |
| Hon Sir George Goudie | Country | North Western | 1949 | 1919–1949 |
| Hon Sir John Harris | Country | North Eastern | 1946 | 1920–1946 |
| Trevor Harvey | Country | Gippsland | 1946 | 1943–1952 |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | North Eastern | 1949 | 1935–1953 |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal | South Eastern | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
| Paul Jones | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1946 | 1938–1958 |
| James Kennedy | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1949 | 1937–1954 |
| Pat Kennelly | Labor | Melbourne West | 1946 | 1938–1952 |
| Richard Kilpatrick | Country | Northern | 1946 | 1928–1946 |
| Lieut-Col. George Lansell | Liberal/Country | Bendigo | 1946 | 1928–1952 |
| John Lienhop | Country | Bendigo | 1949 | 1937–1951 |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal | South Western | 1949 | 1931–1965 |
| William MacAulay | Country | Gippsland | 1949 | 1937–1957 |
| Allan McDonald | Country | South Western | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
| Daniel McNamara | Labor | Melbourne | 1949 | 1916; 1917–1947 |
| Likely McBrien | Independent | Melbourne North | 1949 | 1943–1949 |
| Alfred Pittard | Liberal | Ballarat | 1949 | 1931–1949 |
| Robert Rankin | Country | Western | 1946 | 1940–1952 |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | Western | 1949 | 1937–1946 |
| Hon George Tuckett | Country | Northern | 1949 | 1925–1955 |

    $^1$ On 28 July 1943, Arthur Disney, Labor MLC for Melbourne West Province, died. Labor candidate Les Coleman won the resulting by-election in October 1943.
    $^2$ On 31 July 1943, James Miller Balfour, Country MLC for Gippsland Province, died. Unendorsed Country candidate Trevor Harvey won the resulting by-election in October 1943.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
* Victorian Year Book 1943–44
