Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1920
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1917–1920

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly as elected at the 15 November 1917 election and subsequent by-elections up to the election of 6 August 1920:

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in Office |
| - | - | - | - |
| John Allan | VFU | Rodney | 1917–1936 |
| Henry Angus | Nationalist | Gunbower | 1911–1934 |
| Henry Bailey | Labor | Port Fairy | 1914–1932; 1935–1950 |
| Matthew Baird | Nationalist | Ballarat West | 1911–1927 |
| Samuel Barnes | Nationalist | Walhalla | 1910–1927 |
| Norman Bayles | Nationalist / Economy | Toorak | 1906–1920 |
| Henry Beardmore | Nationalist | Benambra | 1917–1932 |
| Alfred Billson | Nationalist | Ovens | 1901–1902; 1904–1927 |
| John Billson | Labor | Fitzroy | 1900–1924 |
| John Bowser | Nationalist / Economy | Wangaratta | 1894–1929 |
| John Cain | Labor | Jika Jika | 1917–1957 |
| Allan Cameron | Nationalist | Dalhousie | 1914–1923 |
| James Cameron | Nationalist | Gippsland East | 1902–1920 |
| Hugh Campbell | Nationalist | Glenelg | 1906–1920 |
| John Carlisle | Nationalist / Economy / VFU | Benalla | 1903–1927 |
| Luke Clough | Labor | Bendigo East | 1915–1927 |
| Ted Cotter | Labor | Richmond | 1908–1945 |
| James Deany | Nationalist | Warrnambool | 1916–1927 |
| Alfred Downward | Unaligned | Mornington | 1894–1929 |
| George Elmslie | Labor | Albert Park | 1902–1918 |
| William Everard | Nationalist | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Alfred Farthing | Nationalist | East Melbourne | 1911–1927 |
| David Gibson | VFU | Grenville | 1917–1921 |
| John Gordon | Nationalist | Waranga | 1911–1927 |
| Edmund Greenwood | Nationalist | Boroondara | 1917–1929 |
| Frank Groves | Nationalist | Dandenong | 1917–1929; 1932–1937 |
| John Hall | VFU | Kara Kara | 1917–1918 |
| Martin Hannah | Labor | Collingwood | 1904–1906; 1908–1921 |
| Edmond Hogan | Labor | Warrenheip | 1913–1943 |
| William Hutchinson | Nationalist | Borung | 1902–1920 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| Harry Lawson | Nationalist | Castlemaine and Maldon | 1900–1928 |
| John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Thomas Livingston | Nationalist | Gippsland South | 1902–1922 |
| James McDonald | Nationalist | Polwarth | 1917–1933 |
| Robert McGregor | Nationalist | Ballarat East | 1894–1924 |
| Malcolm McKenzie | Nationalist | Upper Goulburn | 1892–1903; 1911–1920 |
| John Mackey | Nationalist | Gippsland West | 1902–1924 |
| Donald Mackinnon | Liberal | Prahran | 1900–1920 |
| James McLachlan | Independent | Gippsland North | 1908–1938 |
| Duncan McLennan | Nationalist / Economy | Barwon | 1917–1920 |
| Donald McLeod | Nationalist | Daylesford | 1900–1923 |
| William McPherson | Nationalist | Hawthorn | 1913–1930 |
| James Menzies | Nationalist | Lowan | 1911–1920 |
| John Mitchell | Nationalist | Goulburn Valley | 1914–1920 |
| James Murphy | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1917–1942 |
| David Oman | Nationalist | Hampden | 1900–1927 |
| Alfred Outtrim | Nationalist | Maryborough | 1885–1902; 1904–1920 |
| Alexander Peacock | Nationalist | Allandale | 1889–1933 |
| John Pennington | Nationalist | Kara Kara | 1913–1917; 1918–1935 |
| George Prendergast | Labor | North Melbourne | 1894–1897; 1900–1926; 1927–1937 |
| Robert Purnell | Nationalist | Geelong | 1917–1920 |
| Andrew Robertson | Nationalist | Bulla | 1903–1924 |
| Alexander Rogers | Labor | Melbourne | 1908–1924 |
| Thomas Ryan | Nationalist | Essendon | 1917–1924 |
| Bill Slater | Labor | Dundas | 1917–1932; 1932–1947 |
| David Smith | Nationalist | Bendigo West | 1904–1924 |
| Oswald Snowball | Nationalist | Brighton | 1909–1928 |
| Robert Solly | Labor | Carlton | 1904–1906; 1908–1932 |
| Percy Stewart | VFU | Swan Hill | 1917–1919 |
| Richard Toutcher | Nationalist | Stawell and Ararat | 1897–1935 |
| Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Eaglehawk | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Edward Warde | Labor | Flemington | 1900–1925 |
| Isaac Weaver | VFU | Korong | 1917–1927 |
| Gordon Webber | Labor | Abbotsford | 1912–1932 |
| Agar Wynne | Unaligned | St Kilda | 1917–1920 |

    Elmslie died 11 May 1918; replaced by Joseph Hannan in June 1918; Hannan resigned in October 1919 to (unsuccessfully) contest the Federal seat of Fawkner; replaced by Arthur Wallace in November 1919.
    John Hall was replaced by John Pennington in February 1918 after Pennington was declared elected by the Elections and Qualification Committee.
    Stewart resigned in October 1919; replaced by Francis Old in November 1919.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
* Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Session 1917–18 (PDF). Vol. 148. Melbourne: A. J. Mullett. 1918.
