Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1949–1952
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1949–1952

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1949 and 1952. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1946 triennial election with terms expiring in 1952, while the other half were elected at the 1949 triennial election with terms expiring in 1955.

| 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 | Liberal | East Yarra | 1955 | 1948–1960 |
| Gilbert Chandler | Liberal | Southern | 1955 | 1935–1973 |
| Hon Sir Frank Clarke | Liberal | Monash | 1955 | 1913–1955 |
| Leslie Coleman | Labor | Melbourne West | 1955 | 1943–1955 |
| Clifden Eager | Liberal | East Yarra | 1952 | 1930–1958 |
| Archibald Fraser | Labor | Melbourne North | 1952 | 1940–1954 |
| John Galbally | Labor | Melbourne North | 1955 | 1949–1979 |
| Charles Gartside | Liberal | South Eastern | 1955 | 1937–1955 |
| Thomas Grigg | Liberal | Bendigo | 1955 | 1951–1967 |
| Trevor Harvey | Country | Gippsland | 1952 | 1943–1952 |
| Percival Inchbold | Country | North Eastern | 1955 | 1935–1953 |
| Cyril Isaac | Liberal | South Eastern | 1952 | 1940–1952 |
| Paul Jones | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1952 | 1938–1958 |
| James Kennedy | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1955 | 1937–1954 |
| Pat Kennelly | Labor | Melbourne West | 1952 | 1938–1952 |
| James Kittson | Liberal | Ballarat | 1952 | 1946–1952 |
| Lieut-Col. George Lansell | Liberal | Bendigo | 1952 | 1928–1952 |
| John Lienhop | Liberal | Bendigo | 1955 | 1937–1951 |
| Herbert Ludbrook | Liberal | Ballarat | 1955 | 1949–1956 |
| Gordon McArthur | Liberal | South Western | 1955 | 1931–1965 |
| William MacAulay | Country | Gippsland | 1955 | 1937–1957 |
| Allan McDonald | Liberal | South Western | 1952 | 1940–1952 |
| Hugh MacLeod | Ind. Liberal | Western | 1955 | 1946–1955 |
| Colin McNally | Country | North Western | 1955 | 1949–1952 |
| Robert Rankin | Liberal | Western | 1952 | 1940–1952 |
| Hon Bill Slater | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1955 | 1949–1960 |
| Ivan Swinburne | Country | North Eastern | 1952 | 1946–1976 |
| Fred Thomas | Labor | Melbourne | 1955 | 1948–1960 |
| Hon George Tuckett | Country | Northern | 1955 | 1925–1955 |
| Dudley Walters | Country | Northern | 1952 | 1946–1964 |
| Arthur Warner | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1952 | 1946–1964 |

    $^1$ In December 1950, John Lienhop, Liberal MLC for Bendigo Province, was appointed Agent-General for Victoria in London. Liberal candidate Thomas Grigg won the resulting by-election on 17 March 1951.
    $^2$ On 21 May 1952, Colin McNally, Country MLC for North Western, died. A by-election was held shortly after the 1952 triennial elections to fill the position.

## Sources

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