Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961–1964
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961–1964

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1958 triennial election with terms expiring in 1964, while the other half were elected at the 1961 state election with terms expiring in 1967.

The 1961 election was the first conjoint election for the Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council; from that point forward, the triennial election for the Council and the general election for the Assembly would always be held on the same day, although this was not provided for automatically until 1984.

| Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Term of office |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Keith Bradbury | Country | North Eastern | 1967 | 1953–1978 |
| Percy Byrnes | Country | North Western | 1964 | 1942–1969 |
| Murray Byrne | Liberal | Ballarat | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
| Hon Ewen Paul Cameron | Liberal | East Yarra | 1967 | 1948–1964 |
| Bill Campbell | Liberal | East Yarra | 1967 | 1964–1983 |
| Hon Gilbert Chandler | Liberal | Southern | 1967 | 1935–1973 |
| Vance Dickie | Liberal | Ballarat | 1967 | 1956–1978 |
| Doug Elliot | Labor | Melbourne | 1967 | 1960–1979 |
| Percy Feltham | Country | Northern | 1967 | 1955–1967 |
| Bill Fulton | Country | Gippsland | 1964 | 1953–1964 |
| John Galbally | Labor | Melbourne North | 1967 | 1949–1979 |
| Raymond Garrett | Liberal | Southern | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
| Charles Gawith | Liberal | Monash | 1967 | 1955–1967 |
| Thomas Grigg | Liberal | Bendigo | 1967 | 1951–1967 |
| Kenneth Gross | Liberal | Western | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
| Rupert Hamer | Liberal | East Yarra | 1964 | 1958–1971 |
| Alan Hunt | Liberal | South Eastern | 1967 | 1961–1992 |
| Alexander Knight | Labor | Melbourne West | 1967 | 1963–1979 |
| Hon Sir Gordon McArthur | Liberal | South Western | 1967 | 1931–1965 |
| Buckley Machin | Labor | Melbourne West | 1967 | 1955–1963 |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal | Western | 1967 | 1955–1968 |
| Bill Mair | Liberal | South Eastern | 1964 | 1958–1964 |
| Arthur Mansell | Country | North Western | 1967 | 1952–1973 |
| Bob May | Country | Gippsland | 1967 | 1957–1973 |
| Samuel Merrifield | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1964 | 1958–1970 |
| Graham Nicol | Liberal | Monash | 1964 | 1958–1976 |
| Jack O'Connell | Labor | Melbourne | 1964 | 1958–1972 |
| Arthur Smith | Labor | Bendigo | 1964 | 1952–1964 |
| Ivan Swinburne | Country | North Eastern | 1964 | 1946–1976 |
| Geoffrey Thom | Liberal | South Western | 1964 | 1958–1970 |
| Hon Lindsay Thompson | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1967 | 1955–1970 |
| Archie Todd | Labor | Melbourne West | 1964 | 1958–1970 |
| John Tripovich | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1967 | 1960–1976 |
| Hon Sir Arthur Warner | Liberal | Higinbotham | 1964 | 1946–1964 |
| Dudley Walters | Country | Northern | 1964 | 1946–1964 |
| John Walton | Labor | Melbourne North | 1964 | 1958–1982 |

    $^1$ The 1943 state election and the 1943 triennial election were both held on 12 June 1943, and the same took place in 1904; however, these were not conjoint elections, as until 1950 the two elections had different franchise and separate rolls. See Taylor, Greg (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. p. 50. ISBN 1-86287-612-6.
    $^2$ On 20 June 1963, Buckley Machin, Labor MLC for Melbourne West Province, died. Labor candidate Alexander Knight won the resulting by-election on 10 August 1963.
    $^3$ On 18 January 1964, Ewen Paul Cameron, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, died. Liberal candidate Bill Campbell won the resulting by-election on 14 March 1964.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
* Victorian Year Book 1954–58
