Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1937–1940
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1937–1940

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1937 and 1940. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1934 triennial election with terms expiring in 1940, while the other half were elected at the 1937 triennial election with terms expiring in 1943.

| Name | Party | Province | Term expires | Term of office |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| William Angliss | United Australia | Southern | 1940 | 1912–1952 |
| James Miller Balfour | Country | Gippsland | 1940 | 1936–1943 |
| William Beckett | Labor | Melbourne East | 1940 | 1914–1931; 1934–1952 |
| George Bolster | United Australia | Wellington | 1940 | 1934–1946 |
| Gilbert Chandler | United Australia | Southern | 1943 | 1935–1973 |
| Percy Clarey | Labor | Doutta Galla | 1943 | 1937–1949 |
| Hon. Sir Frank Clarke | United Australia | Monash | 1943 | 1913–1955 |
| Archibald Crofts | United Australia | Melbourne South | 1940 | 1935–1942 |
| Alan Currie | United Australia | Nelson | 1940 | 1928–1940 |
| Arthur Disney | Labor | Melbourne West | 1943 | 1916–1943 |
| Clifden Eager | United Australia | East Yarra | 1940 | 1930–1958 |
| Hon. William Edgar | United Australia | East Yarra | 1943 | 1904–1913; 1917–1948 |
| Charles Gartside | United Australia | South Eastern | 1943 | 1937–1955 |
| Hon. George Goudie | Country | North Western | 1943 | 1919–1949 |
| Hon. Sir John Harris | Country | North Eastern | 1940 | 1920–1946 |
| Percival Inchbold | Country/McEwen | North Eastern | 1943 | 1935–1953 |
| Hon. John Percy Jones | United Australia | South Western | 1940 | 1910–1940 |
| Paul Jones | Labor | Melbourne | 1940 | 1938–1958 |
| James Kennedy | United Australia | Higinbotham | 1943 | 1937–1954 |
| Pat Kennelly | Labor | Melbourne West | 1946 | 1938–1952 |
| Esmond Kiernan | Independent | Melbourne North | 1940 | 1919–1940 |
| Richard Kilpatrick | Country | Northern | 1940 | 1928–1946 |
| Lt. Col. George Lansell | United Australia | Bendigo | 1940 | 1928–1952 |
| John Lienhop | Country | Bendigo | 1943 | 1937–1951 |
| Gordon McArthur | United Australia | South Western | 1943 | 1931–1965 |
| William MacAulay | Country/McEwen | Gippsland | 1943 | 1937–1957 |
| Daniel McNamara | Labor | Melbourne | 1943 | 1916; 1917–1947 |
| Herbert Olney | United Australia | Melbourne North | 1943 | 1931–1943 |
| Alfred Pittard | United Australia | Ballarat | 1943 | 1931–1949 |
| Hon. Henry Pye | Country | North Western | 1940 | 1932–1942 |
| Leonard Rodda | Country | Western | 1943 | 1937–1946 |
| Marcus Saltau | United Australia/Ind. | Western | 1940 | 1924–1940 |
| Hon. George Tuckett | Country | Northern | 1943 | 1925–1955 |
| William Tyner | United Australia | South Eastern | 1940 | 1922–1940 |
| Sir George Wales | United Australia | Melbourne | 1940 | 1936–1938 |
| Hon. Robert Williams | Independent | Melbourne West | 1940 | 1922–1938 |

    $^1$ On 17 March 1938, Robert Williams, Independent (formerly Labor) MLC for Melbourne West Province, died. Labor candidate Pat Kennelly won the resulting by-election in May 1938.
    $^2$ In July 1938, Sir George Wales, UAP MLC for Melbourne Province, resigned over an alleged conflict of interest. Labor candidate Paul Jones won the resulting by-election in September 1938.

## Sources

* Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria.
* Victoria Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), Second Session 1937 (PDF). Vol. 202. Melbourne: H. J. Green. 1938.
