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

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1940, as elected at the 1937 state election.

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Albert Allnutt | Country | Mildura | 1927–1945 |
| Hon Sir Stanley Argyle | United Australia | Toorak | 1920–1940 |
| Hon Henry Bailey | Country | Warrnambool | 1914–1932; 1935–1950 |
| Bill Barry | Labor | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| Matthew Bennett | Country | Gippsland West | 1929–1950 |
| Ernie Bond | Independent/Labor | Port Fairy and Glenelg | 1924–1943 |
| Alexander Borthwick | Country | Gippsland North | 1938–1942 |
| Fanny Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1938–1948 |
| William Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1920–1932; 1935–1938 |
| Hon Albert Bussau | Country | Ouyen | 1932–1938 |
| John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Finlay Cameron | Country | Kara Kara and Borung | 1935–1945 |
| Col. Harold Cohen | United Australia | Caulfield | 1935–1943 |
| Arthur Cook | Labor | Bendigo | 1924–1945 |
| Frederick Cook | Ind./McEwen Country | Benalla | 1936–1961 |
| Ted Cotter | Labor | Richmond | 1908–1945 |
| Ernest Coyle | Country | Waranga | 1927–1943 |
| Bert Cremean | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1929–1932; 1934–1945 |
| William Cumming | United Australia | Hampden | 1935–1945 |
| Patrick Denigan | Labor | Allandale | 1936–1945 |
| Lot Diffey | Country | Wangaratta and Ovens | 1929–1945 |
| James Dillon | United Australia | Essendon | 1932–1943 |
| Keith Dodgshun | Country | Ouyen | 1938–1955 |
| Hon Albert Dunstan | Country | Korong and Eaglehawk | 1920–1950 |
| William Dunstone | Country | Rodney | 1936–1944 |
| John Ellis | United Australia | Prahran | 1932–1945 |
| William Everard | United Australia | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Frank Field | Labor | Dandenong | 1937–1947 |
| George Frost | Labor | Maryborough and Daylesford | 1920–1942 |
| John Austin Gray | United Australia | Hawthorn | 1930–1939 |
| William Haworth | United Australia | Albert Park | 1937–1945 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| Hon Edmond Hogan | Country | Warrenheip and Grenville | 1913–1943 |
| Frederick Holden | Independent | Grant | 1932–1950 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Flemington | 1925–1955 |
| Thomas Hollway | United Australia | Ballarat | 1932–1955 |
| Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes | United Australia | Kew | 1927–1949 |
| Hon Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| Frank Keane | Labor | Coburg | 1924–1940 |
| Alfred Kirton | United Australia/Country | Mornington | 1932–1947 |
| Brig. George Knox | United Australia | Upper Yarra | 1927–1960 |
| Hamilton Lamb | Country | Lowan | 1935–1943 |
| Hon John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Hon Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| Alec McDonald | Country | Stawell and Ararat | 1935–1945 |
| Allan McDonald | United Australia | Polwarth | 1933–1940 |
| John McDonald | Country | Goulburn Valley | 1936–1955 |
| Hon Ian Macfarlan | Independent | Brighton | 1928–1945 |
| William McKenzie | Labor | Wonthaggi | 1927–1947 |
| Hon Edwin Mackrell | Country | Upper Goulburn | 1920–1945 |
| James McLachlan | Independent | Gippsland North | 1908–1938 |
| Thomas Maltby | United Australia | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Hon Norman Martin | Country | Gunbower | 1934–1945 |
| Archie Michaelis | United Australia | St Kilda | 1932–1952 |
| William Moncur | Country | Walhalla | 1927–1945 |
| Jack Mullens | Labor | Footscray | 1937–1945 |
| James Murphy | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1917–1942 |
| Hon Francis Old | Country | Swan Hill | 1919–1945 |
| Trevor Oldham | United Australia | Boroondara | 1933–1953 |
| Roy Paton | Country | Benambra | 1932–1947 |
| Squire Reid | Labor | Oakleigh | 1927–1932; 1937–1947 |
| Clive Shields | United Australia | Castlemaine and Kyneton | 1932–1940 |
| Hon Bill Slater | Labor | Dundas | 1917–1947 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Collingwood | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Les Tyack | United Australia | Hawthorn | 1939–1940; 1950–1952 |
| Ivy Weber | Independent | Nunawading | 1937–1943 |
| Harry White | United Australia | Bulla and Dalhousie | 1932–1943 |
| Henry Zwar | United Australia | Heidelberg | 1932–1945 |

    $^1$ In April 1938, the Country member for Ouyen, Albert Bussau, resigned to take up an appointment as Agent-General for Victoria in London. Country candidate Keith Dodgshun was elected unopposed as his replacement in May 1938.
    $^2$ On 29 April 1938, the Labor member for Geelong, William Brownbill, died. His widow, Labor candidate Fanny Brownbill, won the resulting by-election on 4 June 1938, becoming the first woman Labor MP in Victoria.
    $^3$ On 18 September 1938, the Independent member for Gippsland North, James McLachlan, died. Country candidate Alexander Borthwick won the resulting by-election on 5 November 1938.
    $^4$ On 6 May 1939, the UAP member for Hawthorn, John Austin Gray, died. UAP candidate Les Tyack won the resulting by-election on 10 June 1939.

## Sources

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