Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1952
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1950–1952

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1950 to 1952, as elected at the 1950 state election and subsequent by-elections:

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Nathaniel Barclay | Country | Mildura | 1947–1952; 1955–1962 |
| Bill Barry | Labor | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| Frank Block | Liberal | Ivanhoe | 1951–1952 |
| Henry Bolte | Liberal | Hampden | 1947–1972 |
| Hon Richard Brose | Country | Rodney | 1944–1964 |
| William Buckingham | Country | Wonthaggi | 1947–1955 |
| Hon John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Leslie Cochrane | Country | Gippsland West | 1950–1970 |
| Frederick Cook | Country | Benalla | 1936–1961 |
| Stan Corrigan | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1952–1955 |
| Tom Corrigan | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1942–1952 |
| Frank Crean | Labor | Prahran | 1945–1947; 1949–1951 |
| Rupert Curnow | Liberal | Ivanhoe | 1947–1950 |
| William Dawnay-Mould | Liberal/Independent | Dandenong | 1947–1952 |
| Alexander Dennett | Liberal/Independent | Caulfield | 1945–1955 |
| Hon Keith Dodgshun | Country | Rainbow | 1938–1955 |
| John Don | Liberal/Independent | Elsternwick | 1945–1955 |
| Val Doube | Labor | Oakleigh | 1950–1961; 1970–1979 |
| James Dunn | Labor | Geelong | 1950–1955 |
| George Fewster | Labor | Essendon | 1950–1955 |
| Alexander Fraser | Liberal | Grant | 1950–1952; 1955–1965 |
| Hon Bill Fulton | Country | Gippsland North | 1942–1945; 1947–1952 |
| Hon Bill Galvin | Labor | Bendigo | 1945–1955; 1958–1964 |
| Edward Guye | Liberal | Polwarth | 1940–1958 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| John Hipworth | Liberal/Independent | Swan Hill | 1945–1952 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Footscray | 1925–1955 |
| Hon Thomas Hollway | Liberal/Independent | Ballarat | 1932–1955 |
| Robert Holt | Labor | Portland | 1945–1947; 1950–1955 |
| Hon Sir Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| Arthur Ireland | Liberal | Mernda | 1947–1952 |
| Brig. Sir George Knox | Liberal | Scoresby | 1927–1960 |
| Roland Leckie | Liberal | Evelyn | 1950–1952 |
| William Leggatt | Liberal | Mornington | 1947–1956 |
| John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Hon Sir Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| Hon John McDonald | Country | Shepparton | 1936–1955 |
| William McDonald | Liberal | Dundas | 1947–1952; 1955–1970 |
| Ronald Mack | Liberal | Warrnambool | 1950–1952 |
| Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Samuel Merrifield | Labor | Moonee Ponds | 1943–1955 |
| Wilfred Mibus | Liberal | Borung | 1944–1964 |
| Hon Archie Michaelis | Liberal | St Kilda | 1932–1952 |
| Hon Tom Mitchell | Country | Benambra | 1947–1976 |
| Ernie Morton | Labor | Ripon | 1945–1947; 1950–1955 |
| Hon George Moss | Country | Murray Valley | 1945–1973 |
| Charlie Mutton | Ind. Labor | Coburg | 1940–1967 |
| Les Norman | Liberal | Glen Iris | 1947–1952 |
| Joseph O'Carroll | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1949–1955 |
| Trevor Oldham | Liberal | Malvern | 1933–1953 |
| Robert Pettiona | Labor | Prahran | 1951–1955 |
| Horace Petty | Liberal | Toorak | 1952–1964 |
| Peter Randles | Labor | Brunswick | 1949–1955 |
| George Reid | Liberal | Box Hill | 1947–1952; 1955–1973 |
| Edward Reynolds | Liberal | Toorak | 1948–1952 |
| William Ruthven | Labor | Preston | 1945–1961 |
| Arthur Rylah | Liberal | Kew | 1949–1971 |
| Frank Scully | Labor | Richmond | 1949–1958 |
| Ernie Shepherd | Labor | Sunshine | 1945–1958 |
| Joseph Smith | Labor | Goulburn | 1945–1947; 1950–1955 |
| Clive Stoneham | Labor | Midlands | 1942–1970 |
| Keith Sutton | Labor | Albert Park | 1950–1970 |
| Brig. Ray Tovell | Liberal/Independent | Brighton | 1945–1955 |
| Bill Towers | Labor | Collingwood | 1947–1962 |
| Keith Turnbull | Liberal | Korong | 1950–1964 |
| Les Tyack | Liberal | Hawthorn | 1939–1940; 1950–1952 |
| Robert Whately | Liberal | Camberwell | 1945–1956 |
| George White | Labor | Mentone | 1945–1947; 1950–1955 |
| Hon Russell White | Country | Allandale | 1945–1960 |

    $^1$ On 18 December 1950, the Liberal member for Ivanhoe, Rupert Curnow, died. Liberal candidate Frank Block won the resulting by-election on 24 February 1951.
    $^2$ In March 1951, the Labor member for Prahran, Frank Crean, resigned to stand for Division of Melbourne Ports at the 1951 federal election. Labor candidate Robert Pettiona won the resulting by-election on 16 June 1951.
    $^3$ On 19 January 1952, the Labor member for Port Melbourne, Tom Corrigan, died. His son, Stan Corrigan won the resulting by-election for Labor on 13 September 1952.
    $^4$ In July 1952, the Liberal member for Toorak, Edward Reynolds, resigned. Liberal candidate Horace Petty won the resulting by-election on 13 September 1952.
    $^5$ In September 1952, former Premier Thomas Hollway was expelled from the Liberal Party. He managed to form a short-lived ministry in October consisting entirely of his supporters; this ministry's defeat was the catalyst for the December 1952 election at which three of his five parliamentary supporters retained their seats and Hollway himself won the seat of Glen Iris from the Liberal leader, Les Norman.

## Sources

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