Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1945–1947
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1945–1947

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1945 to 1947, as elected at the 1945 state election:

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Henry Bailey | Country | Warrnambool | 1914–1932, 1935–1950 |
| Hon Bill Barry | Labor | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| Matthew Bennett | Country | Gippsland West | 1929–1950 |
| Richard Brose | Country | Rodney | 1944–1964 |
| Fanny Brownbill | Labor | Geelong | 1938–1948 |
| Hon John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Frederick Cook | Country | Benalla | 1936–1961 |
| Tom Corrigan | Labor | Port Melbourne | 1942–1952 |
| Frank Crean | Labor | Albert Park | 1945–1947; 1949–1951 |
| Jack Cremean | Labor | Clifton Hill | 1945–1949 |
| Alexander Dennett | Liberal | Caulfield | 1945–1955 |
| Keith Dodgshun | Country | Rainbow | 1938–1955 |
| John Don | Liberal | Elsternwick | 1945–1955 |
| Arthur Drakeford Jr. | Labor | Essendon | 1945–1947; 1955–1958 |
| Hon Albert Dunstan | Country | Korong | 1920–1950 |
| Fred Edmunds | Liberal | Hawthorn | 1945–1950 |
| William Everard | Min./Liberal | Evelyn | 1917–1950 |
| Hon Frank Field | Labor | Dandenong | 1937–1947 |
| Hon Bill Galvin | Labor | Bendigo | 1945–1955, 1958–1964 |
| Robert Gardner | Independent | Ivanhoe | 1945–1947 |
| Louis Garlick | Labor | Mildura | 1945–1947 |
| Bob Gray | Labor | Box Hill | 1943–1947; 1952–1955 |
| Edward Guye | Country | Polwarth | 1940–1958 |
| Robert Bell Hamilton | Liberal | Toorak | 1945–1948 |
| Hon Tom Hayes | Labor | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| John Hipworth | Country | Swan Hill | 1945–1952 |
| Frederick Holden | Country | Grant | 1932–1950 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Footscray | 1925–1955 |
| Hon Thomas Hollway | Liberal | Ballarat | 1932–1955 |
| Robert Holt | Labor | Portland | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes | Liberal | Kew | 1927–1949 |
| Raymond Hyatt | Labor | Hampden | 1943–1947 |
| Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| James Jewell | Labor | Brunswick | 1910–1949 |
| James Johns | Labor | Gippsland North | 1945–1947 |
| Stan Keon | Labor | Richmond | 1945–1949 |
| Alfred Kirton | Country | Mornington | 1932–1947 |
| Brig. Sir George Knox | Liberal | Scoresby | 1927–1960 |
| John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| John McDonald | Country | Shepparton | 1936–1955 |
| Hon William McKenzie | Labor | Wonthaggi | 1927–1947 |
| Ian McLaren | Independent | Glen Iris | 1945–1947, 1965–1979 |
| Thomas Maltby | Min./Liberal | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Samuel Merrifield | Labor | Moonee Ponds | 1943–1955 |
| Wilfred Mibus | Country | Borung | 1944–1964 |
| Archie Michaelis | Min./Liberal | St Kilda | 1932–1952 |
| Tom Mitchell | Country | Benambra | 1947–1976 |
| Ernie Morton | Labor | Ripon | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| George Moss | Country | Murray Valley | 1945–1973 |
| Charlie Mutton | Ind. Labor | Coburg | 1940–1967 |
| Trevor Oldham | Liberal | Malvern | 1933–1953 |
| Roy Paton | Country | Benambra | 1932–1947 |
| Bill Quirk | Labor | Prahran | 1945–1948 |
| Squire Reid | Labor | Oakleigh | 1927–1932; 1937–1947 |
| William Ruthven | Labor | Preston | 1945–1961 |
| Ernie Shepherd | Labor | Sunshine | 1945–1958 |
| Hon Bill Slater | Labor | Dundas | 1917–1947 |
| Joseph Smith | Labor | Goulburn | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Hon Clive Stoneham | Labor | Midlands | 1942–1970 |
| Brig. Ray Tovell | Liberal | Brighton | 1945–1955 |
| Bill Towers | Labor | Collingwood | 1947–1962 |
| Hon Tom Tunnecliffe | Labor | Collingwood | 1903–1904; 1907–1920; 1921–1947 |
| Leslie Webster | Country | Mernda | 1944–1947 |
| Robert Whately | Liberal | Camberwell | 1945–1956 |
| George White | Labor | Mentone | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Russell White | Country | Allandale | 1945–1960 |

    $^1$ On 25 April 1947, the Country member for Benambra, Roy Paton, died. Country candidate Tom Mitchell won the resulting by-election on 7 June 1947.
    $^2$ In August 1947, the Labor member for Collingwood, Tom Tunnecliffe, resigned. Labor candidate Bill Towers won the resulting by-election on 20 September 1947.

## Sources

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