Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1952–1955
# Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1952–1955

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1955, as elected at the 1952 state election.

Two party splits took place during the period:

* In August 1953, several Liberal members were expelled for supporting former Liberal Premier Thomas Hollway, who had formed an "Electoral Reform League" grouping in the Parliament advocating two Assembly seats for every Federal seat in Victoria and had, at the 1952 election, defeated the Liberal leader Les Norman in his own seat. With his electoral reform plans implemented by the Cain government, Hollway changed the name of the party to the Victorian Liberal Party in October 1954 (not to be confused with the extant Liberal and Country Party, the Victorian division of the federal Liberal Party).
* In 1955 during the Hobart conference of the governing Labor Party, the mostly Catholic supporters of the Industrial Groups and B. A. Santamaria either resigned from the party or were expelled and formed the Australian Labor Party (Anti-Communist), which ultimately became the Democratic Labor Party (DLP).

Both groups lost almost their entire parliamentary representation at the 1955 state election which followed, although the DLP continued to be a significant source of Liberal preferences until the early 1970s.

| Name | Party | Electorate | Term in office |
| - | - | - | - |
| Hon Bill Barry | Labor/DLP | Carlton | 1932–1955 |
| John Bloomfield | Liberal | Malvern | 1953–1970 |
| Henry Bolte | Liberal | Hampden | 1947–1972 |
| John Bourke | Labor | St Kilda | 1952–1955 |
| Hon Richard Brose | Country | Rodney | 1944–1964 |
| William Buckingham | Country | Wonthaggi | 1947–1955 |
| Hon John Cain | Labor | Northcote | 1917–1957 |
| Les Coates | Labor | Dandenong | 1952–1955 |
| Leslie Cochrane | Country | Gippsland West | 1950–1970 |
| Phillip Connell | Labor | Evelyn | 1952–1958 |
| Frederick Cook | Country | Benalla | 1936–1961 |
| Stan Corrigan | Labor/DLP | Port Melbourne | 1952–1955 |
| Les D'Arcy | Labor/DLP | Grant | 1952–1955 |
| Alexander Dennett | Ind./Electoral Reform/VLP | Caulfield | 1945–1955 |
| Keith Dodgshun | Country | Rainbow | 1938–1955 |
| John Don | Ind./Electoral Reform/VLP | Elsternwick | 1945–1955 |
| Hon Val Doube | Labor | Oakleigh | 1950–1961; 1970–1979 |
| James Dunn | Labor/Independent | Geelong | 1950–1955 |
| George Fewster | Labor/DLP | Essendon | 1950–1955 |
| Hon Bill Galvin | Labor | Bendigo | 1945–1955, 1958–1964 |
| Hon Malcolm Gladman | Labor | Warrnambool | 1952–1955 |
| Hon Bob Gray | Labor | Box Hill | 1943–1947; 1952–1955 |
| Edward Guye | Liberal | Polwarth | 1940–1958 |
| Tom Hayes | Labor/DLP | Melbourne | 1924–1955 |
| Jack Holland | Labor | Footscray | 1925–1955 |
| Hon Thomas Hollway | Ind./Electoral Reform/VLP | Glen Iris | 1932–1955 |
| Robert Holt | Labor | Portland | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Hon Herbert Hyland | Country | Gippsland South | 1929–1970 |
| Brig. Sir George Knox | Liberal | Scoresby | 1927–1960 |
| William Leggatt | Liberal | Mornington | 1947–1956 |
| John Lemmon | Labor | Williamstown | 1904–1955 |
| Alan Lind | Labor | Mildura | 1952–1955, 1969–1979 |
| Hon Sir Albert Lind | Country | Gippsland East | 1920–1961 |
| Michael Lucy | Labor/DLP | Ivanhoe | 1952–1955 |
| Bob McClure | Labor | Dundas | 1952–1955 |
| John McDonald | Country | Shepparton | 1936–1955 |
| Sir Thomas Maltby | Liberal | Barwon | 1929–1961 |
| Hon Samuel Merrifield | Labor | Moonee Ponds | 1943–1955 |
| Wilfred Mibus | Liberal | Borung | 1944–1964 |
| Hon Tom Mitchell | Country | Benambra | 1947–1976 |
| Edmund Morrissey | Labor/DLP | Mernda | 1952–1955 |
| Ernie Morton | Labor | Ripon | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Hon George Moss | Country | Murray Valley | 1945–1973 |
| Charles Murphy | Labor/DLP | Hawthorn | 1952–1955 |
| Charlie Mutton | Ind. Labor | Coburg | 1940–1967 |
| Joseph O'Carroll | Labor/DLP | 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/DLP | Brunswick | 1949–1955 |
| William Ruthven | Labor | Preston | 1945–1961 |
| Arthur Rylah | Liberal | Kew | 1949–1971 |
| Frank Scully | Labor/DLP | Richmond | 1949–1958 |
| Hon John Sheehan | Labor | Ballarat | 1952–1955 |
| Hon Ernie Shepherd | Labor | Sunshine | 1945–1958 |
| Hon Joseph Smith | Labor | Goulburn | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Harold Stirling | Country | Swan Hill | 1952–1968 |
| Hector Stoddart | Labor | Gippsland North | 1952–1955 |
| Hon Clive Stoneham | Labor | Midlands | 1942–1970 |
| Hon Keith Sutton | Labor | Albert Park | 1950–1970 |
| Ray Tovell | Ind./Electoral Reform/VLP | Brighton | 1945–1955 |
| Bill Towers | Labor | Collingwood | 1947–1962 |
| Keith Turnbull | Liberal | Korong | 1950–1964 |
| Robert Whately | Liberal | Camberwell | 1945–1956 |
| George White | Labor/DLP | Mentone | 1945–1947, 1950–1955 |
| Hon Russell White | Country | Allandale | 1945–1960 |

    $^1$ On 2 May 1953, the Opposition Leader and Liberal member for Malvern, Trevor Oldham, died. Liberal candidate John Bloomfield won the resulting by-election on 11 July 1953.

## Sources

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