Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1947–1950

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1947 to 1950, as elected at the 1947 state election:

Name	Party	Electorate	Term in office
Henry Bailey	Country	Warrnambool	1914–1932, 1935–1950
Nathaniel Barclay	Country	Mildura	1947–1952; 1955–1962
Hon Bill Barry	Labor	Carlton	1932–1955
Allen Bateman	Liberal	Essendon	1947–1950
Matthew Bennett	Country	Gippsland West	1929–1950
Hon Henry Bolte	Liberal	Hampden	1947–1972
Richard Brose	Country	Rodney	1944–1964
Fanny Brownbill^[2]	Labor	Geelong	1938–1948
William Buckingham	Country	Wonthaggi	1947–1955
Hon John Cain	Labor	Northcote	1917–1957
Frederick Cook	Country	Benalla	1936–1961
Tom Corrigan	Labor	Port Melbourne	1942–1952
Frank Crean^[3]	Labor	Prahran	1945–1947; 1949–1951
Jack Cremean^[5]	Labor	Clifton Hill	1945–1949
Rupert Curnow	Liberal	Ivanhoe	1947–1950
William Dawnay-Mould	Liberal	Dandenong	1947–1952
Hon Alexander Dennett	Liberal	Caulfield	1945–1955
Hon Keith Dodgshun	Country	Rainbow	1938–1955
John Don	Liberal	Elsternwick	1945–1955
Harry Drew	Liberal	Mentone	1932–1937, 1947–1950
Hon Sir Albert Dunstan^[6]	Country	Korong	1920–1950
Fred Edmunds	Liberal/Independent	Hawthorn	1945–1950
William Everard	Liberal	Evelyn	1917–1950
Bill Fulton	Country	Gippsland North	1942–1945; 1947–1952
Hon Bill Galvin	Labor	Bendigo	1945–1955, 1958–1964
Philip Grimwade	Liberal	Goulburn	1947–1950
Hon Rutherford Guthrie	Liberal	Ripon	1947–1950
Edward Guye	Country/Liberal	Polwarth	1940–1958
Robert Bell Hamilton^[1]	Liberal	Toorak	1945–1948
Tom Hayes	Labor	Melbourne	1924–1955
Harry Hedditch	Country/Liberal	Portland	1943–1945; 1947–1950
John Hipworth	Country/Liberal	Swan Hill	1945–1952
Frederick Holden	Country	Grant	1932–1950
Jack Holland	Labor	Footscray	1925–1955
Hon Thomas Hollway	Liberal	Ballarat	1932–1955
Col. Hon Wilfrid Kent Hughes^[5]	Liberal	Kew	1927–1949
Hon Herbert Hyland	Country	Gippsland South	1929–1970
Arthur Ireland	Liberal	Mernda	1947–1952
James Jewell^[4]	Labor	Brunswick	1910–1949
Stan Keon^[5]	Labor	Richmond	1945–1949
Brig. Sir George Knox	Liberal	Scoresby	1927–1960
John Lechte	Liberal/Independent	Oakleigh	1947–1950
Hon William Leggatt	Liberal	Mornington	1947–1956
John Lemmon	Labor	Williamstown	1904–1955
Albert Lind	Country	Gippsland East	1920–1961
Hon John McDonald	Country	Shepparton	1936–1955
William McDonald	Liberal	Dundas	1947–1952; 1955–1970
Sir Thomas Maltby	Liberal	Barwon	1929–1961
Samuel Merrifield	Labor	Moonee Ponds	1943–1955
Wilfred Mibus	Country/Liberal	Borung	1944–1964
Hon Archie Michaelis	Liberal	St Kilda	1932–1952
Hon Tom Mitchell	Country	Benambra	1947–1976
Edward Montgomery^[2]	Liberal	Geelong	1948–1950
George Moss	Country	Murray Valley	1945–1973
Charlie Mutton	Ind. Labor	Coburg	1940–1967
Les Norman	Liberal	Glen Iris	1947–1952
Joseph O'Carroll^[5]	Labor	Clifton Hill	1949–1955
Hon Trevor Oldham	Liberal	Malvern	1933–1953
Bill Quirk^[3]	Labor	Prahran	1945–1948
Peter Randles^[4]	Labor	Brunswick	1949–1955
George Reid	Liberal	Box Hill	1947–1952; 1955–1973
Edward Reynolds^[1]	Liberal	Toorak	1948–1952
William Ruthven	Labor	Preston	1945–1961
Arthur Rylah^[5]	Liberal	Kew	1949–1971
Roy Schilling	Liberal	Albert Park	1947–1950
Frank Scully^[5]	Labor	Richmond	1949–1958
Ernie Shepherd	Labor	Sunshine	1945–1958
Clive Stoneham	Labor	Midlands	1942–1970
Brig. Hon Ray Tovell	Liberal	Brighton	1945–1955
Bill Towers	Labor	Collingwood	1947–1962
Robert Whately	Liberal	Camberwell	1945–1956
Russell White	Country	Allandale	1945–1960

¹ On 15 May 1948, the Liberal member for Toorak, Robert Bell Hamilton, died. Liberal candidate Edward Reynolds] won the resulting by-election on 19 June 1948.

² On 10 October 1948, the Labor member for Geelong, Fanny Brownbill, died. Liberal candidate Edward Montgomery won the resulting by-election on 13 November 1948.

³ On 16 November 1948, the Labor member for Prahran, Bill Quirk, died. Labor candidate Frank Crean won the resulting by-election on 22 January 1949.

⁴ On 14 May 1949, the Labor member for Brunswick, James Jewell, died. Labor candidate Peter Randles won the resulting by-election on 16 July 1949.

⁵ On 31 October 1949, three members resigned to contest seats at the 1949 election and by-elections were held on 17 December 1949 to fill the vacancies.

Jack Cremean, the Labor member for Clifton Hill, contested and won Division of Hoddle. Labor candidate Joseph O'Carroll was elected in his stead.
Wilfrid Kent Hughes, the Liberal member for Kew, contested and won Division of Chisholm. Liberal candidate Arthur Rylah was elected in his stead.
Stan Keon, the Labor member for Richmond, contested and won Division of Yarra. Labor candidate Frank Scully was elected in his stead.

⁶ On 14 April 1950, the former Premier of Victoria and Country Party member for Korong, Sir Albert Dunstan, died. No by-election was held due to the proximity of the 1950 election.

Sources

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

Members of the Parliament of Victoria
Legislative Council 1943–1946 • 1946–1949 • 1949–1952
Legislative Assembly 1945–1947 • 1947–1950 • 1950–1952

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