Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1961–1964

This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council between 1961 and 1964. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1958 triennial election with terms expiring in 1964, while the other half were elected at the 1961 state election with terms expiring in 1967.

The 1961 election was the first conjoint election for the Legislative Assembly and half of the Legislative Council; from that point forward, the triennial election for the Council and the general election for the Assembly would always be held on the same day, although this was not provided for automatically until 1984.[1]

Name Party Province Term expires Term of office
Keith Bradbury Country North Eastern 1967 1953–1978
Percy Byrnes Country North Western 1964 1942–1969
Murray Byrne Liberal Ballarat 1964 1958–1976
Hon Ewen Paul Cameron[3] Liberal East Yarra 1967 1948–1964
Bill Campbell[3] Liberal East Yarra 1967 1964–1983
Hon Gilbert Chandler Liberal Southern 1967 1935–1973
Vance Dickie Liberal Ballarat 1967 1956–1978
Doug Elliot Labor Melbourne 1967 1960–1979
Percy Feltham Country Northern 1967 1955–1967
Bill Fulton Country Gippsland 1964 1953–1964
John Galbally Labor Melbourne North 1967 1949–1979
Raymond Garrett Liberal Southern 1964 1958–1976
Charles Gawith Liberal Monash 1967 1955–1967
Thomas Grigg Liberal Bendigo 1967 1951–1967
Kenneth Gross Liberal Western 1964 1958–1976
Rupert Hamer Liberal East Yarra 1964 1958–1971
Alan Hunt Liberal South Eastern 1967 1961–1992
Alexander Knight[2] Labor Melbourne West 1967 1963–1979
Hon Sir Gordon McArthur Liberal South Western 1967 1931–1965
Buckley Machin[2] Labor Melbourne West 1967 1955–1963
Ronald Mack Liberal Western 1967 1955–1968
Bill Mair Liberal South Eastern 1964 1958–1964
Arthur Mansell Country North Western 1967 1952–1973
Bob May Country Gippsland 1967 1957–1973
Samuel Merrifield Labor Doutta Galla 1964 1958–1970
Graham Nicol Liberal Monash 1964 1958–1976
Jack O'Connell Labor Melbourne 1964 1958–1972
Arthur Smith Labor Bendigo 1964 1952–1964
Ivan Swinburne Country North Eastern 1964 1946–1976
Geoffrey Thom Liberal South Western 1964 1958–1970
Hon Lindsay Thompson Liberal Higinbotham 1967 1955–1970
Archie Todd Labor Melbourne West 1964 1958–1970
John Tripovich Labor Doutta Galla 1967 1960–1976
Hon Sir Arthur Warner Liberal Higinbotham 1964 1946–1964
Dudley Walters Country Northern 1964 1946–1964
John Walton Labor Melbourne North 1964 1958–1982
1 The 1943 state election and the 1943 triennial election were both held on 12 June 1943, and the same took place in 1904; however, these were not conjoint elections, as until 1950 the two elections had different franchise and separate rolls. See Taylor, Greg (2006). The Constitution of Victoria. Federation Press. p. 50. ISBN 1-86287-612-6.
2 On 20 June 1963, Buckley Machin, Labor MLC for Melbourne West Province, died. Labor candidate Alexander Knight won the resulting by-election on 10 August 1963.
3 On 18 January 1964, Ewen Paul Cameron, Liberal MLC for East Yarra Province, died. Liberal candidate Bill Campbell won the resulting by-election on 14 March 1964.

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