This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council

Victorian Legislative Council

The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...

between 1940 and 1943. As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1937 triennial election with terms expiring in 1943, while the other half were elected at the 1940 triennial election with terms expiring in 1946.

Name	Party	Province	Term expires	Term of office
Sir William Angliss	United Australia United Australia Party The United Australia Party was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945. It was the political successor to the Nationalist Party of Australia and predecessor to the Liberal Party of Australia...	Southern	1946	1912–1952
James Miller Balfour	Country National Party of Australia The National Party of Australia is an Australian political party.Traditionally representing graziers, farmers and rural voters generally, it began as the The Country Party, but adopted the name The National Country Party in 1975, changed to The National Party of Australia in 1982. The party is...	Gippsland	1946	1936–1943
Sir Frank Beaurepaire Frank Beaurepaire Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated...	United Australia	Monash Monash Province Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Monash Province:-References:...	1946	1942–1952
William Beckett William Beckett (Australian politician) William James Beckett CBE was an Australian politician.Born in Prahran to Irish-born taxi proprietor Samuel Beckett and Scottish-born Margaret Cameron, he attended both state and private schools before becoming a second-hand furniture dealer at Fitzroy with his brother Henry...	Labor Australian Labor Party The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...	Melbourne	1946	1914–1931; 1934–1952
George Bolster	United Australia	Ballarat	1946	1934–1946
Percy Byrnes	Country	North Western	1946	1942–1969
Gilbert Chandler Gilbert Chandler Sir Gilbert Lawrence Chandler, CMG, KBE was a Liberal Party of Australia politician who served in the Bolte Ministry in Victoria....	United Australia	Southern	1943	1935–1973
Percy Clarey Percy Clarey Percy James Clarey was an Australian trade union leader and politician.-Early life:Clarey was born at Bairnsdale, Victoria, the fifth child of general agent Francis William Clarey and Jessie Littlejohn Clarey, née Lawson. The family soon moved to Melbourne, and Percy attended South Yarra State...	Labor	Doutta Galla Doutta Galla Province Doutta Galla Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Doutta Galla Province:...	1943	1937–1949
Hon Sir Frank Clarke	United Australia	Monash	1943	1913–1955
Archibald Crofts	United Australia	Monash	1946	1935–1942
James Herbert Disney	Labor	Melbourne West Melbourne West Province Melbourne West Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne West Province:...	1943	1916–1943
James Stanley Disney	United Australia	Higinbotham Higinbotham Province Higinbotham Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council. It existed as a two-member electorate from 1937 to 2006, with members serving alternating eight-year terms. It was considered a safe seat for the Liberal Party of Australia throughout its history, though it was won by...	1946	1940–1946
Clifden Eager	United Australia	East Yarra East Yarra Province East Yarra Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for East Yarra Province:...	1946	1930–1958
Hon William Edgar William Edgar William Edgar is a British mechanical engineer, who was President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2004.He is graduate from Strathclyde University and Birmingham University with an MSc in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics....	United Australia	East Yarra	1943	1904–1913; 1917–1948
Archibald Fraser	Labor	Melbourne North Melbourne North Province Melbourne North Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Melbourne North Province:...	1946	1940–1954
Charles Gartside	United Australia	South Eastern	1943	1937–1955
Hon Sir George Goudie	Country	North Western	1943	1919–1949
Hon Sir John Harris	Country	North Eastern	1946	1920–1946
Percival Inchbold	McEwen Country	North Eastern	1943	1935–1953
Cyril Isaac	United Australia	South Eastern	1946	1940–1952
Paul Jones Paul Jones (Australian politician) Paul Jones was an Australian politician. Born in Gaffneys Creek, Victoria, he was educated at South Melbourne College before becoming a goldminer and teacher. He also studied at the University of Melbourne for an MA. In 1928, he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives in bizarre...	Labor	Doutta Galla	1946	1938–1958
James Kennedy James Kennedy (Australian politician) The Honourable Sir James Arthur "Jim" Kennedy Kt was an Australian politician and sportsman. Kennedy served as a minister in the Dunstan and Hollway Victorian state governments in the 1940s. He played Australian rules football for Essendon and Carlton during the early 1900s...	United Australia	Higinbotham	1943	1937–1954
Pat Kennelly	Labor	Melbourne West	1946	1938–1952
Richard Kilpatrick	Country	Northern	1946	1928–1946
Lieut-Col. George Lansell	United Australia	Bendigo	1946	1928–1952
John Lienhop	Country	Bendigo	1943	1937–1951
Gordon McArthur	United Australia	South Western	1943	1931–1965
William MacAulay	McEwen Country	Gippsland	1943	1937–1957
Allan McDonald Allan McDonald Allan McKenzie McDonald, DFC was an Australian politician.-Early life:McDonald was born at Winchelsea, Victoria, the fourth child of contractor Allan McDonald and Elizabeth, née McKenzie. He attended Winchelsea State School and subsequently worked as a farm labourer and then farmer...	Country	South Western	1946	1940–1952
Daniel McNamara	Labor	Melbourne	1943	1916; 1917–1947
Sir Herbert Olney	United Australia	Melbourne North	1943	1931–1943
Alfred Pittard	United Australia	Ballarat	1943	1931–1949
Hon Henry Pye	Country	North Western	1946	1932–1942
Robert Rankin Robert Rankin (Australian politician) Robert Chisholm Rankin was an Australian politician.Born in Malvern to Indian-born bootmaker William Rankin and Elizabeth Chisholm, he served in the Australian Imperial Force during World War I, attaining the rank of captain. He married Ethel Josephine Bennetts around 1918...	Country	Western	1946	1940–1952
Leonard Rodda Leonard Rodda Leonard Roy Rodda was an Australian politician.Born in Tarranyurk to farmer Frederick Rodda and Elizabeth Mary Curnow, he attended Tarranyurk State School before working on the family farm...	Country	Western	1943	1937–1946
Hon George Tuckett	Country	Northern	1943	1925–1955

On 9 April 1942, Henry Pye, Country MLC for North Western Province, died. Country candidate Percy Byrnes won the resulting by-election in May 1942.

On 20 May 1942, Archibald Crofts, United Australia MLC for Monash

Monash Province

Monash Province was an electorate of the Victorian Legislative Council until 2006. It was abolished from the 2006 state election in the wake of the Bracks Labor government's reform of the Legislative Council.-Members for Monash Province:-References:...

, died. United Australia candidate Sir Frank Beaurepaire

Frank Beaurepaire

Sir Francis "Frank" Joseph Edmund Beaurepaire was an Australian distance freestyle swimmer from the 1900s to the 1920s, who won three silver and three bronze medals, from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London to the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, setting 15 world records.He was also a decorated...

 won the resulting by-election in July 1942.

Sources

• Re-member (a database of all Victorian MPs since 1851). Parliament of Victoria
  Parliament of Victoria
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• Victorian Year Book 1939–40