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 Liberal Party).
- In 1955 during the Hobart conference of the governing Labor Party, the mostly Catholic supporters of 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 |
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Hon Bill Barry | Labor/DLP |
Carlton | 1932–1955 |
John Bloomfield[1] | 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[1] | 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.