Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1929–1932

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1929 to 1932, as elected at the 1929 state election.

Several realignments took place during the period:

  • The Country Progressive Party re-merged with the Country Party in 1930. Harold Glowrey remained as an Independent.
  • The Nationalist Party was renamed the United Australia Party (UAP) on 15 September 1931, to match the situation at federal level.[1]
  • During the 1932 election campaign, several Labor members including the Premier, Edmond Hogan, were expelled from the Victorian Labor Party for supporting the Premiers' Plan.
Name Party Electorate Term in office
John Allan Country Rodney 1917–1936
Albert Allnutt Country Progressive/Country Mildura 1927–1945
Hon Henry Angus Nationalist Gunbower 1911–1934
Hon Sir Stanley Argyle Nationalist Toorak 1920–1940
Hon Henry Bailey Labor/Independent Warrnambool 1914–1932; 1935–1950
Henry Beardmore Nationalist Benambra 1917–1932
Matthew Bennett Country Gippsland West 1929–1950
Maurice Blackburn Labor Clifton Hill 1914–1917; 1927–1934
Ernie Bond Labor/Independent Port Fairy and Glenelg 1924–1943
Hon Murray Bourchier Country Goulburn Valley 1920–1936
William Brownbill Labor Geelong 1920–1932; 1935–1938
Hon John Cain Labor Northcote 1917–1957
Edward Cleary Country Progressive/Country Benalla 1927–1936
Arthur Cook Labor Bendigo 1924–1945
Ted Cotter Labor Richmond 1908–1945
Ernest Coyle Nationalist Waranga 1927–1943
Bert Cremean Labor Dandenong 1929–1932; 1934–1945
Lot Diffey Country Wangaratta and Ovens 1929–1945
Herbert Downward Country Mornington 1929–1932
Arthur Drakeford Labor Essendon 1927–1932
Albert Dunstan Country Progressive/Country Korong and Eaglehawk 1920–1950
William Everard Nationalist Evelyn 1917–1950
Frederick Forrest[2] Liberal Caulfield 1927–1930
George Frost Labor Maryborough and Daylesford 1920–1942
Harold Glowrey Country Progressive/Ind. Ouyen 1927–1932
Burnett Gray Liberal St Kilda 1927–1932
John Austin Gray[1] Nationalist Hawthorn 1930–1939
Tom Hayes Labor Melbourne 1924–1955
Ralph Hjorth Labor Grant 1924–1932
Hon Edmond Hogan Labor/Independent Warrenheip and Grenville 1913–1943
Jack Holland Labor Flemington 1925–1955
Col. Wilfrid Kent Hughes Nationalist Kew 1927–1949
Hon Herbert Hyland Country Gippsland South 1929–1970
Arthur Jackson Labor/Independent Prahran 1924–1932
James Jewell Labor Brunswick 1910–1949
Frank Keane Labor Coburg 1924–1940
Brig. George Knox Nationalist Upper Yarra 1927–1960
Hon John Lemmon Labor Williamstown 1904–1955
Albert Lind Country Gippsland East 1920–1961
Richard Linton Nationalist Boroondara 1927–1933
Harold Luxton[2] Nationalist Caulfield 1930–1935
William McAdam Labor Ballarat 1924–1932
James McDonald Nationalist Polwarth 1917–1933
Hon Ian Macfarlan Nationalist Brighton 1928–1945
William McKenzie Labor Wonthaggi 1927–1947
Hon Edwin Mackrell Country Upper Goulburn 1920–1945
James McLachlan Independent Gippsland North 1908–1938
Hon William McPherson[1] Nationalist Hawthorn 1913–1930
Thomas Maltby Nationalist Barwon 1929–1961
Chester Manifold Nationalist Hampden 1929–1935
Robert Menzies Nationalist Nunawading 1929–1934
William Moncur Country Walhalla 1927–1945
James Murphy Labor Port Melbourne 1917–1942
Francis Old Country Swan Hill 1919–1945
Hon Sir Alexander Peacock Nationalist Allandale 1889–1933
Hon John Pennington Nationalist Kara Kara and Borung 1913–1917; 1918–1935
Reg Pollard Labor Bulla and Dalhousie 1924–1932
Hon George Prendergast Labor Footscray 1894–1897; 1900–1926;
1927–1937
Squire Reid Labor Oakleigh 1927–1932; 1937–1947
Jessie Satchell Labor Castlemaine and Kyneton 1929–1932
Hon Bill Slater Labor Dundas 1917–1947
Robert Solly Labor Carlton 1904–1906; 1908–1932
Richard Toutcher Nationalist Stawell and Ararat 1897–1935
Hon Tom Tunnecliffe Labor Collingwood 1903–1904; 1907–1920;
1921–1947
Arthur Wallace Labor/Independent Albert Park 1919–1927; 1929–1932
Gordon Webber Labor Heidelberg 1912–1932
Marcus Wettenhall Country Lowan 1920–1935
1 In August 1930, the Nationalist member for Hawthorn, former Premier William Murray McPherson, resigned. Nationalist candidate John Austin Gray won the on 27 September 1930.
2 In October 1930, the Liberal member for Caulfield, Frederick Forrest, died. Nationalist candidate and Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Harold Luxton, won the on 22 November 1930.

Sources[]

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

References[]

  1. ^ "State Nationalists: New Name Adopted". The Melbourne Argus. 16 September 1931.
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