Members of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, 1952–1955

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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 Thomas Hollway, who had formed an "Electoral Reform League" grouping in the Parliament advocating two Assembly seats for every Federal seat in Victoria and had, at the 1952 election, defeated the Liberal leader Les Norman in his own seat. With his electoral reform plans implemented by the Cain government, Hollway changed the name of the party to the Victorian Liberal Party in October 1954 (not to be confused with the extant Liberal and Country Party, the Victorian division of the federal Liberal Party).
  • In 1955 during the Hobart conference of the governing Labor Party, the mostly Catholic supporters of the Industrial Groups and B. A. Santamaria either resigned from the party or were expelled and formed 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
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 on 11 July 1953.

Sources[]

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