Members of the Victorian Legislative Council, 1916–1919

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This is a list of members of the Victorian Legislative Council at the election of 1 June 1916 up to the election of 5 June 1919.[1] As half of the Legislative Council's terms expired at each triennial election, half of these members were elected at the 1913 triennial election with terms expiring in 1919, while the other half were elected at the 1916 triennial election with terms expiring in 1922.

The Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903 defined 17 Provinces with two members each for a total of 34 members.[2]

Note the "Term in Office" refers to that members term(s) in the Council, not necessarily for that Province.
Name Party Province Expiry Due Term in Office
William Adamson Nationalist South Eastern 1922 1910–1922
John Aikman [a] Nationalist Melbourne West 1922 1904–1916; 1916–1922
William Angliss Nationalist Southern 1922 1912–1952
Austin Austin Non-Labor South Western 1919 1910–1925
William Baillieu Liberal Northern 1922 1901–1922
Robert Beckett [b] Non-Labor East Yarra 1919 1913–1917
William Beckett Labor Melbourne North 1919 1914–1931; 1934–1952
Theodore Beggs Non-Labor Nelson 1922 1910–1928
Frederick Brawn Nationalist Wellington 1922 1907–1934
James Drysdale Brown Nationalist Nelson 1919 1904–1922
Frank Clarke Nationalist Northern 1919 1913–1955
Russell Clarke Nationalist Southern 1919 1910–1937
Edward Crooke
Gippsland 1922 1893–1922
John Mark Davies
Melbourne 1919 1889–1895; 1899–1919
Arthur Disney Labor Melbourne West 1919 1916–1943
Frederick Hagelthorn Nationalist North Western 1919 1907–1919
Alfred Hicks Nationalist Bendigo 1919 1904–1921
John Percy Jones Labor Melbourne East 1922 1910–1940
William Kendell Nationalist North Eastern 1919 1916–1922
Duncan McBryde
South Eastern 1919 1891–1896; 1901–1919
John Y. McDonald [c]
Wellington 1919 1898–1917
Adam McLellan [d] Labor Melbourne East 1919 1904–1917
John McWhae Nationalist Melbourne 1922 1910–1921
Walter Manifold Nationalist Western 1922 1901–1924
Donald Melville [e]
Melbourne North 1922 1882–1919
James Merritt Nationalist East Yarra 1922 1913–1928
Thomas Payne Nationalist Melbourne South 1922 1901–1928
William Pearson [f]
Gippsland 1919 1896–1916
Richard Rees Country North Western 1922 1903–1919
Horace Richardson Nationalist South Western 1922 1912–1934
Arthur Robinson Nationalist Melbourne South 1919 1912–1925
Arthur Sachse
North Eastern 1922 1892–1920
Joseph Sternberg Nationalist Bendigo 1922 1891–1928
Edward James White Nationalist Western 1919 1907–1931

John Mark Davies was President; Arthur Sachse was Chairman of Committees.

[a] Aikman was defeated by Daniel McNamara at the 1916 elections, but McNamara was found to be ineligible and Aikman was returned to the seat.[3]
[b] R. Beckett died 2 June 1917; replaced by William Edgar in July 1917.
[c] McDonald left the Council in January 1917; replaced by Alexander Bell in March 1917.
[d] McLellan resigned April 1917; replaced by Daniel McNamara in May 1917.
[e] Melville died 20 March 1919; replaced by Esmond Kiernan in June 1919.
[f] Pearson left the Council in October 1916; replaced by George Martley Davis in January 1917.

References[]

  1. ^ "Elections since 1856". Parliament of Victoria. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Electoral Provinces Boundaries Act 1903". Australasian Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  3. ^ "DISPUTED ELECTION". The Australasian. Vol. CI, no. 2, 631. Victoria, Australia. 2 September 1916. p. 26. Retrieved 10 July 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
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